Candidates, community groups and corporations show their rainbow colors at Motor City Pride parade
Motor City Pride’s annual parade, hosted in downtown Detroit on Sunday, was a colorful celebration of the city and state’s LGBTQ+ community
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Health officials share 2026 guidelines to help anglers avoid toxic chemicals in fish
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday released its annual Eat Safe Fish Guides offering information to residents across the state on what to look out for when eating locally caught f...
Dingell asks Whitmer for answers on conditions at women’s prison after third death in a month
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell sent a letter Monday to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, calling for immediate action and answers from state officials about conditions at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Michiga...
Michigan teens skip organ donor signups. Lansing hopes to change that
With only about 1 in 3 first-time teenage drivers registering to become organ donors, Michigan lawmakers are considering a bill that would ask schools to explain the importance to students.
Michigan Dem Rep Debbie Dingell Loses It, Drops F-Bombs In A Viral Clip
Michigan Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell used repeated obscenities defending her record on Cuba and Venezuela in a viral clip posted by RNC Research this week.
Relentless anti-LGBTQ+ legislation driving a family out of state
In recent years, state lawmakers passed a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. The measures have included a bill requiring forced outing of youth and a bathroom ban that criminalizes transgender people using bathrooms...
Michigan House Candidate Says She Would Ban Stock Trading Among US Officials To 'Fight Corruption.' As Bide...
As U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, House candidate Bridget Brink was an energetic stock trader, making 179 individual stock trades worth between $754,000 and $4 million while in office, according to more than tw...
Federal government investigating potential noncitizen voters in Macomb County
The Department of Homeland Security is conducting “an active investigation” of potential noncitizen voters in a swingy suburban Detroit county
MEDC asks judge to dismiss suit from scandal-embroiled nonprofit over terminated state grant
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation, or MEDC, has asked a state Court of Claims judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in May by Global Link International, which has alleged the state illegally terminate...
Michigan students form multi-university alliance to lobby lawmakers on college affordability
Students from across Michigan are forming a new statewide organization aimed at making higher education more affordable by taking their concerns directly to state lawmakers.
Michigan hospitals are in the hot seat as healthcare costs soar
Healthcare providers, insurers, policymakers and Michigan residents are clamoring for the same thing: lower costs. But the way to get there is fraught with disagreement.
UAW backs El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, Benson for governor
Michigan's largest private-sector union backed El-Sayed over Democrats Mallory McMorrow and Haley Stevens.
Michigan’s energy CEOs weigh timeline vs. costs of clean energy mandate
That uncertainty comes on the heels of the utilities securing, or seeking to secure, contracts with the globe’s most powerful tech companies as they race to open massive hyperscale data centers across the...
How one Michigan food truck went from seasonal shutdowns to doubling sales
Michigan’s award-winning Munchie Man Food Truck expanded into a year-round business with state support, a second truck, and growing demand from Holtec Palisades workers and Southwest Michigan events.
New medical guidance affirms Tylenol safety during pregnancy months after Trump sows doubt
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine published new clinical guidance this week affirming that acetaminophen, better known by its brand Tylenol, should be the “first-line” defense against pain and feve...
US House approves measure to restrain Trump action in Iran
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a resolution Wednesday to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran and require congressional approval for further military action in the country. T...
Bills to create a separate Upper Peninsula hunting, fishing authority meet opposition in House
A group of Republican representatives on Wednesday made their case to the House Natural Resources and Tourism Committee for a separate committee to oversee hunting and fishing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula...
First-time homebuyers face hurdles despite gradual improvement
Home prices increased this year, though not as much as inflation, so affordability has risen in all regions compared with last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. It’s still a hard pur...
Inspection shows sanitation, use-of-force transparency lacking at La. ICE detention center
WASHINGTON — A Louisiana detention center that houses roughly 1,500 immigrants failed to ensure sanitary conditions, properly store perishable food, properly notify use-of-force incidents and maintain me...
Trump picks acting AG Blanche to stay on full time
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, to fill the top role at the Department of Justice on a permanent basis, he said Wednesday...
Michigan Senate committee advances low-income housing tax credit to full chamber
The Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services voted to advance a three-bill package from Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) that would establish a low-income housing tax credit under the Michigan State Housi...
Trump to pump $700M into coal power in the states, as he again blasts renewable energy
The federal government will spend $700 million on building or refurbishing coal power infrastructure across the country in a boost to “clean, beautiful coal,” President Donald Trump said Thursday in the...
US Senate launches marathon session to pass nearly $70B for ICE, Border Patrol
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans fended off an attempt Thursday to block the Department of Justice from using an “anti-weaponization” fund to pay people who feel they were wrongly prosecuted, as we...
House health panel advances bills to combat elevated blood lead levels, fetal alcohol syndrome
The Michigan House Committee on Health Policy voted on Wednesday morning to advance two packages of bills to combat childhood lead exposure and fetal alcohol syndrome. Two of the three bills on lead exposu...