Michigan Government News

Michigan smokers may feel themselves working at it a little harder next year when only 'slow burn' cigarettes can be sold in the state.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has returned from an international trade trip with the announcement that a German battery technology company plans to search for a manufacturing location on the west side of the state.

A poll suggests Michigan residents would like the Legislature to slash its own expenses before cutting school and police funding.

The Tri-Cities area's main supplier of natural gas has asked to raise its rates in 2010.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox wants the state to create an independent office to investigate Medicaid fraud.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered that U.S. flags in Michigan be flown at half-staff Wednesday to honor a soldier who died in Iraq last month.

A recent poll of 500 Michiganders shows that most taxpayers are willing to pay a little more when it comes to kids.

Occasionally, I hear from an irate reader who informs me that balancing the state budget is as easy as balancing his checkbook.

In government, it seems like people always try to make matters more complicated than they really are.

Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running along two of its three passenger rail lines in the state, a move critics say sends the wrong message as President Barack Obama is promoting high-speed rail.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is heading out on a trade trip to Germany and Belgium. The governor is leaving Monday and once there plans to talk with leaders of high-tech companies she thinks can help Michigan move toward gaining jobs in green technology and alternative fuels.

Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, and on Thursday, state leaders asked for help to solve their ongoing economic troubles.

This story was originally posted July 4, 2009, at 6:47 a.m. Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running along two of its three passenger rail lines in the state, a move critics say sends the wrong message as President Barack Obama is promoting high-speed rail.

"Cops & Doughnuts" is more than a punchline. It's now a bakery in Michigan - owned by nine full-time employees of the Clare Police Department.

In this week's radio address preceding the Fourth of July, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today urged Michigan citizens to demonstrate their patriotic pride all summer by volunteering through United We Serve, a national call to service by President Obama.

In today's column , I have a little fun with some friends of Michigan who had words for me after Spring Hill, Tenn.

Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running along two of its three passenger rail lines in the state, a move critics say sends the wrong message as President Barack Obama is promoting high-speed rail.

Twitter News Headlines &short and sweet. WILX iWitness Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to leave Monday for a trade trip to Germany and Belgium.

Re-enactors from the 3rd Michigan Infantry, of Grand Rapids, fire a volley at the Civil War Trail marker dedication at the Tate Farm in Hunterstown on Thursday morning.

Lawmakers in Ohio aren't the only ones taking a proactive approach to livestock care standards.