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Inmates at an Upper Peninsula prison peacefully protested the quality of the food provided by a state contractor. Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz says nearly 1,300 prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility chose not to get meals Monday, a day after inmates left the prison yard 20 minutes early in …

While they aren’t on the same page, on paper, subcommittees in the Michigan House and Michigan Senate are both on board with eliminating the state’s M-STEP standardized test. State Senator Goeff Hansen says it took too long to administer the test last year and by the time testing results were …

Hundreds of nurses rallied on the Capitol lawn Wednesday calling on state lawmakers to pass nurse staffing reforms. The group of demonstrators want a legislative hearing on the Safe Patient Care Act, which they say addresses dangerous understaffing at hospitals in the state. President of the Michigan Nurses Association, John …

The Michigan Senate has cleared legislation that could require kids who aren’t reading at grade level to repeat the third grade. The measure requires students to hit certain reading benchmarks before advancing to the fourth grade. State Senator Phil Pavlov says the Senate made changes to the bill, which passed …

School districts across the state could still have to foot the bill to get Detroit Public Schools out of debt, under the package of bills that passed the Michigan Senate Tuesday. The measures provide an initial influx of money, but after that money to pay down the district’s debt will …

A new task force report on Flint’s lead contaminated water says government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction and environmental injustice led to the city’s water crisis. And the report recommends the state’s emergency manager law be looked at because the law removed necessary checks and balances that contributed to the …

In a matter of months, Keweenaw County will have a new sheriff for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century. That’s because long time serving Sheriff Ron Lahti will soon be calling it a career. Keweenaw County Sheriff Ron Lahti said, “I’ve had 37 years in law …

World Water Day is meant to start discussions about water around the world. On this day, many people talk about local and global water issues and how to solve them. Michigan Tech celebrated the day with events around campus, including a lecture by John Austin, the president of Michigan’s State …

Michigan Technological University and the Portage Health Foundation have awarded four $8,000 Making a Difference Scholarships to students entering Michigan Technological University next fall who are residents of Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw or Ontonagon counties. Nine other finalists from these counties will receive $1,000 scholarships. All of the scholarships are renewable …

Police in the Copper Country are warning residents about a pair of scams that have made their way to the area. The first scam is a phone call saying that you have won the lottery. You’re then asked to send money to a bank in South Africa. Several reports say …