A referendum-proof law trumps voter decisions on Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 in Tuesday’s general election.
Using Michigan’s “lottery match” means test, Michigan officials kicked 810 who won more than $44 million off food assistance.
U.S. Senate-nominee Gary Peters has an 11-point lead, according to recent poll, but Mark Schauer is trailing Gov. Rick Snyder by 8 points.
Salaries to museums two top officers increase to $514,000 and $369,000, and both get $50,000 bonuses.
Once the Great Lakes Water Authority is in place, the suburbs will have greater say into the operation of Detroit Water and Sewerage.
The first lady will campaign for Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters Friday. The event is free, but tickets are required.
The 6th Circuit could deliver gay marriage advocates their first defeat, prompt showdown before U.S. Supreme Court.
Wayne County received $3 million in grants in program targeting 70,000 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families nationwide.
Arkansas, Indiana and Tennessee also selected for program to look at reforms to juvenile justice program that will reduce recidivism rate.
Absentee ballots are available for Michigan voters who qualify, but votes need to register to vote by early next month to use them.
State review showed that a quarter of applications to third-party website had not been received by the local clerk.
Over the past 11 months, almost half of citizens called for jury duty have ignored summons. Of those, 235 have been no-shows twice.
For qualified drivers, 10 hours of volunteering could take care of certain outstanding citation fees.
The Michigan House of Representatives approved Thursday a non-binding resolution to address the issue.
Former candidate’s lawyer says unusual settlement is “breakthrough” for political candidates who can’t meet “actual malice” threshold.
A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll says U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has a 9-point lead over former secretary of state Terry Lynn Land.
After months of wrangling, a $2 billion accord will provide for system upgrades for the next four decades.
Detroit is so broke that firefighters gin up crude alert systems consisting of coin-filled cans and other noisy contraptions.
Gov. Rick Snyder, then President Barack Obama have to sign off before federal aid can come to southeast Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Transportation says multiplefactors contributed to massive freeway funding, but state lacks money to fix them
Biden's remarks kick off parade, which will proceed down Michigan Avenue and then Woodward Avenue to Hart Plaza on the Detroit riverfront.
L. Ron Hubbard’s “non-religious moral code” recommended to help Flint get in touch with past traumas, choose joy over violence.
Judge asked to continue moratorium of shutoffs, but get-tough approach has helped some cities turn deficits into surpluses.
State wants judge to wait until 6th Circuit and other court decisions, attorney says different issues at stake.
As courts settle the legality of same-sex marriage in Michigan, couples like Leslie Thompson and Cindy Norlin are caught in legal limbo.
Climate change has made “100 year floods” the new normal, officials say after devastating 2014 Flood.
A treasury and IBM dispute could cost Michigan over $1 billion plus interest after July 14 ruling.
Wayne County’s tough, no-nonsense prosecutor calls on the county executive to adequately fund the office.
Council on American-Islamic Relations executive director says report has “chilling effect” and “in no way jibes with … reality.”
Warren Evans walked away with his party's nod for county executive, is presumptive winner in November in heavily Democratic Wayne County.
Many observers think the issue is headed for a showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court – and there’s a surprising development in the GOP.
The Lincoln Park police responded after receiving calls from local residents concerning Lyndon LaRouche’s Political Action Committee.
The letter to Enbridge Energy follows a U-M study that says an oil spill couldn’t happen in a worse place than the Straits of Mackinac.
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department officials temporarily pause water shut-offs for 15 days as Detroit residents continue to protest in a fight that has been taken to a national stage.
An attorney for the Disability Network Wayne County says all of its employees re disabled and it didn't discriminate against an employee fired for alleged poor performance. The EEOC says the the group failed to make reasonable accommodation.
The Wayne County Treasurer's Office wants to recover an estimated $80 million it says is owed on the properties sold at auction in 2011.
The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office isn’t going to file charges in alleged shoving match between two city officials, but worries that veterans’ health record may have been compromise could prompt ethics complaint.
Two Democratic lawmakers are following through on earlier pledges to overturn the law. Sen. Gretchen Whitmer said it’s “misogynistic” and “hurts all women.”
A juror who failed to show up about the same time three defendants in an epic metro Detroit drug trial disappeared has been ordered to appear in U.S. District Court on June 11.
Legislation making its way through the Michigan Legislature is aimed at preventing situations such as one that was discovered in 2009, when 11,000 untested rape kits were found abandoned in a police warehouse.