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How happy are you at work? A new survey from Monster.com puts Michigan at the top of the list of Top Ten states with workers who are unhappy. Sandra McNeill reports.

Michigan’s Republican delegation is in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio this morning as the Republican National Convention begins in Cleveland. 59 delegates will be holding breakfast meetings with some keynote speakers each day before heading to the convention in Cleveland. Attorney General Bill Schuette is scheduled to speak Monday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena. …

Twenty students are taking part in a weeklong flight training program at Michigan Tech, one of the university’s Summer Youth Programs. Seventeen of the students are from South Korea, with the remaining three from the United States. The students will get a chance to fly a real plane, but first …

Research shows that parents are the number one reason young people decide not to drink alcohol. So, even though talking about underage drinking can be intimidating, there are many good reasons to do it. Dial Help Prevention Coordinator Kevin Weir said, “Ten percent of 12-year-olds report that they have tried …

The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) recently awarded Finlandia University $235,000 for facility enhancements and scholarship programming in a partnership known as “Stronger Together – Together for Good.” The goal of this ongoing partnership is to identify and promote Finlandia University as a regional leader of health science education, and to …

They’ll be jamming in Aura this weekend at the 40th Annual Aura Jamboree. Organizers say the lineup of musicians may be their biggest ever and those taking part will notice a big change this year. That’s Aura Hall Board Member Mike Roberts. Things will get underway around 4:00 Friday afternoon and …

News Thursday of Indiana Governor Mike Pence becoming Donald Trump’s running mate is sitting well with state Senator Joe Hune of Livingston County. Hune says a GOP ticket involving Pence would help cater to the independent voter, while erasing concerns of the party’s establishment.

Governor Rick Snyder has appointed a new Department of Environmental Quality Director, and Democrats are wasting little time blasting the decision because the new director worked for a major oil company. Here’s Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.

The governor’s point man in Flint on the water crisis there is telling Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick things are returning to normal but there is a long way to go on building trust with the community again.

The Internal Revenue Service continues to hear from taxpayers who’ve received unsolicited calls from con artists claiming to be from the IRS. Jon Hewett reports.