A ‘big, beautiful bill’ backed by the Trump administration includes new and extended tax cuts and major changes to public assistance programs like SNAP and Medicaid. It could have big impacts for Michigan residents. Here’s what to know.
In a spat over subpoenaed election training materials, the Michigan House voted to pursue legal action to force the Secretary of State to give up documents she said could damage election security if made public.
Who owns 540,000 acres of forestland in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? As state and federal officials scrutinize foreign ownership, one of the state’s largest forestland owners creates a complicated paper trail.
Christopher Schurr fatally shot the Congolese immigrant in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop. Schurr’s trial ended with a hung jury.
Michigan legislators have approved over $3 billion in special grants in the last three years. A new lawsuit claims some grants are illegally directed to specific communities or private groups.
Because of major cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan organizations are losing most of the $3 million in grants they’d been awarded. Among them: A studio for artists with disabilities.
Speaking in Flint near a potential megasite, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she wants Michigan to land a major semiconductor fabricator facility before term limits force her out of office at the end of 2026.
The federal suit from Michigan Republicans sought to overturn election rules enacted through statewide ballot initiatives. An attorney says they're not done trying.
Any survivor of sexual abuse would have one year to file a lawsuit if a plan approved by the Michigan Senate becomes law — no matter when the abuse occurred. Alleged victims would then have until the age of 42.
Jocelyn Benson violated state law when she moved her gubernatorial campaign press conference into a Secretary of State building, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel, a fellow Democrat.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says corruption charges against a former legislative staffer show the need for guardrails to “prevent fraudsters from stealing our hard working tax dollars.”
Federal authorities say they arrested a 19-year-old man who is accused of planning an attack on a U.S. Army site in Michigan on behalf of Islamic State.
David Coker, a onetime aide to an ex-House speaker, has been charged with multiple felonies. His nonprofit received a budget earmark through Michigan’s controversial process of awarding millions to lawmaker pet projects.
The $84.5 billion spending plan advancing in the Senate includes $3 billion for long-term road funding. The catch: Democrats don’t yet know where that money will come from.
A Michigan law that required women to wait 24 hours before obtaining an abortion ‘forces needless delay on patients after they are able to consent to a procedure, thus burdening and infringing upon a patient’s access to abortion care,’ a judge ruled Tuesday.
The Trump administration cut a combined $4.5 million in criminal justice grant funding for Michigan-based organizations as part of a broad cost-cutting effort. Advocates say the move could cost lives. Local law enforcement groups say it’s too early to tell.
