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Some school superintendents in Michigan are looking to the governor to veto a bill they say is effectively a gag order on any ballot question 60 days before a vote. The legislation, which impacts how schools can communicate information on millages and when political campaigns have to disclose their donors, …

Michigan legislators are missing fewer votes in the state House and Senate, according to a new report. The report by the Mackinac Center shows the state’s 38 senators and 110 representatives missed a combined 1,055 recorded roll call votes in 2015. That’s down from 1,093 in 2014. Jack McHugh, the …

Now that there is plenty of snow on the ground–thank you Heikki Lunta–it’s a great time to strap on your skis or snowshoes and head out to one of the areas many trail systems. Houghton County is home to the Nara Trails in Houghton, the Maasto Hiito trails in Hancock, …

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company is urging its customers to be aware of scammers who may call them posing as UPPCO representatives and threaten service disconnection unless financial or credit card information is provided within a short period of time due to allegedly being delinquent on their accounts. Any …

Hancock, Michigan—The Alive Inside program, funded through partnership with the Keweenaw Community Foundation and Portage Health Foundation, brings personalized music to residents of area nursing homes through the technology of iPods, headsets, and iTunes. Through listening to playlists, caregivers are able to provide their patients who suffer from cognitive and …

The average price of a gallon of gas increased eight cents per gallon during the past week. AAA reports that the average is now about $1.91 per gallon. While it’s an increase, it’s still 16 cents per gallon less than this same time last year. Among the cities surveyed, Flint …

Michigan’s agriculture department has lifted a statewide ban on poultry exhibitions at fairs and other events. The state earlier banned the exhibitions as a precautionary measure in June 2015 in response to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak happening across the U.S. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development …

The winter storm made for some stressful travel at Michigan airports. Hundreds of flights out of Detroit Metropolitan Airport were either delayed or canceled due to the winter storm that brought snow, freezing rain and high winds to much of Lower Michigan. Several flights were also delayed or canceled at …

Microbeads will soon disappear from household products. President Barack Obama has signed a ban on the tiny plastic beads used in personal cosmetic and hygiene products. Michigan U.S. Representative Fred Upton was one of the sponsors of the measure to prohibit the manufacture and use of the plastic microbeads in …

While a lot of salt was put on roads in Michigan on Monday, supplies are good and costs are lower compared to last year. Denise Donohue of the County Road Association of Michigan, says road crews in the state were well stocked with salt as they approached Monday’s storm. She …