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Michigan’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3% in April – a drop of two-tenths of a percentage point.

State Representative Roy Schmidt took his seat Wednesday on the Republican side of the state House chamber for the first time since he stunned Democrats by switching parties without warning.

It isn't only football and hockey players who suffer from concussions.  Any athlete is at risk, including females.   Studies show girls are reporting nearly twice as many concussions as boys in sports played by both.  Now, new research out of Michigan State University shows that females and younger athletes who suffered concussions took longer to recover than males and older athletes.

More online charter schools will be allowed in Michigan under a law signed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero says the city won't let the local Occupy Wall Street affiliate stay in Reutter Park as it did last year.

Four candidates have filed to run in Michigan’s Republican U.S. Senate primary.

The East Lansing City Council votes tonight on a proposed budget that could give residents some short-term relief from tax hikes.

A group of Michigan House Democrats is urging that something be done for the state’s working poor.

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero says new studies show the city is falling farther behind in the funding of employee retirements.

An election year tax cut could be in the offing for individual filers in Michigan. State House Republican leaders say they want to bring that into the discussions on phasing out a tax on industrial equipment.