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February 15, 2019

Michigan governor blasts TV story about her appearance

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday criticized a Detroit TV station's decision to air a story about the reaction to ...

January 24, 2019

Trump says he'll give State of Union after shutdown ends

President Donald Trump said Wednesday night he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government ...

January 23, 2019

Trump wants to deliver State of Union next week as planned

President Donald Trump made clear Wednesday that he intends to deliver his State of the Union speech to a joint session of ...

January 18, 2019

3 years later, no one is in jail over Flint tainted water

Michigan's attorney general in 2016 promised to investigate "without fear or favor" the scandal over Flint's lead-tainted ...

January 18, 2019

New attorneys general to continue investigating clergy abuse

Newly inaugurated state attorneys general said they plan to continue investigations of clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic ...

January 18, 2019

Low-profile administrator replaces Engler at Michigan State

Michigan State University ousted its interim president on Thursday, a week ahead of his scheduled departure, as the school ...

January 17, 2019

The Latest: Michigan State votes to oust Engler immediately

The Latest on the resignation of interim Michigan State University President John Engler (all times local): 9:30 a.m.

January 17, 2019

Michigan State President Engler says he'll resign next week

The former governor brought in to help Michigan State University recover from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal resigned ...

January 17, 2019

The Latest: Michigan State president says he'll quit Jan. 23

The Latest on the resignation of Michigan State University's interim president (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Michigan State ...

January 03, 2019

Michigan man held for spying in Russia was frequent visitor

As a staff sergeant with the Marines in Iraq, Paul Whelan enjoyed fine cigars and showed an affinity for Russia — even ...

December 29, 2018

Snyder signs bill to make Michigan ballot drives tougher

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed a law making it harder for groups to put proposals on the Michigan ballot, ...

December 29, 2018

The Latest: Snyder signs bill to require grades for schools

The Latest on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's action on lame-duck bills (all times local): 7:50 p.m. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder ...

December 27, 2018

2 Michigan regulators take plea deals in Flint water case

Two Michigan environmental regulators implicated in the Flint water scandal pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor Wednesday in ...

December 22, 2018

Michigan GOP tries power play before Democrats take office

Michigan Republicans voted early Friday to toughen rules for ballot drives and to give themselves the authority to intervene ...

December 21, 2018

Lawyer: Michigan State hampered probe of its Nassar dealings

A special prosecutor on Friday accused Michigan State University of stonewalling his investigation into the school's handling ...

December 20, 2018

Michigan Legislature races clock to finish lame-duck session

Michigan's Republican-led Legislature raced Wednesday to pass bills in the final days of a contentious lame-duck session, as ...

December 17, 2018

GOP power play in Michigan must go through pragmatic Snyder

Michigan Republicans determined to dilute the authority of newly elected Democrats could see the power play thwarted by a ...

December 15, 2018

Wisconsin, Michigan Republicans enact lame-duck limits

Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan enacted last-minute limits on Democratic power Friday, with outgoing GOP governors in ...

December 14, 2018

Michigan governor signs bills to gut wage, sick time laws

Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed laws to significantly scale back citizen-initiated measures to raise Michigan's minimum ...