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Police across the state have stepped up efforts this holiday period as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Melody Kindraka of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning says more local and state police will be on the roads looking out for drunken drivers this week, …

Well over 3 million people are expected to pile into cars, crowd airport terminals and board buses and trains for their holiday destinations. In fact, holiday travel is expected to be two percent higher this holiday season compared to last year. During the 2014 holiday stretch 3.1 million people traveled …

You can’t always see them, but they are there. Many people living in the Copper Country are homeless. And though alleys filled with people sleeping in the street may be something local residents only see on television, homelessness can take on many forms. Including so-called “couch-hopping”, where sometimes entire families …

Anyone who spends time in the Keweenaw will be undoubtedly be moved by the beauty of its landscape. Even more so for poets like Michael Finch. The Midwestern native spent time in the Upper Peninsula and that experience was in part the inspiration for his new book “Finding Home.” Finch …

The state of the deer herd in the Upper Peninsula is an ongoing concern, State Representative Scott Dianda held a town hall meeting in Hancock on Saturday to get some feedback from the hunters who have been out in the woods this season. Dianda also invited the commissioners from the …

Michigan motorists have experienced yet another reduction in the average price of a gallon of gas. AAA reports the state’s average is now at $1.83 per gallon, seven cents lower than it was last week at this time. It’s also 43 cents less than it was a year ago. Of …

Michigan will mostly not see a white Christmas this year. Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa says the chances of having snow on the ground in Michigan are slim, with the possible exception being the western Upper Peninsula. Even Christmas, Michigan, in the central U.P., probably will not see a white Christmas, and …

Governor Rick Snyder says the state’s current immunization rule, which requires parents visit their county public health department and talk to a nurse before signing an immunization waiver, is the right way to go. He says it’s a good middle ground between making it too easy for parents to opt …

Democrats and a few interest groups want the governor to veto a bill that passed the Michigan House and Senate just before lawmakers wrapped up their work for 2015. The legislation, which impacts how schools can communicate information on millages and when political campaigns have to disclose their donors – …

Educators and tax reform advocates are calling on Congress to close offshore corporate tax loopholes. Linda Teeter of Americans for Tax Fairness and Michigan Citizen Action says each year Michigan loses $3.3 billion in state revenue to loopholes that allow corporations to avoid paying taxes on profits hidden overseas. President …