House GOP introduces income tax rollback
State House Republicans have introduced legislation rolling back Michigan's income tax three months early. The tax rate was scheduled to fall from 4.35 percent to 4.25 percent on January 1. The GOP...
View ArticleMI Supreme Court rules on medical marijuana defense
By Rick PlutaAn opinion Thursday by the state Supreme Court adds some definition to Michigan's 2008 voter-approved medical marijuana law. The court made a series of rulings on what's allowed for...
View ArticleGovernor says Michigan should North America's manufacturing capital
By Rick PlutaGovernor Rick Snyder said Michigan can be the leading center of manufacturing in North America, if the state makes the right moves.   The governor delivered an address to 15 hundred...
View ArticleMichigan Main Street Program
Kaitlyn CamilleriSix cities have been selected for round two of the Michigan Main Street program. Burton, Davison, Essexville and Lake City are among those named. The Main Street program started in...
View ArticleLaHood in Detroit for mass transit meeting
By Rick PlutaThe future of mass transit in Detroit will be the topic of a meeting later Monday that brings US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to Michigan. City, state, and federal officials are...
View ArticleHouse approves education budget
By Rick PlutaThe state House has approved one of the final pieces of the new state budget. It's a combined spending plan for K-through-12 schools, universities, and community colleges. The measure did...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court allows Detroit marijuana vote
By Rick PlutaThe Michigan Supreme Court has cleared the way for Detroiters to vote on whether their city will be the first in the state to legalize marijuana.In a terse one-paragraph order, the state...
View ArticleMcCotter ends write-in bid
By Rick PlutaCongressman Thaddeus McCotter has ended his bid to win re-election as a write-in candidate after failing to file enough petition signatures to qualify for the primary ballot.The Republican...
View ArticleReport: Governor has plan to bypass Legislature on bridge
Rick PlutaA published report said Governor Rick Snyder is ready to bypass a reluctant Legislature and move ahead with a new international border crossing in Detroit. Crain's Detroit Business said the...
View ArticleAlpena designates itself as "Bike Town" for June
By Amy RobinsonThe city of Alpena is taking on a new focus and a new nick-name this month.     The mayor has issued a proclamation dubbing Alpena "Bike Town Michigan' for the month of June.  Terri...
View ArticleMichigan emerges from warmest spring
By Amy RobinsonWe're looking ahead to a quiet week coming off a cool spell, and meteorologists say it's official this past spring was record setting.Meteorologists define spring period March, April and...
View ArticleEducation budget headed to Snyder
By Rick PlutaA budget for schools, universities, and community colleges is on its way to Governor Rick Snyder. It's the final piece to the budget puzzle with schools' and universities' new fiscal years...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics can get money from volunteer tax checkoff
By Jesi MunguiaThe 41st annual Special Olympics Michigan, held in Mount Pleasant last weekend was bigger than ever.2,600 athletes from all 83 counties took part in the competition, 150 more athletes...
View ArticleState launches 4 by 4 plan to combat obesity
By Kaitlyn CamilleriThe Michigan Department of Community Health has announced what it calls a 'four by four plan' to reduce and prevent obesity.The four by four plan addresses four behaviors and four...
View ArticleAlleged Illegal Asian Carp Sale
By Kaitlyn CamilleriAsian carp have posed a problem for the Great Lakes for decades, and now a man from Arkansas has been charged with the selling of invasive species to people in Midland.Officials say...
View ArticleArtist "draws" economic development on Mackinac Island
By Chris McCarusCan Michigan fix its problems by drawing pictures of them?That's what an artist did last week at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. She drew bikes, buses,...
View ArticleHouse approves income tax rollback
By Rick PlutaThe state House has approved an election year tax reduction. The measures now head to the state Senate. Last year, the Legislature delayed an income tax rollback. That helped balance the...
View ArticleMcCotter officially removed from ballot, AG takes over
By Rick PlutaRepublican Congressman Thad McCotter has been officially removed from the August primary ballot by a state elections board. The board ratified a finding that the McCotter campaign...
View ArticleHuron Pines recieves grants to aid conservation efforts
By Kaitlyn CamilleriHuron Pines, an environmental conservation group in Northeast Michigan has received two grants to aid in restoration projects.One grant is to help sixteen Americorps volunteers and...
View ArticleDTE Energy makes $500 million dollar wind investment
By Jesi MunguiaA new project is springing up in the Thumb region of Michigan, that will create thousands of jobs and reduce pollution.DTE Energy plans to put up 137 wind turbines in the Thumb region,...
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