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A breakthrough has been announced that could moderate the anticipated increase in electrical rates in the Upper Peninsula. State officials today revealed a four-step plan that they say will provide more stable rates, and create new generation points in the U.P. The first step is an agreement in principle for …

A new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that alcohol poisoning kills an average of 77 people in Michigan each year, and three in four of those deaths involve adults ages 35 – 64 years. The report analyzes alcohol poisoning death rates across 46 …

Governor Rick Snyder has signed legislation that’s designed to go hand in hand with a ballot proposal that increases the state sales tax from six to seven per cent. The package of bills calls for a one penny sales tax increase that would raise one-point-two (b) billion dollars in new …