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With today marking the return of state lawmakers in Lansing, one of the big items on the “to do” list is what to do about Detroit’s public schools. And as Jon Hewett reports, one lawmaker says students would be “better off” if DPS simply “went away”.

Most pickups didn’t fare too well in a new series of crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Here’s Auto Beat Reporter Jeff Gilbert –

In response to the fatal shooting rampage that took place earlier this year in Kalamazoo County, a state lawmaker expects quick passage of his active shooter alert bill. Republican Brandt Iden of Oshtemo Township expected the House Committee on Technology to take up the legislation later this week.

More evidence that professional football players are sustaining brain injuries. Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has the details.

The Progressive Women’s Legislative Caucus met in Lansing in an attempt to move forward legislation to address pay equity in the state. Representative Marcia Hovey-Wright says this is a serious problem. A bill was introduced over a year ago to the state legislature, but still no action has been taken.

Two more deaths have been linked to a Legionnaire’s outbreak in Genessee County. There are now 91 cases of Legionnaire’s and 12 deaths, says Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Was it caused by the switch to water from the Flint River …

Governor Rick Snyder, speaking at the Michigan Chronicle’s, Pancakes and Politics breakfast in Detroit, covered topics such as job growth, Flint and the Detroit Public Schools. Charlie Langton has more. Snyder again stressed that the word “resignation” has NOT crossed his mind –  

A legislative committee created to review Flint’s water crisis will hear from the leaders of a task force today that spent months investigating the disaster. Ken Sikkema and Chris Kolb, both former state lawmakers, will present their findings today. Last month, their task force concluded that the state of Michigan …

No doubt Calumet has a long storied history, but what of its future? In a study recently published in Sustainability, researchers at Michigan Tech took a comprehensive look at the current state of the village and particularly the art district. The study is called “Boom, Bust and Beyond—Arts and Sustainability …

Private landowners interested in helping to maintain or improve Upper Peninsula deer wintering habitat can learn more about the subject and cost-share programs available to aid in those efforts at either of two meetings the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled for this month. The first meeting, which will …