Trump’s local impact
This list of stories chronicles the impacts of the Trump administration’s policies on Leelanau County residents, businesses, tourism, agriculture and discourse—from tariffs to cuts to threats against immigrants.
Tariffs and boycotts and supply shortages, oh my! September 2025
‘Big, beautiful bill’ scraps $20M conservation project in northwest Michigan. Now what? August 2025
Life, liberty, beaches and pie—for our foreign-born workers, for us all
American flags, strawberry rhubarb crisp, but No Kings, June 2025
National nutrition education program with local impact slated for elimination by Congress, June 2025
Descendents of Black pioneers return to Leelanau for film screening, May 2025
Stepping on toes. Tariffs, boycott of U.S. goods, threaten Farmer Foot Drums existence, May 2025
Disgusted at Trump, Canadians boycott Michigan travel, May 2025
Resistance awakes as “Hands Off” rallies energize Northern Michigan against Trump, April 2025
Foreign assistance is as American as apple pie, February 2025
Your Sleeping Bear Dunes experience this year may feel very different, March 2025
Preparing families for immigration enforcement as federal crackdown fears grow, January 2025
Stripped of safe haven status, local schools face immigration enforcement threat, February 2025
Democracy in Leelanau: what unites us in politically divided times, November 2024
Undertaker enters the ring: Trump’s (very late) appearance in Traverse City, October 2024
Trump’s mass deportation threat worries Leelanau’s tight-knit Latino community, October 2024
