More than $205 million has poured into Michigan's US Senate race. General election spending has favored Republican Mike Rogers ...

Campaigning with Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, Kamala Harris said the midterm elections offer a potential 'stopgap' halfway through Donald Trump’s turbulent second presidency.

A growing chorus of lawmakers and advocates say Michigan is not doing nearly enough to help the state’s roughly 9,000 foster children after they leave the system. Other states are trying to do it ...

Thursday’s vote is a watershed moment in the years-long effort to strengthen Michigan’s dam safety standards, which are among the nation’s weakest.

Democratic attorney general candidate Eli Savit decriminalized consensual sex work as Washtenaw County prosecutor. That was ‘foolish and dangerous,’ Republican rival Doug Lloyd argued Thursday.

Properties around Little Traverse Lake in Leelanau County regularly flood and residents blame downstream beaver dams in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. (Courtesy of David Skjaerlund) ...

As data centers continue to stir controversy across Michigan, related attacks are emerging in the governor’s race between Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James. New online ads from Making ...

The Department of Homeland Security is countering any claim its officers were pursuing a vehicle before a crash in which an immigrant was killed. (AP Foto/Yuki Iwamura) Federal immigration officers ...

Rural governments in Michigan are teetering toward crisis, facing rising costs and fewer leaders. And candidates for governor have dramatically different solutions. Republican John James supports ...

From a lack of people stepping up to fill elected and staff positions to a lack of funds to repair aging infrastructure, rural local governments sometimes struggle to do the business of government.

Allie Nemecek serves both as clerk and treasurer for the Village of Central Lake, even though she is not a resident of the community. Townships must elect people for those positions from within their ...