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The state is updating the number of people who were infected with Legionnaires disease in Genesee County during an outbreak in 2014 and 2015. The state Department of Health and Human Services says an additional person died of the disease. In total, 10 people died of Legionnaires disease and 88 …

Baby boomers are not only into retirement age, they’re also a large voting block and you see their power in public policy. So says the new president of AARP in Michigan. Chris Holman also says there’s a new block of voters right around the corner, millennials. Holman says that group …

Michigan natural resources officials are considering expanding the state’s hunting season for coyotes. There are currently two coyote hunting seasons in Michigan, the daytime hunt from July 15 to April 15 and the nighttime hunt from October 15 to March 31. The Natural Resources Commission is looking to expand both …

Craft brewers in the state could use social media to bolster their marketing efforts under legislation that’s cleared the Michigan House. State Representative Klint Kesto, R-Walled Lake, is sponsoring the bill and says breweries should be able to use Facebook and Twitter to plug events so long as no money …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has confirmed two additional free-ranging deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. One of the newly confirmed CWD-positive deer is a 9-month-old male from Meridian Township (Ingham County), and …

Nurses in Michigan, led by the Michigan Nurses Association labor organization, will march on the state Capitol Wednesday. They’re pushing for restrictions on things like the number of hours nurses have to work, as well as nurse-patient ratios. Dawn Kettinger of the MNA says it’s a safety issue for patients. …

Legislation introduced in Lansing would expand the state’s tracking of prescription drug use. Currently pharmacies in Michigan are required to file reports on prescriptions they’re filling with the state’s prescription monitoring program, but doctors are exempt from having to report the drugs they’re prescribing. Sponsor, state Senator Dale Zorn, says …

Three of the six lawmakers on the state legislative panel reviewing the Flint water crisis are making a trip to the city Monday. State Senator Jim Stamas, R-Midland, who chairs the committee made up of Republicans and Democrats from the Michigan House and Michigan Senate, says he, Senate Democratic Leader …

March 18, 2016 – More tests of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge have been scheduled for March 21-25 as part of ongoing maintenance work. The testing will likely result in brief delays for motorists. The contractor for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing test lifts of the bridge …

From the Upper Peninsula Power Company (Updated 9:18am): Marquette — Working throughout the evening and morning Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) crews have been able to greatly reduce the amount of outages brought on by wintry conditions that hit the U.P. in the past 24 hours. As of around 8 …