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Governor Rick Snyder has signed legislation setting the date of the Michigan presidential primary to March 8, 2016. The bills move the statewide presidential primary from the fourth Tuesday in February to the second Tuesday in March going forward. They also move the regular February election to the second Tuesday …

The Children’s Trust Fund Board of Directors has approved more than $1.2 million in grants to seven Michigan community-based organizations to support local child abuse prevention initiatives–including the Keweenaw Family Resource Center in the Upper Peninsula. All $175,000 grants are for a four-year period. The winning grant proposals were selected …

A special election is set for May 5th for the recall of three Gladstone City Commissioners. Hugo Mattonen, Joe Maki, and Dave Nemecheck were targeted for recall because they voted last year to raise the city’s millage without having a public hearing. The city commission said at the time that …