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Many Good Reasons to Learn How to Spot a Stroke
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, so learning how to spot one can be vital in saving your own life, or someone else’s.
Report Shows Uptick in Mental Health Concerns for MI Women
Michigan women have mental-health concerns at rates higher than the national average, according to a new report.
Opinion | Rick Haglund: Hard to Recruit New Michiganders When People are ‘Stuck’
“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you,” is Michigan’s long-held motto. But not enough people are seeking it.
Fast-track Line 5 permitting push met with protest
Opponents of the Line 5 project say anything short of a shutdown is a grave threat to the environment, tourism, fishing, shipping, and the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the world.
Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate
Policing expenses mount quickly and in many cases, state and local governments are turning to a new means to pay those bills: opioid settlement cash.
Legislation weighs in on energy options to drive down costs for Michiganders
The Michigan Legislature is weighing bills to increase the state’s energy efficiency standards as part of a broad clean energy and climate package.
Statewide Gas Prices Fall, While Local Prices Hold Steady
Across the state of Michigan, gas prices have fallen over the last month and are down eights cents to $3.55 a gallon.
Job Growth Shows Strong Labor Market
The United States added 336,000 new jobs in September, according to the monthly report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average hourly wages rose 4.2 percent from a year earlier and by 7 cents, or 0.2 percent, compared to August.
Social Security Chief Orders Broad Review of Benefit Overpayments
The federal agency that oversees Social Security announced Wednesday that it will review the way it handles “overpayments” — money it sends beneficiaries that it later determines they weren’t entitled to receive.