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Drunken driving limit to remain the same

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Legislation that would prevent a scheduled rise in the state's blood-alcohol limit for drivers is headed to Governor Rick Snyder's desk. 

The bills approved unanimously Wednesday would keep the legal limit for drivers' blood-alcohol content at 0.08 percent. The limit is set to revert back to 0.10 percent in October because of a sunset provision in current state law.

The state would also lose more than $50 million in federal funding for the state's highways if the limit rises to 0.10 percent.

Michigan's Mothers Against Drunk driving has said the state's decision to reduce the lower the limit to 0.08 percent in 2003 has caused a 25 percent drop in drunken driving deaths across the state.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.