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California is littered with tributes to past and present politicians — courthouses, roads, bridges, schools, parks, even an aqueduct, all named after elected officials anxious to ensure that their legacies live on long after they are gone. Jerry Brown, who rebuffed the naming convention both as the state’s youngest governor in modern times and the oldest, consented to lend his …
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed a quarantine on exterior firewood to help prevent the introduction of unwanted pests and diseases into the state. Kiln-dried lumber and wood chips smaller than one inch and logs or wood shipped from out-of-state sources directly to mills and other facilities for immediate processing would be exempt. The …
