As lithium-ion batteries play an essential role in powering the devices used in the public’s everyday lives, two members of the Michigan House are looking into establishing a battery stewardship progr...

BRIGHTON — In the wake of  a primary election that emphasized the rift between moderate, establishment Democrats and the party’s rising progressive wing, political organizer William Lawrence emerged v...

The Blade, nearly 200 years old and a leading news source in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, may shut down at the end of the year.

PORT HURON — A St. Clair County Board of Commissioners committee decided on Thursday night to table a decision to launch an independent investigation into the county medical director, Dr. Remington Ne...

Joshua Tewolde, a student at Kettering University in Flint, has filed a lawsuit against Genesee County, alleging that the county illegally withheld records in a Freedom of Information Act request for ...

Joining U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in downtown Lansing, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called on residents of one of the nation’s most competitive House districts to send the Charlotte Republican ...

At the end of a contentious three-person race, Lansing-area political organizer William Lawrence has won the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.

State Sen. Jeremy Moss has emerged victorious in a four-person race which will more than likely determine who will fill U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens’ empty congressional seat come 2027.

The matchup for November in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District is beginning to take form, as U.S. Army Captain Michael Bouchard Jr. secured the Republican Party’s nomination while the Democratic r...

As cyclosporiasis infections continue to rise, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reporting two deaths tied to the parasitic illness.

With control of the U.S. House expected to again hinge on a handful of competitive districts, the winners of Tuesday's primaries will set the stage for some of Michigan's most closely watched and cons...

Today on Stateside: A gubernatorial candidate shared their vision for the state. Then, a family is seeking accountability after their son died by suicide inside a county jail. Plus, why a Michigan jud...

A group of 15 Democratic lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate on Monday called on the Michigan Department of Transportation to end an agreement allowing federal agencies to install surveillance ...

Michigan has documented 8,176 cases of cyclosporiasis, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, marking a significant increase from the 5,002 cases it reported last Friday.

The CEO of a Troy therapy center where a five-year-old was killed in a hyperbaric chamber fire is pursuing an appeal after an Oakland County judge denied a request to quash a second-degree murder char...

After receiving a $3,500 campaign contribution from a Palantir Technologies executive, one Democrat seeking the nomination in Michigan's competitive 7th Congressional District chose to return the mone...

As a sepia-toned haze continues to blanket communities throughout Michigan, some government offices, local businesses and event hosts are closing up shop, as state officials urge residents to limit th...

With absentee ballots in the mail and less than three weeks to the Aug. 4 primary, the trio of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District gathered at the Eas...

PEN America, a national organization focused on celebrating and defending creative expression, is joining the ACLU of Michigan in speaking out against the Hartland Cromaine District Library Board’s de...

U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) welcomed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins back to Michigan on Thursday as the pair visited the Lansing VA’s community-based outpatient cli...

In the first of two debates this week in the Republican gubernatorial primary, U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Twp.), businessman Perry Johnson and former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox faced off i...

A judge has tossed out key portions of Michigan’s new permit governing large-scale livestock operations, ruling that state environmental regulators violated due process when they added stricter requir...

William Lawrence, a political organizer and U.S. House candidate criticized his opponents in the race for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District on Monday, saying he was the only candidate who agreed t...

Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the director of the Cromaine District Library in Hartland are raising concerns after the library’s board of trustees decided to reshelve 148 challenged book...

Gathering on the Capitol steps Tuesday evening, Michigan lawmakers joined with residents and officials from communities across the state to demand greater local control over data center development.

Following her dismissal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water advisory council, a Michigan-based engineer is taking legal action, accusing the department of violating her right to ...

As community members throughout the state are pushing back against the development of data centers, citing concerns about rising energy costs, impacts on local water resources and the veracity of prom...

As businesses, public service providers and tech platforms incorporate new technology into daily operations, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights is examining how these programs can bring harm to d...

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is coming to Detroit with both an expansion team and the 2026 draft, which will be hosted in downtown Detroit on Wednesday night.

After hosting U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright in Lansing the day prior, U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett on Tuesday welcomed the heads of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Hous...

A proposed data center in Mason seems to be moving forward, WILX’s Sarah Poulos reports, with Mason City Manager Deb Stuart sharing information on the next steps in its development at a city council m...

Citing resident concerns on the impact of data centers in Michigan, state Sen. Jim Runestad has proposed a one-year pause, halting all data center projects as lawmakers and business leaders work to be...

Standing on the west steps of the Capitol building on Wednesday morning, two members of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees continued to disavow changes to the board’s Code of Ethics and C...

A Detroit-based law firm announced a class action lawsuit against a company operating a data center in Dowagiac, arguing that the noise the facility emits during its 24/7 operations has kept nearby re...

As business leaders from throughout the state gathered on Mackinac Island for their annual confab centered on solving the state’s political and economic issues, the question of data centers was one of...

As workers cleared fallen tree limbs and other debris away from the entrance to Island Lake State Recreation Area near Brighton on Wednesday, members of Environment Michigan stood beside the park’s si...

Lawrence gets thumbs up from Tlaib in race for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District

A recent report from the Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging found that 82% of aging adults rated the state as a good or excellent place to live as they grow older, with respondents offering similarly high...

While attorneys for a major Canadian pipeline company argue that federal regulators hold sole authority in regulating pipelines across the country, a recent report argues that national-level oversight...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Wednesday against a businesswoman accused of misusing $20 million in state legislative grant funding, sparking scandal and calls for reform with...