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The Marquette County Sheriff's Office is investigating a work related death of a contractor that occurred at that Upper Peninsula Power Company's Hoist Powerhouse area in Negaunee Township. Friday at ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement Friday morning after the Michigan Legislature passed a bipartisan state budget. The balanced budget, the seventh of the governor's term, includ...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S LATE-NIGHT INTERVIEW WITH STATE REP. KARL BOHNAK State Rep. Karl Bohnak early Friday praised the passage of a bipartisan budget agreement with key wins for the Upper Peninsul...

State Rep. Parker Fairbairn early Friday championed the passage of a state budget deal that he says would lower state spending by $1.1 billion, implement new transparency rules for special project fun...

Peter Spadafore, executive director of the Michigan Alliance for Student Opportunity, issued the following statement following passage of the fiscal year 2026 school aid budget: "We are relieved that ...

An all-nighter in the Michigan Legislature as lawmakers work to finalize the 2026 Fiscal Year State budget. As of Friday 4:00 morning, the House and Senate were still in session trying to work out the...

Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing routine bridge inspections on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between the cities of Houghton and Hancock beginning Monday, Oct. 6. ...

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) has selected the official 2025 state Christmas tree, a 68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Sault S...

State Rep. Parker Fairbairn announced that he has, thus far, secured $14 million for ice storm recovery efforts in Northern Michigan. The relief dollars come as part of a larger effort to push for the...

UPDATE: 1:58 AM ET WEDNESDAY: A change of course for the state budget process early Wednesday morning as state lawmakers decided to pass a temporary state budget rather than have Governor Gretchen Whi...