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Some Online Retailers Begin Collecting State Sales Tax

Michigan’s Main Street Fairness Act takes effect Thursday meaning some big online retailers will have to begin collecting state sales tax. The act requires sales websites like Amazon, which have facilities in Michigan, to begin collecting the state’s 6% sales tax. Tom Scott of the Michigan Retailers Association, which supported the …

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Study Lays Out Options For New KBIC Trail

LANSING, Mich. – Connecting a nearly 12-mile stretch of land that runs beside the southern rim of the Keweenaw Bay holds unprecedented promise for two Upper Peninsula communities viewing the creation of the new path as a major boost to the region’s economic development and quality of life. Findings from …

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Sentence Handed Down In Drug Case

The court case against 73-year-old Warren Selden is now over. Selden was sentenced in the Baraga County Circuit Court on Tuesday. He is one of seventeen arrested after a drug bust in December. Selden was charged with delivery or manufacture of hydromorphone following an investigation by the Upper Peninsula Substance …

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House Committee Debates Bills to Regulate Breast Milk Banks

Legislation regulating breast milk banks in Michigan and prohibiting the sale of human breast milk online are aired in a House committee. Neither bill was voted on. The first bill sets standards and regulations that for-profit breast milk banks would have to follow. State Representative Lee Chatfield worries that will …

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Snyder Now Actively Looking into Seeking Refugees

Governor Rick Snyder says he’s looking into bringing some refugees from the Middle East to Michigan. The governor told the first-ever gathering of the Michigan Commission on Middle Eastern Affairs in Lansing Tuesday he is actively looking at the refugee situation and he wants to know how Michigan can help …

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