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Will Michigan gas dip below $3 a gallon? Prices drop amid lower demand, falling oil costs
Michigan gas prices tumbled Monday to $3.36 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, a 4-cent drop from a week ago, leading some to wonder how low it would eventually go. Could gas dip below $3 a gallon, which it was at in the state at the start of the year and has in other states? ...
Michigan's life expectancy ranks in bottom half of states
Michigan ranks 30th out of the 50 states for life expectancy, a new analysis shows. By the numbers: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects a child born in Michigan in 2021 to live 75.7 years. There's as much as a nearly 10-year difference in life expectancy between some...
Cellphone bans, free meals, student funding: What to know as Michigan heads back to school
Floral backpacks, Owala water bottles and Air Jordan T-shirts appear to be a hit this school year, according to one education reporter's not-so-scientific observations of students headed back to school over the past week. And now that it's after Labor Day, it's time in Michigan for students to pack their trendy water bottles...
Curtis Hertel (D), Tom Barrett (R), and Leah Dailey (L) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District
Curtis Hertel (D), Tom Barrett (R), and Leah Dailey (L) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Elissa Slotkin (D) is running for U.S. Senate. Bridge Michigan’s Lauren Gibbons wrote the district “is split nearly down the middle politically,” and...
Michigan 10k swim to benefit veteran brain health
(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan veterans die from suicide at much higher rates than the rest of the population, according to recent Veteran Affairs data.The Step Up Foundation is working to prevent these deaths by funding research into veteran brain health. The 2024 "Find Your Way Home" swim in Grosse Ile will benefit the foundation.This year marks the second year of the event. The 10k swim is Saturday, Sept. 14 from the Grosse Ile Yacht Club to the Detroit River Lighthouse."Swimming for me is a time just to kind of reflect back on military life. Friends I've lost. ... Have conversations with guys I don't get...
Powerball winning numbers for Monday, Sept. 2, 2024: No jackpot winner
The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Sept. 2 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $82 million ($40.4 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.4 million and sold in January at Food Castle in Grand Blanc. ...
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