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Decades of pollution and rapid urbanization created ecological problems so severe that the lake was designated a “Great Lakes Area of Concern” by the U.S. and Canada in 1987....

Passed by voters in 1976, the state’s bottle return law for decades prompted high recycling rates, hitting 89% in 2019. Rates dropped during a complete system shutdown at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and haven’t recovered, falling to 75.6% in 2022....

Sitting next to each other are two members of the Montmorency County Board of Commissioners. Like all others on the board, they are Republican, which perhaps isn’t surprising in a county Donald Trump won by 44 points in the 2016 presidential election and by the same lopsided margin in 2020....

OMG, I’m soooooo sorry, Michigan! I was busy yesterday taking the cat to the vet, I swear! Dincha get my text?! That’s weird. Erhmm, well, you look great! Ah…still hanging around with that Upper Peninsula, huh? Hey, whatever. You look great for 187 years old! Happy belated Birthday, Michigan! 💋 Where would I be without...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2024 State of the State address is...

The Michigan Republican Party is in default on a $500,000 loan and ignored a recent demand for immediate payment, according to a new court filing from Comerica Bank....

FLINT—Eight days after entering the world, Khi’Meir Taylor made another debut — this time in what could be a national spotlight....

Flint moms who enroll will receive up to $7,500 to help boost their infant’s footing in the first year of life — a one-time $1,500 payment in mid-pregnancy, followed by $500 per month for the first year of their child’s life.

Multiple candidates for governor and county judge got swept up in the rush to get on the 2022 ballot in Michigan… But in testimony Wednesday in 37th District Court, the onetime candidates and their advisers said they were fooled by a private firm that charged them tens of thousands of dollars to get signatures required by...

Under the new law, Michigan will begin phasing out a 2011 “retirement tax” over four years. Once fully implemented in the 2026 tax year, most forms of retirement income — including pensions, 401k and IRA withdrawals — will again be fully exempt from the state’s personal income tax rate, Deputy Treasurer Jeff Guilfoyle...

So much time and energy wasted on so much energy and not enough time…...

Michigan Senate Democrats propose bills legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients...

LANSING — Right to Life, Republican lawmakers and other abortion foes filed suit Wednesday seeking to overturn a voter-approved amendment to the Michigan constitution that guarantees a right to reproductive freedom....

Clean energy should not be treated like a privilege....

The average age on the council now a ripe young age of 52. Something tells me these people don’t actually care to understand why younger generations are leaving....

In a settlement announced Wednesday, DTE Energy has agreed to stop using coal-fired power by 2032...

56 percent of Michigan teenagers had driver’s licenses in 2021, down from 66 percent in 2000...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office has filed felony criminal charges against at least three people linked to a false fraud scandal that kept five Republican gubernatorial hopefuls off the ballot in 2022.