The moderate is one of four Republicans to announce their departures after supporting impeachment. Upton was set to face a fellow Republican because of redistricting.

The Whitmer administration’s announcement goes beyond lead pipe replacement to include lead found in paint, dust, soil and other elements of older homes. Advocates welcomed the news while pushing for the program to be extended across the state.

Jurors rebuffed in request for transcripts. Experts caution against making any conclusions about length of deliberations.

Michigan follows leads of other states with an app that allows residents to determine the level of pollution in their neighborhood. Activists press to use the tool in the permitting process.

It’s a tale of two university systems: The state’s flagship schools, along with Michigan Tech, have expanded enrollment in the past decade while 12 other public universities lost a collective 46,000 students, amid a smaller pool of high school graduates.

Michigan House lawmakers want schools to have health centers, lockdown kits, updated active-shooter drills, and more.

Sales were brisk at Up North Family Cafe for two years, and it expanded. But now increased costs while customers seem worried about their own finances are insurmountable. The restaurant will close Friday.

With his “reputation on the line,” President Donald Trump returned to Michigan to tout GOP attorney general hopeful Matt DePerno and secretary of state choice Kristina Karamo, who he wants the party to endorse this month.

The fate of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is now in the hands of a federal jury after lawyers finished closing arguments Friday. Jurors return Monday to deliberate.

Whitewater Township Planning Commission member Mike Jacobson, 59, said he did not intend to offend, but used a term employed by his parents and grandparents from the 1960’s. In his mind, he said, it was not much different from the term, “people of color.”

At least seven people gave the maximum $7,150 to Leonard’s campaign for attorney general. But under Michigan law they were allowed to give many thousands more to his leadership PACs, which passed money to his campaign, a tactic experts say violates the spirit of campaign limits.

Home construction should be in a new ‘golden age,’ builders say, since existing home listings keep falling. But builders say cost pressures and supply shortages still plague them, in turn affecting affordability.