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Senate Committee Takes Action on Work Sharing Legislation

Representative Jim Ananich (D-Flint) and Senator Vincent Gregory (D-Southfield) praised the Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee's passage yesterday of Senate Bill 1094, legislation sponsored by Senator Bruce Caswell (R-Hillsdale) to implement a work-sharing program in Michigan to help part-time workers

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Prosecution Rests in Serial Stabber Trial

Prosecutors have rested their case against alleged serial stabber Elias Abuelazam who is charged with going on a murder spree in the summer of 2010. Fourteen people were stabbed in and around Flint and five of the victims died

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State Gas Prices Down for Third Week in a Row

State motorists are paying an average of just over $3.69 per gallon for gas this week, down 13.8 cents from last week and down 20 cents from a month ago, reports AAA Michigan. The current statewide average is 44

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Summer Youth Initiative Job Fair Draws Hundreds of Teens

Summer jobs are not always easy to find. On Saturday, hundreds of TeenQuest graduates had an opportunity to gain summer employment at the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) Job Fair

What is Mud Factor?

We’ve been receiving a ton of questions asking, ‘What exactly is Mud Factor?’ Is it a race or just for fun? Why is it called ‘hardcore’? Let us help you out and answer a few of these intriguing questions.

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Local Business Partners with Special Ed. Students to Create Mural

Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) students will complete the first phase in the process of creating a tile mural that will be placed in a prominent location at the new Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy headquarters

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Live Updates – Second Day of Elias Abuelazam Trial Underway in Flint, Mich

Update 8:56 AM- Testimony gets under way. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton starts out by calling Alf S. Cronwell to the witness stand. Cronwell works for DHS and is currently on the joint terrorism task force

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FSPA Announces New Flint Youth Wind Ensemble Director

The Flint School of Performing Arts (FSPA) has announced the hiring of Christopher Hall as the new conductor of the Flint Youth Wind Ensemble. Hall is a 1991 graduate of Flint Central High School, and alumnus of the FSPA, having performed with the Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra and Flint Youth Wind Ensemble

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State Gas Prices Remain Stable

State motorists are paying an average $3.83 per gallon this week, the same as last week, according to AAA Michigan. The current statewide average is 37.3 cents then last year.

In Flint, gas prices are slightly higher then the statewide average, at $3

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Schuette Closes Internet Sweepstakes Cafes, Includes Flint Location

Attorney General Bill Schuette announced the Attorney General's Alcohol & Gambling Enforcement Division has reached an agreement with Innovative Entertainment of Michigan that will halt operations at eight Internet sweepstakes cafes indefinitely. Th