Michigan News

School advocates and Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm are keeping the pressure on Michigan lawmakers to raise more money for education.

Michigan athletic director Bill Martin pushed a student and grabbed the wind breaker of another student during two football games, according to a department of public safety report.

Michigan health officials urge people withasthma to get the seasonal and swine flu shots as soon as possible.

Michigan voters could decide whether to reduce automobile, home and business insurance premiums by 20 percent if a proposal qualifies for the 2010 statewide ballot.

DETROIT - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm usually picks up the phone if she wants to talk to a member of the Obama administration.

Federal agents say marijuana and ecstasy worth at least $1 million was flown to a small Michigan airport from Canada.

As Michigan faces dramatic declines in road funding, a new analysis finds that the percentage of roads in poor shape increased to 32% in 2008 from 25% the year before.

Michigan lawmakers are weighing in on the House passage of the health care bill.

Sunday, November 08, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. President Barack Obama says it's now up to the Senate to take the baton from the House and pass a bill aimed at overhauling the nation's health care system.

A 21-year-old professional poker player from Michigan hit a lucky king to cap a nearly impossible comeback at the World Series of Poker this morning, setting up a showdown with a self-employed logger for $8.55 million.

The Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing is hosting a tribute to veterans. The group Friends of Michigan History is organizing the event Sunday afternoon.

Michigan is seeking $290 million in federal money to help tear down blighted buildings and revitalize neighborhoods in 12 cities including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint.

As Michigan copes with high unemployment, shrinking revenues, insolvent cities, shuttered factories, foreclosed homes and sniping politicians, one thing is clear: Something needs to change.

Western Michigan University has decided to open a recruiting office in Royal Oak and plans to start offering "new academic programming" in the Detroit area as well.

A new $2.8 million research project will look for ways to cut the pollution from diesel exhaust without reducing fuel economy.

In the wake of Tuesday's passage of a gay rights ordinance in Kalamazoo, a state representative today introduced a plan to overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage.

The editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post is addressing the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan at the organization's annual dinner.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm warned Tuesday of a possible 20 percent cut in state spending next year, a draconian step after billions in cuts since 2003 already have dented police and fire services, pushed schools toward insolvency and reduced oversight of prison inmates.

In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. speaks during a news conference about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A Michigan man charged with killing an abortion protester and a business owner told police he had guns loaded in his truck when he took two nieces and a friend to school just before the shooting spree.