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The Progressive Women’s Legislative Caucus met in Lansing in an attempt to move forward legislation to address pay equity in the state. Representative Marcia Hovey-Wright says this is a serious problem. A bill was introduced over a year ago to the state legislature, but still no action has been taken.

Two more deaths have been linked to a Legionnaire’s outbreak in Genessee County. There are now 91 cases of Legionnaire’s and 12 deaths, says Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Was it caused by the switch to water from the Flint River …

Governor Rick Snyder, speaking at the Michigan Chronicle’s, Pancakes and Politics breakfast in Detroit, covered topics such as job growth, Flint and the Detroit Public Schools. Charlie Langton has more. Snyder again stressed that the word “resignation” has NOT crossed his mind –  

A legislative committee created to review Flint’s water crisis will hear from the leaders of a task force today that spent months investigating the disaster. Ken Sikkema and Chris Kolb, both former state lawmakers, will present their findings today. Last month, their task force concluded that the state of Michigan …

No doubt Calumet has a long storied history, but what of its future? In a study recently published in Sustainability, researchers at Michigan Tech took a comprehensive look at the current state of the village and particularly the art district. The study is called “Boom, Bust and Beyond—Arts and Sustainability …

Private landowners interested in helping to maintain or improve Upper Peninsula deer wintering habitat can learn more about the subject and cost-share programs available to aid in those efforts at either of two meetings the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled for this month. The first meeting, which will …

A third-year chemistry major at Michigan Tech the winner of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Minnesota native Peter Winegar is the 10th recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship in Tech’s history. Goldwater scholarships—established by Congress to honor the late Arizona Senator and administered by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence …

It will have to be a big cake to hold all the candles, but Calumet Township is turning 150 this year. A celebration is planned for August 19th and 20th and will include The Great Deer Chase, vendors in the park, a street dance, parade and fireworks. The Sesquicentennial Committee …

The City of Houghton is among the communities being featured in Roadmaps to Health. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings website recognized Houghton and the Western UP Health Department for implementing strategies to make a healthier community. Local initiatives to increase physical activity include the city’s Complete Streets …

Former state Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have filed a notice with a Michigan Court saying they could sue the state, and others, to recoup more than $500,000. Do they have a chance? Here’s MNN legal analyst Charlie Langton.