Extreme erosion along the Great Lakes coasts grabbed lawmakers’ attention and inspired proposals to pull development back from the shoreline. Five years later, regulatory gaps still leave some communities more vulnerable than others.
Government officials begin the grim task of prioritizing which cold lakes and rivers to sacrifice — or save — as the climate changes. Not all cold-water loving fish may survive in the northern Great Lakes region.
Michigan would create a new board with the power to cap prescription drug costs under a plan backed by the Democratic-led Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
An independent commission’s redraw of legislative maps following the 2020 Census faces scrutiny on claims it diluted representation for minority voters by extending Detroit districts into the suburbs.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a 'great deal' of concern about a prolonged auto strike but is optimistic Ford will eventually finish a planned EV battery plant suspended amid UAW negotiations.
The lawsuit involves key players in a $25 million state grant suspended amid an investigation into a project led by an ex-aide to Michigan House Speaker Jason Wentworth.
The Canadian energy giant pleads with Michigan officials to intervene, saying federal authorities are slow-walking their review of a key permit needed to build a tunnel in a pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac.
Law enforcement agencies are wrestling with thorny challenges posed by a new law intended to take firearms away from people with a high risk of violence.
The suit argues that the former president is ineligible to run again under a Civil War-era Constitutional clause barring insurrectionists from holding office.
Michigan is pulling out the stops to get more people in college. But a shortage of high school counselors and advisors trained to explain the application, financial aid and college-going process poses a challenge.