Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer takes questions from reporters after offering an update on the state's medical debt relief efforts. July 17, 2025 | Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance As Michigan ...

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (left) and Michigan State University cancer researcher Dr. Jamie Bernard (right) joined journalist Katie Couric (center) for a livestream discussion on the cuts to federal ...

The campaign to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan elections announced that signature collection will begin in an effort to make the 2026 general election ballot. Petition sheets and signature ...

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens speaks at the Michigan Democratic Party's nominating convention in Lansing on Aug. 21, 2022. (Andrew Roth | Michigan Advance) U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) on ...

A “no trespassing” sign outside of Northwest ICE Processing Center, also known as Northwest Detention Center. (Photo by Grace Deng/Washington State Standard) WASHINGTON — Immigration advocacy groups ...

Republicans in the U.S. Senate are calling on the Trump administration to release billions in frozen school funding. (Photo by Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Republican members of the U.S. Senate called ...

As power-hungry data centers proliferate, states are searching for ways to protect utility customers from the steep costs of upgrading the electrical grid, trying instead to shift the cost to ...

After East Lansing settled for $7.8 million over a 5% fee on Lansing Board of Water & Light bills deemed to be an illegal tax ...

When you think about country music, you think white. But Alice Randall moved to Nashville in 1983 as a young Black songwriter fresh from Harvard to change that dynamic. “For 20 years, I ...

To fully appreciate the historic dysfunction of the current state Legislature, simply look at how many bills it’s sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk as of July 15, the day I’m ...

With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country, state and local emergency managers say they have little idea how much support the federal government will provide if ...