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Michigan lawmakers advance measure to end 'tampon tax'

10/14/2021 05:30 PM

The elimination of the so-called "tampon tax" in Michigan is gaining traction.

A bill which would have eased restrictions on Michigan bird feeders has been vetoed.

Whitmer vetoes bill to ease restrictions on feeding birds

Whitmer proposes $6.3M to reduce backlog of felony cases

Canada invokes US treaty in Line 5 pipeline dispute

Fritz Erickson fired as president at Northern Michigan U.

Man charged with placing pipe bombs outside northern Michigan phone stores

A northern Michigan man has been charged with placing pipe bombs outside of two phone stores. According to the FBI, the man said he was upset with "immoral content" on phones and cable TV.

Body of 2nd missing kayaker found off Pictured Rocks in UP

Searchers have recovered a second body after two kayakers went missing in Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

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Whitmer: Use $1.4B to expand health access, build facilities

Whitmer signs last drunken driving expungement bill

Whitmer vetoes bill to limit use of threat alert system

Whitmer proposes spending $200M to replace lead water pipes

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to spend $200 million in federal pandemic relief funding to replace lead water pipes across the state, where aging underground infrastructure was exposed by Flint’s disaster.

Visitor at UP park falls from cliff, dies on holiday

A visitor fell from a cliff and died at a park in Marquette, Michigan.

Presque Isle Park in Marquette, Michigan, offers numerous views of Lake Superior.

After year off, Upper Peninsula State Fair sets records

Attendance at the Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba was up 3% to nearly 100,000 people, with records set on four of the seven days.

GOP launches ballot drive to tighten Michigan election laws

Republicans are launching a ballot drive to tighten Michigan's voting and election laws, backing a maneuver that would let GOP lawmakers enact the changes without Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature.

The Portage Lake Lift Bridge is a major landmark in Houghton.

Houghton credits college students for population rise

More than half of Michigan students must wear mask in school

The Horne Fire, burning on the east end of Isle Royale is 15% contained.

UPDATE: Wildfire burns on Isle Royale

Former Cold War radar base in UP could become tourism spot

Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow

Michigan redistricting panel OKs mapping process, schedule

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited Ironwood on Tuesday.

Whitmer visits Ironwood on UP jobs tour

Hiker dies after fall from cliff at river gorge in U.P.

Whitmer to OK letting drunken drivers try to clear record

Aretha's handprints to be unveiled outside Detroit museum

Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan) has died.

Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87

Michigan drivers have an 120 additional days to renew licenses and registrations.

Grace period extended for Michigan license, plate renewals

Michigan lawmakers advance measure to end 'tampon tax'

The elimination of the so-called "tampon tax" in Michigan is gaining traction.

Whitmer vetoes bill to ease restrictions on feeding birds

Whitmer proposes $6.3M to reduce backlog of felony cases

Canada invokes US treaty in Line 5 pipeline dispute

Fritz Erickson fired as president at Northern Michigan U.

Man charged with placing pipe bombs outside northern Michigan phone stores

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A boarding school building remains standing in Lac du Flambeau, Wis.

Former Indigenous boarding school structure still stands in Lac du Flambeau

One structure from a painful part of history is still standing in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. It was part of the Lac du Flambeau Boarding School, which was operational from 1895 until 1932.

Wisconsin DNR defies board, reduces fall wolf quota

Bayfield Apple Fest is back, with a few activities missing

Stone Lake Cranberry Festival Saturday

Authorities: 3 killed in crash of small plane in Wisconsin

Woman's body, missing vehicle found in Douglas County

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Grace period extended for Michigan license, plate renewals execCheckDiffShort("07/29/2021 09:52 PM","minutes",8216,6188937);

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Whitmer vetoes bill to ease restrictions on feeding birds

Whitmer proposes $6.3M to reduce backlog of felony cases

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Whitmer signs last drunken driving expungement bill

Whitmer vetoes bill to limit use of threat alert system

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UPDATE: Wildfire burns on Isle Royale

Former Cold War radar base in UP could become tourism spot

Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow

Michigan redistricting panel OKs mapping process, schedule

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Whitmer to OK letting drunken drivers try to clear record

Aretha's handprints to be unveiled outside Detroit museum

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Grace period extended for Michigan license, plate renewals

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