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A budget document obtained by the National Association of Clean Air Agencies says the White House is proposing to slash Environmental Protection Agency funding that pays for Great Lakes pollution cleanup by 97 percent. The potential cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s initial 20-18 budget proposal. The proposal would …

Hancock-The Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock is featuring artwork from area elementary, middle, and high school students March 4-31 for Celebrate Youth Arts Month 2017. The Youth Gallery and the Kerredge Gallery at the CCCAC will be filled floor to ceiling with local youth art. March is a …

Michigan Tech is the recipient of a Michigan Strategic Fund grant. State Representative Scott Dianda issued a statement congratulating MTU for winning approval for their Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Advanced Materials Innovation Hub. The university was also approved for $525,000 in MTRAC funding over two years to help this …

The March installment of the Nordic Film Series at Finlandia University’s Finnish American Heritage Center will feature some familiar faces, and some familiar scenery. “Superior” will be shown at 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the FAHC. Shot on location in the Copper Country in 2014, the award-winning film …

HANCOCK, Mich., Feb. 28, 2017 – Let’s Eat Dinners, working in conjunction with Evangel Baptist Church in Houghton, received a $15,870 grant from the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) to expand their community meals programming. Let’s Eat applied for funding under PHF’s food initiative RFP late last year.  The grant funding …

The search continues for a Houghton County man who’s been missing nearly seven weeks. The family of 33-year-old Kenneth Ryan Clark is now offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to his whereabouts or safe return. The Hancock man was last seen the evening of January 12th when he mysteriously …

Repairing the infrastructure is a common goal for two Republicans who don’t have a lot in common. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick has the story.

Governor Rick Snyder has lost a key supporter in his effort to take money from cyber schools and re-direct it into public schools. The update from Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.

The governor wants extra school money for students at risk. But Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick reports some lawmakers also want the richer schools districts to have their share.

Not everyone is angry over state lawmakers failure to rollback the income tax rate. More from Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.