In his first week as Michigan House speaker, Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, has reversed the ban Democratic leadership placed last session on state House employees bringing firearms to work in the House Office Building. Michigan officials had debated for years whether to continue allowing ...
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ripped higher Wednesday following a shot of adrenaline from an encouraging update on U.S. inflation. Strong profit reports from Wells Fargo and other big U.S. banks also helped launch indexes to their best day in two months. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%. The Dow ...
RAPID RIVER — On a family farm and in the building that was once The Gift Shoppe in Rapid River, local resident Gordon Russell “Rusty” Anderson has accumulated a large collection of vintage snowmobiles. Positioned in the quiet central Upper Peninsula, Rapid River has become a ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Prayer will take place before the start of Dickinson County Board meetings under a policy commissioners adopted Monday. While it’s clear that any prayer will be before the opening gavel, it remains to be seen how the practice will proceed. Attorney Steven Tinti of ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's top Republican leader in the state Senate announced Tuesday a candidacy for governor, becoming the first high-profile Republican to enter the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is the ...