The state loses about 2 percent of its primary road system to the “poor” category each year, but that could dramatically increase.
Congressional delegation makes bipartisan push for site, which could mean $700 million in construction and 2,100 construction jobs.
Next year, Michigan's presidential primary election will move from February to second Tuesday of March.
House expected to vote on bill that would allow faith-based adoption agencies to turn away same-sex and unmarried couples.
Federal legislation aimed at reducing food insecurity and childhood obesity bans most of the foods school groups would sell in bake sales.
State Democratic chair says stinging losses in the midterms an indication Democrats “cannot just be the party that hates on Republicans.”
The largest proposed rate increase in years is due to take effect July 1 as Detroit water department shifts to a regional water authority.
The state DEQ’s new rules don’t do anything to protect people living in densely populated residential areas, activists protest.
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade and FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul M. Abbate say probe is ending, update status of indictments.
In his annual State of the County address, L. Brooks Patterson says plan will save Oakland County taxpayers $75 million over 10 years.
New County Executive Warren Evans’ first order of business is to put together a debt-elimination plan to avoid state oversight.
The plan was the centerpiece of former Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano’s 2014 Deficit Elimination Plan.
Proposed bill would would end delays in getting life-saving location data in emergencies, but privacy, economic concerns persist.
In case you missed it, here's a video of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's fifth State of the State Address.
Primary goal of Michigan International Technology Center are to create development ready sites or IT businesses.
DeBoer v. Snyder is among the “petitions to watch” when the Supreme Court announces Friday what cases it will hear this term.
The Michigan League for Public Policy says other states with similar policies haven't seen taxpayer savings.
Michigan’s HSUS chapter applauds favorable ruling on its lawsuit; federal wildlife officials call it “significant step backward."
Lawmakers passed a flurry of legislation in a lame-duck session before adjourning for the year on Friday.
The longest serving member of Congress in history, John Dingell is hospitalized after taking a spill he says “bruised my hip and my ego.”
The Detroit Democrat, Michigan’s longest-serving U.S. Senator, calls on members of the chamber to do a better job working together.
Supporters of the bill, which passed the Michigan House on a vote along party lines, accuse critics of “scaremongering” tactics.
The bill lowers tax rebates to 25 percent, down from 32 percent, of in-state production costs.
Not everyone is cheering it. Opponents say extending bar hours would make morning commutes more dangerous and tax police.
Gov. Rick Snyder hasn’t committed to signing legislation for a pilot program, which Democrats worry could punish innocent children.
Two cases – one in Michigan and the other in Louisiana – are nearly ready for review.
More than a dozen people testifying to a committee opposed changing in Michigan’s winner-take-all electoral vote system.
Lawmakers will consider two bills that would give struggling homeowners a chance to avoid penalties and high interest on past-due taxes.
With appeals filed days after the 6th Circuit's ruling, U.S. Supreme Court justices could take up the issue of same-sex marriage this term.
Standing there breathing, Dale Hopfinger was told he couldn’t vote in the midterm elections because he had been dead for more than a month.
Taking back the bonus pay would have been a "double insult" to the three top executives at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
A bill proposed in the Legislature would allow Michigan to split its electoral voters, as Maine and Nebraska do.
The 2-1 ruling upholding the right of voters to impose same-sex marriage is the first defeat in a string of appeals court victories.
HSUS: Law trumping voters' say is unconstitutional, and Tuesday's vote was far more than a "straw poll," as wolf hunt advocates claimed.
Republican Dave Trott andDemocrat Bobby McKenzie sparred in debates and in paid advertisements.
Public opinion polls show shifting attitudes about pot in Michigan and across America, and the midterm election results back that up.
The results for state and local elections have been announced.
Democrat challenger Mark Shauer was up against the incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.
Both parties poured outside money into race for Michigan's open senate seat, one of a handful in the country GOP hoped would tilt balance.
County GOP director says observers acted legally and were watching for irregularities among voters who had requested absentee ballots.