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Michigan State University entomologist Howard Russell says usually outdoor mosquitoes are gone by the end of October. But this year it has not yet been cold enough to put an end to them for the year. Russell says these mosquitoes hatched during the very rainy early fall and likely don’t …

Over the last few months, for the most part, much of Michigan has experienced above normal temperatures. But Justin Titus,, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Marquette, says that is going to change starting today. Titus says coastal wave heights could reach 20-feet or higher, which could cause …

A special state commission, formed in the wake of the Flint water crisis is recommending a requirement that all young children from age one-to-two be tested for lead poisoning. Because of that, Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick says the state would have wait for parents to bring their kids in …

A reminder from the Michigan Treasury Department — as holiday shopping gets underway. Here’s Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick .

Even though we know that when pregnant women smoke it can cause low birth weight and other complications, there was an 18-percent increase in the number of expectant moms who smoked in Michigan from 2008 to 2014. That’s a finding of the Michigan League for Public Policy’s Right Start annual …

It’s not only taxpayers who are being targeted by scam artists. Murray Feldman reports tax professionals are at risk, too.

It is the latest look on Michigan’s economy. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.7 percent in October when more people entered the job market for a second straight month. Officials say the state’s workforce grew by 22,000 during the month, with total employment rising by 14,000 and the number …

Media companies continue being squeezed by declining readership and ad revenues. Business Editor Murray Feldman says newspapers have lost a third of their readers in the past three years, as more adults are getting their news off the web. Some newspapers across the state are offering buyouts to employees to …

“Just do it”, “Because I told you so”. Sound like some things you might say to your kids? That’s not the best approach according to the author of “The Explosive Child”, Dr. Ross Greene, an associate psychology professor at Virginia Tech. Greene says you can do that by gathering information …

A new three-year economic forecast for our state is hot off the presses. But Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick says a huge boom in the economy is not in the cards. The latest economic forecast doesn’t bode well for Michigan’s population trends. According to Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick, the …