Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked lawmakers for an $80.7 billion state budget for 2025, kicking off the appropriations process in Lansing that has to wrap up by the Oct. 1 start of the state’s fiscal year. The governor’s proposal is about $2 billion less than the current budget, which was ...

A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety identifies six types of drivers by analyzing risky driving behaviors. The most common dangerous behaviors were speeding, distracted driving, and aggressive driving. The annual Traffic Safety Culture Index survey developed these six driver ...

A young man overdoses, and is so far gone that six doses of Narcan are required to bring him back to life. That night, the 21-year-old cried for hours because “he wanted to stop and didn’t know how,” his parents said. He is caught with meth the next day by a deputy who recognizes him ...

This week’s bouquets go to: From: Sue Scheeneman, Delta County League of Women Voters Many thanks to County Clerk Nancy Przewrocki, Board of Canvassers member John Myers and Delta County League of Women Voters member Ann Bissell for their January 30 presentation on the voting changes ...

It’s the dreaded tax season, which means the pain of filling out all those forms for state and federal taxes, perhaps cutting checks to the government, and definitely scammers on the hunt for your money. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office says scammers pretend to be IRS or state ...

Michigan’s seat belt use rate fell slightly in 2023, according to results from a grant-funded direct observation study conducted by Michigan State University. In 2023, Michigan’s seat belt use rate was 92.4, a decrease of 0.5 percent from the 92.9 percent recorded in 2022. Results from ...