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The Transportation Security Administration has a reminder for Thanksgiving travelers. Leave those liquids at home, leave gifts unwrapped and have those ID’s ready. The TSA says you can bring certain food items, but pack them. Items such as pies and cakes are allowed in your carry-on but may require further …

Another award for the Chevrolet Bolt Electric car, and the vehicle hasn’t even gone on sale yet. Here’s AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.  

In a landmark report, the Surgeon General says 78 people die each day from opioid overdose. Dr. Vivek Murthy says over 20-million people have a substance use disorder, but only ten-percent receive treatment. The silver lining is there are currently 28-million Americans living happily in recovery.

Homeless Awareness Week is ongoing across Michigan.  It’s meant to recognize the over 69,000 people who experienced homelessness in the state in 2015. When compared to 2014, Eric Hufnagel , the Executive Director for the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness, says the state has experienced a six-percent decrease in overall homelessness.

Michigan State University entomologist Howard Russell says usually outdoor mosquitoes are gone by the end of October. But this year it has not yet been cold enough to put an end to them for the year. Russell says these mosquitoes hatched during the very rainy early fall and likely don’t …

Over the last few months, for the most part, much of Michigan has experienced above normal temperatures. But Justin Titus,, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Marquette, says that is going to change starting today. Titus says coastal wave heights could reach 20-feet or higher, which could cause …

A special state commission, formed in the wake of the Flint water crisis is recommending a requirement that all young children from age one-to-two be tested for lead poisoning. Because of that, Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick says the state would have wait for parents to bring their kids in …

A reminder from the Michigan Treasury Department — as holiday shopping gets underway. Here’s Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick .

Even though we know that when pregnant women smoke it can cause low birth weight and other complications, there was an 18-percent increase in the number of expectant moms who smoked in Michigan from 2008 to 2014. That’s a finding of the Michigan League for Public Policy’s Right Start annual …

It’s not only taxpayers who are being targeted by scam artists. Murray Feldman reports tax professionals are at risk, too.