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Ingham Country Potter Park Zoo Millage
Yes 75.15 No 24.85
Ingham County Trails and Parks Millage Renewal
Yes 74.00 No 26.00
Ingham County Public Transportation Millage Renewal Question
Yes 79.12 No 20.88
Ingham Country Tourism, Entertainment Facilities and Arts Proposal
Yes 61.98 No 38.02
Lansing City Property Sale Question
No 52.98 Yes 47.02
Stockbridge Township Public Safety Millage Proposal
No 70.58 Yes 29.42
Fowlerville Community Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal
No 71.70 Yes 28.30
Morrice Area Schools Proposal
No 63.01 Yes 36.99
Capital Area Distric Library Ballot Proposalfor a Distric Wide Tax
Yes 74.23 No 25.77
Ovid Emergency Services Millage
Yes 53.00 No 47.00
Bath Township General Operating Millage Increase
Yes 59.3 No 40.7
Bengal Township Roads and Bridges Millage
Yes 61.5 No 38.5
Bengal Township Dust Control Millage
Yes 62.7 No 37.3
Bengal Township Emergency Medical Services Millage
Yes 56.1 No 43.9
Bingham Township Fire and Emergency Services Millage
Yes 61.5 No 38.5
DeWitt Township Police and Fire Millage
Yes 75.5 No 24.5
Duplain Township Emergency Service Millage
Yes 56.1 No 43.9
Essex Township Road Millage Renewal and Increase
Yes 67.1 No 32.9
Lebanon Township Road Maintenance Millage
Yes 64.2 No 35.8
Victor Township Emergency Services Millage
Yes 65.7 No 34.3
Fowler Public Schools Operating Millage
Yes 69.8 No 30.2
Briggs District Library Millage Proposal
Yes 62.7 No 37.3
Eaton Juvemile Millage Renewal and Restoration
Yes 17,973 No 10,538
Eaton 911 and Central Dispatch Millage Renewal and Restoration
Yes 19,574 No 8,994
Benton Charter Township Fire and Emergency Services Medical Millage
Yes 551 No 236
Hamlin Township Millage Renewal Emergency Medical and Fire Protection Services
Yes 637 No 206
Eaton Ambulence Service Millage Proposal
Yes 262 No 178
Grand Ledge Area Emergency Services Authority Millage Renewal and Restoration
Yes 2,334 No 1,177
Ionia County Intermediate School District Special Education Millage Proposal
Yes 301 No 277
Potterville Public Schools Building and Site Sinking Fund Millage Renewal and Proposal
Yes 762 No 582
Potterville Public Schools Security and Technology Sinking Fund Millage Renewal
Yes 754 No 589
Maple Valley Schools Operating Millage Proposal
No 443 Yes 405
Eaton Library Millage Proposal
Yes 2,551 No 1,595
Better data reveals women’s overlooked role in global fisheries
By: Jack Harrison, Jane Deacon
EAST LANSING, Mich. - EAST LANSING, Mich. - Governments need data to make decisions on topics ranging from economic development to food security to conservation. But what happens when data is incomplete?
A new international study, led in part by Michigan State University researchers, found women make up nearly 40% of the global small-scale fisheries workforce, which is more than double what many traditional fisheries datasets suggest. The findings suggest how incomplete data can underestimate the size of an industry that supports roughly 500 million people worldwide, leading to gaps in economic planning, conservation and public policy.
MSU professors Mark Axelrod and Mar Mancha-Cisneros built on the framework made possible by the Illuminating Hidden Harvests Initiative, which encourages countries to improve how they measure and support small-scale fisheries. They teamed up with a team of over three-dozen researchers across six continents to better capture women’s roles in fisheries.
The research, published in the journal Ambio, sought to improve decision-making and advance gender equity in small-scale fisheries, which employ almost 90% of all fisheries jobs around the world and support roughly half of the global seafood catch. Rather than calling for entirely new systems, the researchers provide a practical approach to improving fisheries data by building on what already exists.
“Nobody’s mandate is to understand the whole system,” said Axelrod, professor at James Madison College and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. “Fisheries agencies manage fish stocks. Health ministries track disease. The siloed nature of government agencies creates challenges for comprehensive data collection and analysis.”
Recent research estimates that women comprise 39.6% of the small-scale fisheries workforce — more than double what traditional data systems suggest — yet gender data gaps persist throughout national and international fisheries systems. Women represent 45% of people engaged in subsistence fishing globally — catching fish for family use — and around half of workers in small-scale fish processing (48.7%) and trading (50.2%). However, women make up just 18.7% of workers in commercial fishing operations, where data collection has traditionally been concentrated.
These gaps are not accidental. Fisheries data systems typically focus on commercial, vessel-based fishing — where men make up the majority — while overlooking subsistence fishing, informal work and processing activities where women’s contributions are often highest. Because data is spread across agencies such as fisheries, health and economic departments, no single institution captures the full scope of work in the sector. As a result, substantial portions of fisheries labor, particularly women’s contributions, remain invisible in official data systems.
The project began as a smaller gender analysis effort but expanded into a large-scale collaboration to better understand the structural challenges behind these data gaps and identify actionable solutions. Researchers and practitioners from across six continents with expertise in fisheries biology, political economy, environmental science and community-based research came together.
Rather than calling for entirely new systems, the researchers outline a practical approach to improving fisheries data by building on what already exists.
Their framework identifies 17 indicators across economic, governance and health categories and emphasizes a three-step approach: connecting existing data across agencies, updating current data collection systems to better capture informal and subsistence work, and collecting new data only where gaps remain.
“Through the Illuminating Hidden Harvests process, we saw that even with significant capacity and effort, there were huge barriers to finding gender-disaggregated data,” said Sarah Harper, the lead author of the study, who at the time was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria in Canada and now works in support of Canadian Indigenous fishing communities.
Rather than creating entirely new data systems, the researchers found many of the answers already exist in labor surveys, census data and other government datasets.
Better coordination across agencies is important, but they also found that about 60% of the data needed to fully capture gender-inclusive fisheries systems must come from outside traditional fisheries agencies. This includes organizations such as national statistical offices, health ministries and economic development departments.
The researchers say more detailed, integrated data can give policymakers a more complete understanding of fisheries, helping improve economic planning, conservation efforts and gender equity. Their framework is designed to be adaptable across countries with different resources and other types of environmental data systems and needs.
(courtesy story)
Locos stave off Lake County comeback in 7-6 win
LANSING, Mich. – Jake Reinisch drove in two runs with a single in the first and a triple in the fifth, Devin Kirby-Williams limited the Los Picantes de Lake County (Lake County Captains) (17-18, 54-45) to two runs in five innings, and the Lansing Locos (14-22, 43-57) survived a furious, four-run rally in the eighth to win a 7-6 contest on Tuesday night at JacksonⓇ Field™.
Lansing improved to 4-9 against Lake County, winning their first series opener in three series.
The Locos built a 7-2 lead with two runs in the first – thanks to RBI singles from Reinisch and Daniel Bucciero – followed by a run-scoring wild pitch in the fourth, three runs in the fifth and a Jared Sprague-Lott home run in the sixth.
Knuckleballer Kirby-Williams allowed five hits and three walks with four strikeouts, escaping a jam in the fourth inning by icing back to back hitters with runners on second and third.
Griffin Kirn blanked Lake County in the sixth and seventh, but Lake County found life in the eighth off relievers Tzu-Chen Sha and Luis Carrasco; doubles from Luis De La Cruz and Garrett Howe against Sha cut the deficit to 7-5, and a Jonah Advincula RBI triple off Carrasco brought the Picantes within one.
But Carrasco made quick work of Lake County in the ninth, striking out Juan Benjamin and drawing fly outs from Anthony Martinez and Jeffrey Mercedes to end the game and earn his fourth save.
In the winning cause, Reinisch finished 3-for-4 at the plate with one run scored and two RBIs, Sprague-Lott went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, one RBI and one walk, and Bucciero hit 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
In addition to his two runs scored, first baseman Bucciero also made a highlight-worthy play on defense at first base, diving for a groundball hit up the line by Martinez in the third inning with a runner on third to save a run.
Jorge Marcheco is the probable starter for Lansing on Wednesday, scheduled to face Lake County southpaw Nelson Keljo in a 1:05 p.m. matinee. Gates open at 12 noon for Skip Work Day and a Dog Days of Summer, with dogs welcome at the ballpark. For tickets and more information, call (517) 485-4500 or visit www.milb.com/lansing.
(courtesy story)