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Craft brewers and beer distributors in the state would be allowed to use Facebook and Twitter to promote beer events under legislation that recently passed a House committee. Right now it’s illegal for either to mention a store by name that carries their beer or to promote an event at …

A state lawmaker is backing legislation to put money into a fund designed to help fire fighters pay for cancer treatments. Senator Curtis Hertel, D-East Lansing, says fire fighters are two to three times more likely to develop cancer because they’re job exposes them to cancer-causing agents. He says the …

Legislation that aims to crack down on puppy mills and regulate large dog breeders in the state has cleared the Michigan House. The measure would set statewide standards to stop shady dog breeders from bouncing from a county regulating dog breeders to one that doesn’t. It requires large dog breeders …