Republican leaders in the Michigan House are reportedly working on another effort to garner new revenue for roads in Michigan. The Gongwer News Service quotes sources who say the plan will include $600 million in new revenue and $600 million in state budget cuts. The plan could be voted on …

Four people have been found dead in a home just south of Traverse City, including two children, in what police are calling a murder suicide. The bodies were found Thursday night. A coworker of one of the victims tipped police to that fact that something might be fishy after Jeffery …

U.S. Senator Gary Peters wants a faster decision on whether or not wolves need to be brought to Isle Royale to supplement a dying pack. The National Park Service is not expected to make a final decision for two to three years. He calls that unacceptable because the three wolves …

The oil company that has a pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac is teaming up with Michigan Technological University to put a buoy in the water to help monitor weather and wave conditions. Michael Barnes of Enbridge says once the buoy is deployed it will collect real-time data on weather, …

If two state lawmakers who are being pressured to resign face expulsion efforts in the Michigan House, it will not be an easy time for anyone. That’s according to Dennis Cawthorne, former Republican leader in the Michigan House, who was a leader in the successful effort to throw former State …

A former aide to State Representative’s Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat is pledging to tell the inside story of what happened in the office shared by the two lawmakers. According to published reports, Josh Cline resigned in April after confronting the two about their extramarital affair. Representative Gamrat addressed the …

The City of Hancock is unveiling a new plaque at Laurn-Grove Park today. The new plaque talks about Alvin E. Laurn and Robert C. Grove and their service and sacrifice to our country. The new plaque will hopefully serve as a reminder to all that the park is named for …

Michigan Tech continues to be a leader in stewardship of the Great Lakes and now they are using that expertise in the Straits of Mackinac. Governor Rick Snyder visited Houghton Thursday to see first hand how the Great Lakes Research Center is using high-tech equipment like a Supercomputer and a …

Democratic U-S Senator Gary Peters says he hasn’t decided if he will support President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Several Democrats in the Senate have already opposed the deal including New York Senator Chuck Schumer. Peters says he still has questions about what he calls a very complicated deal. …

State Representative Scott Dianda (D-Calumet) today said that a partnership between Michigan Technological University’s (MTU) Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) and Enbridge to monitor the Straits of Mackinac will mean additional protection for this waterway that is so important to Michigan’s economy. Enbridge’s Pipeline 5 runs underneath the Straits and …