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Have you bought a Valentines Day gift yet? There’s still a few days and a new survey takes a look at the stress involved. That’s Sara Skirboll, a trends expert with the website “Retail Me Not.” Their survey shows about 74-percent of consumers find something stressful about dating and that’s on …

Michigan’s Healthy Michigan is having a huge impact. That’s according to the state’s Medicaid director Chris Priest who spoke to the House Health Policy Standing Committee Wednesday. He says time will tell what happens with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Priest says people will be able to stay …

Lawmakers met Tuesday in Lansing to increase the fine for selling tobacco to minors and the fine for minors trying to purchase tobacco products. The sponsor of the bill Senator Steven Beida from Macomb County says the initial fine was established in 1988 and has never been raised. The amendment …

Audit findings, released today by the state Bureau of Elections, reveal 31 people in Michigan may have voted twice in the November election. Director Chris Thomas says the Precinct Election Board could have caught this on Election Night, blaming it on human error, not fraud. The problems were discovered in …

One anti-tax group says they would rather see state income tax cut instead of the elimination of the pension tax. More on the tax debate with Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick.

At a bar, online or even through mutual friends. There are a variety of ways to meet a significant other, but a new survey reveals many people are opting for their office. Lauren Barthold reports:

Judging was held this morning for the Michigan Tech Winter Carnival Statue Competition. This year, there were three division for the Month-Long Statues — Men, Women and Co-Ed. The top three were selected in each division while the top three scores among all divisions were placed into the “Overall Month-Long” …

Public universities could get a 2.5 percent funding boost from the state under a new budget proposal unveiled by Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder says half of the increase would be guaranteed with the rest based on a performance formula. Universities that increase tuition by more than 3.8 percent would lose …

Chilly temperatures won’t put the freeze on Wednesday’s All-Nighter. The official kick-off of Michigan Tech’s Winter Carnival is one of the campus’s most anticipated events of the year. Blue Key Honor Society President Bradley Torni said, “We all, collectively, get together on campus during the All-Nighter and just have a blast. …

There’s not a lot of sleeping going on at the campus of Michigan Tech. The All-Nighter, the official kick-off event of Winter Carnival, features food and fun–with many booths put on by student organizations. Silver Wings promotes professional development and military awareness and are raising money to put on more …