Michigan Government News

The past couple of years have seen significant changes to Michigan's state government, with no issue receiving more attention than our public education system.

The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on the project away from the Obama administration.

We already know these two schools hate each other and absolutely refuse to refer to the other by name.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says state residents will receive about $4.3 million as part of a nationwide settlement in an e-book price-fixing case.

Michigan's election board on Wednesday certified the signatures of a group seeking to ban wolf hunting and a referendum will be placed on the November 2014 ballot, but the outcome of the vote could be meaningless.

Michigan made it by Monroeville Gateway high school earlier this week to check in on one of its longest standing targets in the 2014 class, safety, Montae Nicholson.

Officials got the call just before 7 P.M. Tuesday night to the Mason State Bank on Cedar Street in Mason, where they say a bank robbery took place.

Ah, the summer road trip. Packing up the family and heading to the beach, a campground or the Upper Peninsula.

Right to Life of Michigan is backing a petition drive aimed at prohibiting insurance policies from covering elective abortion unless additional coverage is bought through an optional rider.

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will be the headline speaker at the Democratic Party of Arkansas' annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this year.

Plane fuel in Michigan is more highly taxed than it should be. The Legislature is trying to fix that.

Factors such as increased case finding may explain why Michigan had half of the total spinal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone acetate in the recent fungal meningitis outbreak, according to research published in the May 17 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report .

Some weeks ago, before the Democrats managed to push former Battle Creek Congressman Mark Schauer into running against Rick Snyder, I complained on the radio that Democrats really didn't have a candidate for governor next year.

Wyandotte residents can cast their vote for a local student who's vying for her shot at the Michigan 2020 Scholarship.

A state Sen. Mike Green-introduced bill allowing sales tax exemptions for veterans and active duty military members' fundraisers was endorsed by the state Senate.

Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is running dead even with potential Democratic challenger Mark Schauer, according to the results of a new statewide poll.

Attorney General Bill Schuette and other state officials announced plans Tuesday to develop a new statewide hotline for students, parents and members of the public to leave confidential tips about potential school violence.

Some key decisions could be made today as Michigan leaders piece together plans for the next state budget.

Brian Dickerson's opinion piece in the Freep matches up perfectly with today's lead feature on same-sex marriage .

My partner of seven years and I were married last September in a small ceremony on the Detroit River.