Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to prohibit the importation of trophies of species that are listed, or proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Senate Democrat Gary Peters of Michigan is a co-sponsor. He says the measure will help prevent increased sport hunting of animals …

A new poll finds billionaire Donald Trump leading his Republican presidential hopefuls in Michigan with 20-percent support. However, Pollster Steve Mitchell from East Lansing-based Mitchell Research and Communications says former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is gaining ground and is in second place after receiving high marks in last week’s …

U-S Congressman Dan Kildee will introduce legislation soon he hopes will help people buried under student debt. One of his bills will make scholarships and grants exempt from being taxed. Another one of Kildee’s bills will prohibit lenders from collecting on the entirety of a loan if the cosigner dies. …

Citizens for Fair Taxes is hitting the streets, trying to collect the signatures it needs to get a question on the November ballot asking voters to raise the corporate income tax. Right now that tax stands at 6 percent. The group wants to bump it to 11 percent and use …

A state Senator is calling for the Michigan attorney general to investigate a recent spike in gas prices. Mechanical issues at the BP Whiting, Indiana refinery are being blamed for an 80 cent jump in gas prices in parts of Michigan. State Senator John Proos wants the state attorney general …

Michigan Tech will be helping to monitor conditions in the Straits of Mackinac in an area where pipelines lay under the water. The University’s Great Lakes Research Center will provide real-time monitoring of the water conditions for Enbridge Energy Partners. The center will add another monitoring buoy into the Upper …

The weeklong celebration of National Health Center Week continues today with a health fair in Lake Linden. The public is invited to come enjoy festivities at the Lake Linden Family Health Center parking lot from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. There will be vendors there with local produce and crafts along with …

Small breweries could get some help if a bill to cut their taxes becomes law. The bill was co-sponsored by Senator Gary Peters and would cut the tax rate per barrel of beer from breweries that produce less than six million barrels of beer annually. Peters says it makes sense …

For all these years that mountain bikers have been chasing deer–one is still yet to be caught. The 11th Annual Great Deer Chase is taking place this weekend on the Swedetown Trails in Calumet, The Saturday event includes a 15 and a 30 mile cross country race along with 3 …

If you have driven down Sheldon Avenue in downtown Houghton in the past week, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the caution signs in the middle of the road. Those delineator signs were once again a topic at the city council’s regular meeting and so far the consensus is that those signs are doing …