Recent Updates

Gas Prices Hold Steady

Average gas prices have stabilized this week in Michigan, according to a new survey from AAA Michigan. The survey found that Michigan’s current statewide average is about $2.88 per gallon, relatively unchanged from last week’s average and about $1.01 less than this same time last year. The current Metro Detroit …

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U.P. Prisoners Making & Selling U.S. Flags

New American flags made by inmates at state prisons in the Upper Peninsula are now available. Michigan State Industries, operated by inmates at various Michigan prisons, is offering various sizes of the flags from 3 feet by 5 feet to 8 feet by 12 feet. The flags are among the …

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Consumer Confidence Swings Upward

Consumer confidence took off in the first half of the year as consumers voiced the largest and most sustained increase in economic optimism since 2004. That’s’ according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. U-M economist Richard Curtin says that same feeling is held by households in the top …

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