Only in 1870 did the United States recognize Christmas as a federal holiday.
The practice of erecting public Christmas trees emerged in the U.S. in the 20th century. In 1923, the first one appeared on the White House's South Lawn. During the Great Depression, famous sites such as New York's Rockefeller Center began erecting increasingly larger trees.
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With a new year comes a host of new laws and regulations in states and cities across the country. This includes Michigan which will see minimum wages rise Jan. 1, and criminal justice reform. Under Michigan's new rules, up to two felony convictions will automatically be expunged 10 years after a person's sentence is complete if they don't commit another crime.
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Cannabis is legal in most of America. But federal laws still block businesses from banks.
According to a research report conducted by New Frontier Data, the U.S. cannabis industry is projected to be a $72 billion market by 2030. Imagine that these billions of dollars are being exchanged in the marketplace but never deposited into a single financial or banking institution, because of federal laws that have not kept up.
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Child marriage is still legal in Michigan as fight continues to change the law.
The age minimum for getting married in Michigan may shock you. Technically it is age zero. There is no minimum under the law.
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