Do you know the proper procedure to lower a flag to half-staff? It’s not as simple as you might think.
With final approval of ordinance, harassment by social media or the Internet will carry hefty jail sentences and fines.
Scientists have warned a Great Lakes oil spill couldn't happen in a worse place than the Straits of Mackinac, where Line 5 is located.
State Democratic chair thinks GOP should rescind invitation over "shameful comments" seen as a "slap in the face" to Latinos and veterans.
“CEOs and their lobbyists in Lansing won’t like it,” Citizens for Fair Taxes says of proposal to increase corporate tax rate to 11 percent.
As civilians guard recruitment centers in Michigan and elsewhere, Army chief of staff nominee says it may be time to arm recruiters.
Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer will be married by the federal judge whose ruling paved the way for landmark Supreme Court decision.
Class action lawsuits in claim that property owners were denied due process, equal protection and just compensation.
Thousands of taxpayers paid thousands of dollars they didn’t owe due to “faulty system implementation” at Michigan Treasury.
Party fundraiser expected to be a sell-out after Donald Trump says being captured doesn’t make Sen. John McCain a war hero.
Lawmaker says “there’s no good reason” to have large fireworks going off in neighborhoods, others doubt state will walk away from revenue.
The flamboyant businessman has attracted a following with no-rules engagement, including questions about Sen. John McCain's war record.
President Obama called Emma Didlake, 110, a “trailblazer” who helped integrate military for women and African-Americans.
Evan Reed, whose attorney says he’s being courted by at least three baseball teams, pleads no contest to assault charge.
Military vehicles, collectively weighing about 80 tons, were improperly secured and shifted during takeoff.
Task force calls on Enbridge Energy to stop moving heavy crude oil and tar sands – posing an “acute potential threat” – through Straits.
“Their punishments didn’t fit the crime,” president says in video message announcing he’ll free 46 federal prisoners in November.
Issues ranged from maggots in kitchen areas, rodent-nibbled cake, workers’ sexual escapades with inmates and murder-for-hire plot.
Children in acrimonious child custody case released from detention, but won’t return to mother judge said “brainwashed them.”
The oncologist prescribed medically unnecessary treatments – some to people who weren’t even sick – in $34 million fraud case.
After more than three days of testimony from former patients – some never sick to begin with – judge is nearly ready to hand down sentence.
Kids say their dad was violent, but judge says they’ve been “brainwashed” in one of the two “worst parental alienation” cases of her career.
Agents raid Southfield offices of Michigan Jewish Institute, tied to Orthodox Jewish group Chabad-Lubavitch with West Bloomfield presence.
Did the Supreme Court save the livelihoods of wedding workers?
After recent summer storms, residents have been flooding the Farmington Hills Public Service Department with calls about tree debris.
Michigan judge says that after the county lost its only other District Court judge, he doesn't have time to officiate at wedding ceremonies.
Senate proposal to fix roads may have right mix of current and future revenue to win approval in the House of Representatives.
Local elections will be held in many jurisdictions on Aug. 4. Here's what you need to do to make sure you're registered to vote.
U.S. Supreme Court decided one of the most contentious civil rights issues of modern times in consolidated cases from four states.
In one local case, 93 percent of a pharmacy’s beneficiaries were prescribed commonly abused opioids, report shows.
The God Loves Gays billboard is competing for the attention of passersby with another billboard claiming homosexuality is a choice.
The city of Farmington Hills is conducting an eco-friendly pilot project using a goat to remove unwanted vegetation.
Thought to be oldest man ever sentenced in federal court, colorful defendant’s story inspired Hollywood movie.
With Supreme Court ruling potentially legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states days away, lawmaker wants government out of the equation.
Rep. Gary Glenn, longtime gay rights opponent and co-author of Michigan’s gay marriage ban, featured in religious liberty film.
Health-care providers in six states, including 16 in metro Detroit, arrested in $712 million fraud and kickback scheme.
Several new projects have been added to the construction schedule and could cause delays.
“Dynasty factors” hurting Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, whose favorable ratings run from “bad to terrible” among Michigan voters.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig proposed curfews for youths for four days of fireworks and related celebrations.
Likely voters support legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use; support for gay marriage relatively unchanged.