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Gas prices increased slightly from last week, AAA Michigan reports. Michigan’s current statewide average is about $2.30 per gallon, about 1 cent more than last week’s average and about $1.14 less than this same time last year. This is the fourth week in a row that statewide average weekly gas …

In 2008, half of new-car buyers in the U.S. bought vehicles that were rated at less than 20 mpg. Today, just over a quarter do so. A new report by University of Michigan researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle found that improvements are present throughout the distributions of vehicle fuel …

It was three weeks ago that an explosion rocked Escanaba’s electric substation at the city’s power plant, causing massive power outages that left the city in the dark for parts of two days. City Manager Jim O’Toole says the city is recovering from the incident, and the process of building …

The General Motors victim compensation fund has approved 57 death claims linked to accidents caused by a faulty ignition switch. The number of claims for compensation is now at 4,345. Another 33 claims were received last week. In addition to the death claims, the fund has also approved 85 claims …

Fewer than one in five local government leaders label their roads in good condition, according to a new University of Michigan survey. The survey questioned top elected and appointed officials in the state’s 1,800 or so units of government on a wide range of road-related issues. The majority said their roads …

A new report shows Michigan political action committees (PAC) raised a record setting $68 million in the 2014 election cycle. According to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, the 150 political action committees that raised the most money during the two-year 2014 cycle brought in about $17 million more than the …

While approval would have its benefits, the state’s largest retailers organization has taken no position on the upcoming May vote on how to raise more funding for the repair of Michigan roads and bridges. As the exact wording becomes finalized this week, Tom Scott, of the Michigan Retailers Association says …

February 23, 2015 – The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today canceled a prehearing conference scheduled for Feb. 25 involving its previous order (http://efile.mpsc.state.mi.us/efile/docs/17829/0001.pdf) directing Wisconsin Electric Power Company to “show cause” why it should not be prohibited from suspending operation of or retiring the Presque Isle Power Plant (PIPP) …

The next series of bridge closures are now known. Two-hour closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge have been scheduled for 2-4 a.m. Tuesday February 24th, Wednesday the 25th, Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th. You will not be able to cross the bridge during these closures. Additional closures …

In his recent budget proposal, Governor Rick Snyder is recommending that Lake Superior State University receive funding for its planned Center for Freshwater Research and Education. The center, which is a proposed $12 million expansion of LSSU’s existing Aquatic Research Laboratory, would be housed in a building near the west …