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Michigan’s unemployment rate has dropped to 4.5 percent, the lowest in 15 years. The jobs report shows most of the job gains in July were in manufacturing, government, professional and business services and education and health services. Job losses were reported in the trade, transportation and utilities industries. Jason Palmer …

They are loggers, truck drivers and furniture makers and they have contributed billions of dollars to the state’s economy. Governor Snyder announced Wednesday Michigan’s forest products industry has reached its goal of contributing $20-billion per year to the economy. The goal was to reach that mark by 2018. Nearly 100,000 …

A new CareerBuilder survey finds that people are doing some outlandish things in hopes of landing that new job. Based on a nationwide survey of hiring managers, unusual tactics employed by job seekers have included: Having a priest contact the company and ask for candidate to be hired Buying a …

Could your partner be making you sick? Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has details of a new study.

Everyday thousands of children are transported safely using strollers and carriers, but injuries do occur. Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites looks at what we’re doing wrong.

Pure Michigan has some exciting things planned for their Fall campaign. Vice President Dave Lorenz says they’ll continue to feature fall color tours and opportunities to enjoy the heritage around the state. What else do they have up their sleeves? 4.6 million trips were made to Michigan in 2015.

There’s movement in the state Senate to allow Michigan residents to make voluntary donations to help support the American Red Cross by simply checking off a box on their state income tax form. Sen. John Proos of St. Joseph supports it. Donations from the checkoff will go into the new …

Back to school often times means playing a sport, and with that can come criticism from a coach. So how should parents and kids handle it? Lori Edleson, director of the Birmingham Maple Clinic, says parents should be present at practices and games.

There may be an effort to block Governor Rick Snyder from using state tax dollars to pay for two defense lawyers relating to the Flint water crisis. Here’s Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.

All things railroad will be discussed at the Michigan Rail Conference in Marquette today and tomorrow. David Nelson, a senior research engineer with Michigan’s Tech’s Railroad Transportation program, says among the many issues to be talked about is a rail line from Ann Arbor to Traverse City. Other sessions deal …