Benton Harbor zoning changes approved amid debate, as one commissioner warns of displacement while the mayor says the plan expands housing and development options.

The legislation would outlaw knowingly giving false information regarding a donor’s social, educational, and family medical history, and ban doctors from using their own samples with patients.

Michigan U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell said the Trump administration’s policies are causing utility bills to rise, creating an affordability crisis for Michiganders.

A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers is introducing legislation they say would make it easier to build new homes in the state.Among other things, the bills would allow duplexes in single-family residential areas, lower the minimum size for housing units, and reduce lot size requirements for single-family homes.

Former Chicago Mayor, Obama Administration White House Chief of Staff, member of Congress, U.S. ambassador to Japan and possible Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel slipped into Michigan for a day, to test the waters for a presidential run — including an address Tuesday to the Detroit Economic Club.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says a state civil rights investigation into police misconduct in Grand Rapids can continue for as long is at needs to because it is an administrative inquiry, not a criminal matter.

As policymakers in Lansing debate lowering property taxes, a campaign to do away with them entirely is checking to see if it might qualify for the November ballot.

Michigan’s safe gun storage and red flag laws adopted largely in response to mass shootings at Oxford High School and Michigan State University have been in effect for two years now.

The company that owns Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Midwest, reported $254 million in profit last year, up nearly 700 percent from $32 million in 2024.

The EPA reversed federal policy on greenhouse gas emissions Thursday. Some Michigan officials say that throws state rules into question.