Could health care benefits for Michigan’s public sector retirees be a thing of the past? More from Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a type of ‘transparent silver’ they hope will soon become the standard for flexible displays and touch screens. Silver’s basic properties don’t allow it to be spread exceptionally thin. But U of M experts got around that by combining the silver with …

World Water Day is Wednesday, but there are a whole week’s worth of activities focusing on water at Michigan Tech. The theme this year is Wastewater. Throughout the week there is an impressive display in the Memorial Union Commons. A visual display consisting of 90 one-gallon jugs, each representing an …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grants in the Upper Peninsula. The funds will be allocated to 11 grant award recipients. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state-managed lands …

Dr. Jason Oyadomari has been named Dean of the Suomi College of Arts and Sciences (SCAS) at Finlandia University. Dr. Oyadomari has been serving as the Interim Dean for more than a year. “Jason has done an exceptional job in his leadership role over the past 14 months as Interim Dean,” said Fredi de Yampert, …

Air travel in the Upper Peninsula could be in jeopardy if President Trump’s budget proposal is approved by Congress. “To not have a commercial airline in your community, your economic development and the growth in your community depends on this airline being here,” said Kelly Smith, manager of the Delta County …

Three men from the Detroit area and one Houghton County resident are facing charges following last week’s drug bust in Lake Linden. Detectives from UPSET seized heroin, cash from suspected drug sales and a loaded shotgun when they searched the residence. 25-year-old Breon Garner of Detroit was charged Friday with …

With proposed cuts by the administration to many service programs, organizations involved with Meals-on-Wheels are concerned about the health and well-being of the people they serve. Tammy Lemmer from the Tri-County Office on Aging that serves Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties, says they are keeping a close eye on budgets.

The House Commerce and Trade Committee will hold a hearing to discuss Macomb County Representative Peter Lucido’s legislation to eliminate Michigan’s twice-annual time change. Lucido says the time changes cause health risks, disruption of sleep patterns and a loss of productivity at work. Rather than end Daylight Saving Time, Lucido …

The 2017 Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism will wrap-up today. Michelle Grinnell with Travel Michigan says they just launched a new website, though it still has the same address www.michigan.org. Travel is a $20 billion industry in Michigan which employs roughly 214,000 people.