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Today at 6:15 AM  Gov. Rick Snyder is in Israel talking up Michigan as a place to do business.

Yesterday at 7:20 AM  Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 government requests for data over 6-month period

Sunday, June 16, 2013  The state budget that takes effect in 3 ½ months will impact everything from Michigan's roads and the school calendar to its hunters. The Republican-crafted spending plan was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday.

Friday, June 14, 2013  The Michigan House has voted to make hundreds of thousands of adults eligible for Medicaid.  Gov. Rick Snyder is pushing hard to expand government-funded health insurance to more low-income adults and is hopeful the Senate will act before breaking for the summer in a week.

Friday, June 14, 2013  Former Congressman Mark Schauer is on the attack against Governor Rick Snyder.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a nearly $49 billion state budget that sets aside more money to fix deteriorating roads and provides preschool to low-income children.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  The generation that's grown up posting their lives online wants something unexpected: privacy

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Long-running study on Internet use finds 86 percent of Americans are online and most believe Big Brother is watching

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Small winemakers could offer tastings and sell their wine at farmers markets around Michigan under legislation nearing final approval in Lansing.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  The laws deal with wide-ranging issues from health care to food stamp fraud.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Like profit-driven companies, US government mining Big Data to dig deeper into people's lives

Friday, June 07, 2013  Snyder says it's "onerous" because it's hard for property owners to exit the Qualified Forest Program so they never sign up in the first place.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  $100 million in federal funding is headed to Michigan to help fight blight.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  A British newspaper reported that the administration was collecting telephone records of millions of US citizens who were Verizon customers.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law requirements that the state check to make sure welfare recipients haven't died or gone to prison.