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Top 5 Most-Read KJZZ Stories in 2023

TL/DR - The five most viewed stories on kjzz.org involved Phoenix leaving the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, Arizona revoking water permits for a Saudi Arabia-owned farm due to inconsistencies in applications, the public farewell party for Phoenix Metrocenter Mall before its demolition, the representation of Arizona in the Miss USA…

Police Chief Apologizes for Middle School LGBTQ Book Search in MA

TL/DR - A police officer in Massachusetts searched a middle school for a banned book, "Gender Queer: A Memoir," after the police department received a complaint about "concerning illustrations" in the book which depict LGBTQ sexual experiences. The incident occurred at W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School, prompting an apology from the police…

Trump Pressures Michigan Canvassers to Deny 2020 Vote Certification

TL/DR - The Detroit News has reviewed a recording of a call former President Donald Trump made to Michigan county officials in 2020, in which he urged them not to certify the election results from Detroit. Trump's actions were seen as an attempt to pressure local officials to interfere with an election, a pattern which he continued in Georgia and…

Exciting Polar Plunge Returns to Alger & Marquette – WJMN

TL/DR - The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Michigan is set to take place again this winter season. The event coordinator, Carla White, and Lawson Brody, an athlete, discussed the event which will take place on February 10 in Munising at East Channel Brewing Company and on March 16 in Marquette at the UP North Lodge in Gwinn. Interested…