What to know about state of abortion today in Michigan, who supports the ballot measure and what would change if voters approve it on Nov. 8.

Republican challenger Tudor Dixon's criticism of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prompted "lock her up" chants Saturday, while GOP secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo labeled Michigan’s top Democrats ‘psychopaths.’

U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker denied a challenge to the state’s constitutional ban on taxpayer funds being used for private education. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation said it would appeal the Friday ruling.

While Palisades’ owner considers whether to reopen the shuttered nuclear plant, Michigan will study whether new nuclear plants could make financial and environmental sense.

The former president will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday in Warren.

Group founded by retired Gen. Michael Flynn interviewing clerks in nine Michigan offices, as part of effort to probe election weaknesses in eight swing states.

A Michigan native, Brock Tessman comes to the job from Montana. His priorities when he begins Feb. 1 include increasing enrollment, ensuring more students get degrees and improving opportunities for rural students.

The suit blames FKI Hardware Inc. for contaminating nine west Michigan properties with PFAS, volatile organic compounds and metals before exiting Michigan in 2016. It’s the latest in a slew of actions by Nessel’s office against alleged groundwater polluters.

No doubt, the pandemic bruised the economy nationwide. But Michigan has fared worse than other states by most measures.

The Kent County prosecutor has charged a GOP delegate and election worker with felonies claiming he tampered with an electronic poll book in the August primary.

A Lansing bill would require inspection of septic systems when homes are sold. It’s meant to address worries that old systems are failing, leaking E. coli and other bacteria into waterways. The bill faces opposition from the real-estate industry.

Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reached a $1 billion spending bill, with most of it going to the SOAR fund, formed to attract large-scale developments to Michigan. The deal is not without critics.