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      <title>Michigan tops 2025 rankings for winter’s deadliest roads</title>
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      <description>Several factors were taken into consideration by MoneyGeek.</description>
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      <description>Saginaw officials and residents gathered to discuss traffic safety and infrastructure improvements at a joint open house Wednesday hosted by the city and the Michigan Department of Transportation. The event highlighted efforts to reduce crashes, improve corridors and collect public input for long-term planning.</description>
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      <description>The roads in Michigan are becoming deadlier for drivers.</description>
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      <description>A new report says Michigan’s road and bridge funding gap is growing.</description>
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      <description>Road construction and infrastructure projects are demanding more sand and gravel resources, and mine applications are sweeping the state. Local communities have the power to approve or reject the mines, but they don’t always know how.</description>
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      <description>Inflation is increasing the cost of major road projects in Michigan, but transportation officials say this year's work to fix the roads will continue unabated.</description>
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      <title>Michigan leaders call for a gas tax holiday</title>
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      <description>Michigan Democratic and Republican leaders are calling for a gas tax holiday to reduce pump prices.</description>
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      <description>Michigan is looking for new uses for old tires.A set of grants from the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will fund projects to mix…</description>
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      <title>Conference held in Saginaw County for state and local officials to discuss roads</title>
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      <description>Transportation officials from across the state will meet in Saginaw County to discuss the conditions Michigan’s roads. An event hosted by the Saginaw…</description>
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      <title>Michigan roads costs motorists hundreds of dollars</title>
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      <description>A new report said Michigan motorists will have to pay hundreds of dollars in vehicle maintenance and repair costs.The report said 44 percent of Michigan…</description>
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