Michigan lawmakers are again promising transparency. Skeptics say it may take a ballot proposal to get it done.

A host of new laws are coming to Michigan in 2025, from cage-free eggs to expanded unemployment benefits, along with wage and ...

Detroit needs skilled young workers to help power its growth, but more than a quarter of Detroiters age 16 to 24 are not going to school or working. Nonprofit groups are using federal money to ...

Michigan has a new Legislature, but some things remain the same, including underrepresentation for women, minority groups and ...

Ten years ago, scientists discovered ancient hunting camps beneath the lake. Now, DNA samples from a submerged peat bog could ...

Several Michigan high schools have recently installed or approved the installation of artificial turf fields. A recent study ...

'Dark money' groups and the ultrawealthy made up the largest donors in Michigan state politics for the 2024 election Most of the top donors to House Democrats were from committees representing labor ...

In-depth reporting on Michigan's largest city and surrounding communities, including deep dives into the big changes afoot in Detroit, its schools, neighborhoods, institutions and city hall.

Lamprey are blood-sucking parasites that, if left unchecked, would decimate the Great Lakes fish population Since 1950s, chemicals have kept them at bay, but they’ll eventually become ineffective So ...

Cities plan to welcome 2025 in some uniquely Michigan ways Revelers will drop everything from a giant cherry in Traverse City to a glittering turtle on Mackinac Island Ludington’s ball drop ranked ...