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Rx Kids aid program now covers entire UP
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University’s Rx Kids assistance program, which provides cash for mothers and babies, became available Monday to families in all 15 Upper Peninsula counties, its largest geographic expansion yet, state officials said. Families who are expecting — ...
As conflict widens, US says attacks on Iran will last weeks
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in an escalating campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back across the region, striking Israel and a variety of targets inside Gulf ...
Report: Michigan still pays more for nursing homes than most of US
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(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michiganders paid more than ever for nursing home care last year — and a lot more than residents in most other states, according to new data ...
Supreme Court declines to hear Michigan voter rolls case
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, challenging the state’s process for canceling the voter registration for dead individuals. The case was brought by the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative law firm that ...
Man killed in eastern UP snowmobile crash
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SAULT STE. MARIE — A 62-year-old Eckerman man died Saturday in a snowmobile crash in Chippewa County. The crash was reported about 3:20 p.m. Eastern time Saturday on West Green Shack Road near South Chippewa Hunt Club Row in Whitefish Township, according to the Michigan State Police Sault ...