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A bill commemorating the pilots who flew a long-range bomber during World War II and the women who built it could be voted on soon in the Michigan Senate. The measure would name the B-24 Liberator the official aircraft of Michigan. It was built at a Ford plant at the …

A recent US Supreme Court decision which allows states to take away lawmakers’ authority to draw legislative district lines has prompted some to consider a petition drive in Michigan to create a special commission to draw the lines. But it may not be that easy. A longtime political pollster who …

State Senator Virgil Smith has plead not guilty at an arraignment Thursday for allegedly beating his ex-wife and shooting at her with an assault rifle. The Detroit Democrat is charged with felonious assault, malicious destruction of personal property, domestic assault and a weapons charge. The 35-year old Smith is accused …

A poll conducted by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor show some parents may be changing their minds about getting their kids vaccinated. Of the parents surveyed 35-percent think vaccines have more benefits then they did last year and 25-percent think vaccines are safer than they were last …

A new report ranks the Pure Michigan campaign as one of the world’s most popular. Michigan ranked 13th on the Rise Report list of 1000 top travel destinations. The list is organized based on number of Twitter followers to tourist board sites. Michelle Grinnell of Travel Michigan wasn’t surprised by …

The old adage goes “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” and a group of researchers have been sifting through Michigan’s garbage trying to find out how much of that treasure is in our landfills. The goal of the state-funded project is to learn how much reusable material is making …

Can you legislate quality of life? That’s the question facing lawmakers in Lansing as they try and figure out how to get more doctors to set up shop in rural areas. House Speaker Kevin Cotter says you can’t really draw up a law to encourage people to live somewhere but …

For some, it’s a place of scenic beauty, a pristine recreational spot and a home to local wildlife. For others, it’s good place to throw out their trash. In the area of the Hungarian Falls, someone has dumped a fair amount of old junk apparently thrown off the side of …

It certainly is the sweetest summer event held in the Copper Country. The Chassell Strawberry Festival begins today as Lions Club members serve up delicious locally grown strawberries on soft spongy shortcake. Though late spring frost did a number on the strawberry crop this year, Lions Club President John Mackrain …

Members of The Chocolay Raptor Center brought their four resident birds to Houghton to teach students about these animals. Michigan Tech students got an up close look at an American kestrel falcon, a peregrine falcon, a great horned owl and red-tailed hawk. Wildlife rehabilitators Bob Jensen and Jerry Maynard enjoy …