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Nearly 3.5-million Michiganders are expected to travel for the holidays. Roughly 90-percent of those traveling will do so by car. Susan Hiltz with AAA Michigan says the forecast is a 2.5-percent increase over last year’s figure.

Last minute holiday shopping is revving-up. Tom Scott with the Michigan Retailers Association says this is traditionally the busiest time of the shopping season. But has harsh winter weather put a damper on that? Recent figures show holiday shopping was up 10-percent at the beginning of holiday shopping season.

The Michigan House has approved a rewrite of state energy laws on the final day of voting during the two-year term. The Republican-led chamber voted on Thursday to boost the required use of renewable sources of power and to keep intact some competition in the electricity market. Thursday was the …