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Governor Rick Snyder was in Flint to roll out a plan to fight high crime rates in Michigan cities.  The governor presented his plan in front of a room filled with police officers, prosecutors, and other local government officials.  The plan has 34 separate initiatives and would cost tens of millions of dollars.

An ambitious comedy festival last year brought some of the nation’s top comedians to Grand Rapids for 10 days of merriment.

The second installment of Gilda’s Laugh Fest begins today. It runs through March 18th.

Unions in Michigan have launched a petition drive to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.

March 7 marks an important anniversary for the city of East Lansing that many people don’t know about.  On this date 40 years ago, the city council passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.

A rally was scheduled for Monday night to protest the Michigan Republican Party’s decision to award both of the state’s at-large national convention delegates to Mitt Romney.

 delegation of East Lansing-based economic developers recently returned from an encouraging visit to Istanbul.  

Unions and progressive groups plan to roll out a ballot campaign Tuesday to preempt efforts to pass a right-to-work law in Michigan.