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.

Defense attorneys rested their case Thursday in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Closing arguments are expected Friday morning, followed by jury deliberations.

Washington Township officials are raising safety concerns around a Trump rally they anticipate will draw thousands of people to an area with limited space and parking.

Michigan is sitting on a massive mineral deposit that could create a billion-dollar industry. The state this week finalized plans to spend $50 million in taxpayer funds to help a private company extract potash, a critical and increasingly costly component of fertilizers used at farms across the country but primarily imported from Canada, Russia and Belarus.

Anthony Barnes and Brittney Tylenda say they know when to ask for help, but worry about their less-experienced peers who have had to learn on the fly during COVID-19

Bridge Michigan business editor Paula Gardner moderated a Zoom discussion with three economic leaders about the future of Michigan’s economy.

In an overwhelmingly white region around Traverse City, residents are divided over the implications of the latest incident, in which a public official made reference to “colored people.”

CMU has lost more than 11,000 students since 2012. In an internal email, the school’s head of recruitment placed blame with the administration, which she said has been outhustled by competitors for students from metro Detroit.