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The Michigan House and Senate have formed a joint committee to look into the Flint water crisis. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof says the committee will take testimony on the situation and examine all levels of government and what mistakes were made that led up to lead-tainted water in Flint. …

The Michigan House and Senate have formed a joint committee to look into the Flint water crisis. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof says the committee will take testimony on the situation and examine all levels of government and what mistakes were made that led up to lead-tainted water in Flint. …

The state Senate gave final legislative approval to a $30 million supplemental spending bill Tuesday intended to reimburse Flint residents for their water bills. The measure now heads to Governor Rick Snyder for his signature. The money will be offered as a credit to Flint residents who have been paying …

The state Senate gave final legislative approval to a $30 million supplemental spending bill Tuesday intended to reimburse Flint residents for their water bills. The measure now heads to Governor Rick Snyder for his signature. The money will be offered as a credit to Flint residents who have been paying …

High school students would be required to know how to perform CPR before they could graduate under legislation awaiting hearings in Michigan House and Senate committees. Tyler Menhart, a junior at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, learned CPR while in the Boy Scouts and used it to save his …

High school students would be required to know how to perform CPR before they could graduate under legislation awaiting hearings in Michigan House and Senate committees. Tyler Menhart, a junior at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, learned CPR while in the Boy Scouts and used it to save his …

  The Michigan House has given the go-ahead to a bill that clears up a new state law that restricts what local governments, schools and libraries can say about ballot issues. The current law, which a federal judge recently put on hold because it was vague, prohibits using taxpayer dollars …

  The Michigan House has given the go-ahead to a bill that clears up a new state law that restricts what local governments, schools and libraries can say about ballot issues. The current law, which a federal judge recently put on hold because it was vague, prohibits using taxpayer dollars …

Private landowners interested in helping 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 a March 3 meeting the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled in Gogebic County. The session will be from 6-8 …

A Calumet man is headed to prison for breaking into a business and stealing a car. 37-year-old Isaac Laplander was sentenced Monday in Houghton County Circuit Court to two to ten years for Breaking and Entering with Intent, and for two to five years for Unlawful Driving Away of a …