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Whitmer’s gas tax won’t fix Michigan’s roads
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Whitmer’s gas tax won’t fix Michigan’s roads

Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer vowed to “fix the damn roads” during her 2018 campaign, and she promised to do so without raising taxes, calling a 20 cent gas tax increase “ridiculous” and “nonsense.” Five months later, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a 45 cents-per-gallon increase to the Michigan gas tax in the latest attempt to repair...

Chargers finish seventh at Greyhound Invitational
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Chargers finish seventh at Greyhound Invitational

By the end of the third round on Tuesday, the Hillsdale College Chargers had climbed eight spots on the leaderboard from where they began at the beginning of the day Monday, but still finished seventh at the Greyhound Invitational at Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville, Indiana. Freshman Josh Davenport led the team, shooting three-under-par, and...

Student recounts career as veteran, author, and NASA hackathon winner
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Student recounts career as veteran, author, and NASA hackathon winner

Several years ago, sophomore Konrad Ludwig was a skinny kid from California with a self-described “discipline problem” who wasn’t sure if he was going to make it through high school. Since then, he has served in the U.S. military, authored a book, and become a NASA-recognized computer programmer. Back in 2005, American troops were fighting...