A controversial Facebook post from a group that represents thousands of Michigan police officers rankled Democrats in the Michigan Legislature.

Sterling Heights Mayor Michael C. Taylor blasted President Donald Trump's national deportation efforts during a speech Tuesday.

Gov. Whitmer, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, was asked about Michelle Obama's contention America is not ready for a female president.

"This is clearly going to be a close race," pollster Richard Czuba said of the campaign to lead Michigan.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II is likely to become the biggest name either party has in the race to be Michigan's top election official.

The 2026 election is poised to reshape the cast of politicians who lead Michigan. The level of January jockeying might portend the high stakes ahead.

"As soon as the lights for the (TV) camera turned off, two police officers came up behind me," 22-year-old Jessica Plichta said.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II is considering ending his campaign to be Michigan's next governor in the coming days, sources told The Detroit News.

The announcement came amid an increasing national spotlight on fraud schemes and allegations involving daycare initiatives in Minnesota.

Michigan's residential electricity rates have more than doubled over the last 20 years, outpacing 46 other states and stoking political discontent.

"I feel cautiously hopeful," said Lismar Berro of Dearborn Heights. "I will only be truly relieved when the entire regime is down."

The $10.5 million total for three different Marquette projects would be enough to give each resident of the Upper Peninsula city over $450.

The unusual request for federal supervision came ahead of what will be a pivotal election in the battleground state next year.

Text messages, involving the push to explore 2020 voter fraud theories in Michigan, are now center stage in the court case against Matt DePerno.

“We determined that they had been tampered with so we would not allow them to go back into service," an executive with a voting company testified.

“We determined that they had been tampered with so we would not allow them to go back into service," an executive with a voting company testified.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling on Attorney General Dana Nessel to sue her past campaign donor, Fay Beydoun, to recoup $8.2 million in grant funds.

It's unclear how much Put Progress First has spent promoting Mayor Mike Duggan, but the group has bankrolled billboards and paid for social media ads.

A semiconductor manufacturing project that state officials hoped would bring thousands of jobs to Genesee County is now off the table.

The origins of a lucrative taxpayer grant for a Metro Detroit businesswoman trace back to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration, state records show.

The effort could test the Michigan public's desire to rein in energy and health care companies that have become major forces in state politics.

One open government advocate said the measure would allow government panels the chance to "shut the doors on almost any controversial issue."

Multiple Michigan lawmakers reported getting tickets to events but didn't say what the events were or how much they were worth, a News review found.

Court records show how money from wealthy executives secretly flowed to a fundraising account for Michigan Senate Republicans in 2020.

The proposal, if enacted by state lawmakers, would represent a sea change for Michigan schools as leaders look to boost struggling literacy rates.

“Michigan deserves an attorney general who roots out corruption, prosecutes crime and makes sure every legal vote counts,” Kevin Kijewski said.

The disagreement could be a test of whether Republicans, who control the House, and Democrats, who lead the Senate, can reach a compromise.

Donald Trump blasted Gotion's Mecosta County battery plant five months before his inaugural committee accepted money from the Chinese-linked firm.

The sizes of elementary school classes that have been allowed in Michigan conflict with what top policymakers say is best for learning.

Republican Mike Rogers, a former seven-term congressman from Livingston County, narrowly lost the 2024 Senate race to Democrat Elissa Slotkin.

The findings could add fuel to an intensifying debate taking place inside the Michigan Capitol and nationally about voter identification.

Eleven prominent Michigan Democrats weigh in on the future of their party after losing the 2024 presidential race.

Michigan has experienced the largest increase in its unemployment rate of the 50 states over the last year, according to federal data released Friday.

Mike Shirkey was "furious" that Mallory McMorrow went public with a sexual harassment complaint against a fellow senator in 2020.

"It's a statement of our values," Sen. Stephanie Chang told reporters after the vote on Tuesday.

Three former Michigan lieutenant governors said it's possible for Michigan's No. 2 official to win a race for governor, but the path is hazardous.

The upcoming hearing, which will likely focus on conspiracy theories about fraud in the 2020 election, has been years in the making.

Michigan Democrats expressed frustration and surprise Wednesday in response to the Republican president's remarks about the CHIPS and Science Act.

In Lansing, lawmakers have made a years-long tradition of raising and spending money from donors in secret through nonprofit organizations.

Lingering over all of the weekend's festivities in Detroit was the 2026 election.

The measures were the result of a compromise between the Democrat-controlled Michigan Senate and the Republican-led House.

The Detroit enclave with a population of 28,000 sent Mayor Amer Ghalib and three city councilman to Trump's inauguration on the taxpayer's dime.

Senate Leader Winnie Brinks previously vowed to "defend the integrity" of two proposals on the minimum wage and earned sick time.

A candidate for chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party was asked recently if the party's stances toward Israel and Palestine needed to change.

One Republican state lawmaker said Whitmer "needs to be here" as the Legislature debates how to handle coming wage and sick leave laws.

Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia, gave a speech in Lansing on Wednesday that put her in the national spotlight.