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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The final tally was 54 to 46, with mostly democrats and two republicans voting in favor of the measure.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  His proposed budget will pump $63-million into civil works projects here in Michigan.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  State leaders are debating whether or not they should expand Medicaid coverage in the state of Michigan.

Monday, April 08, 2013  In a country where at least a third of households have firearms, it's hard to impose stricter arms rules without support from gun owners.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  US is halfway toward Obama's 5-year goal of doubling exports but likely to fall a bit short

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  In Colorado, Obama will press Congress to pass gun measures, place focus on background checks

Thursday, March 07, 2013  The Obama administration says it's making plans to continue a long-range Great Lakes cleanup program, although decisions about paying for it will be made on a year-by-year basis.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The Obama administration says a billion-dollar campaign to improve the Great Lakes environment is paying off.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Obama administration considers urging Supreme Court to overturn California gay marriage ban

Monday, February 18, 2013  Tiger Woods joins vacationing Obama for golf round at Florida club

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Skeptical Congress may deliver Obama few victories on State of the Union priorities

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Petoskey stone that President Obama keeps on his desk in the oval office comes from Bailey's Place in Petoskey.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Obama and his aides approached the inaugural speech with a belief that the president had replenished his political strength with his re-election and with his end-of-year deal with Republicans that raised upper-income tax rates on some of the wealthiest Americans.

Monday, January 21, 2013  An official White House photo shows the President fidgeting with a Petoskey stone at his desk in the Oval Office.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Obama previewed an ambitious second-term agenda, devoting several sentences to the threat of global climate change and saying that failure to confront it "would betray our children and future generations."