A new plan from state House Republicans would ban ranked choice voting in Michigan – just as organizers launch a petition drive to try to adopt the method via a 2026 ballot proposal.

Michigan should enact a ban like New York state’s: no smartphones at school from bell-to-bell. We shouldn’t ask our children to resist technology that’s so addictive many adults can’t pull themselves away.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was carrying Iron Ore to Detroit when it sank in 1975, killing all crew members. Now, 68 swimmers — Led by Jim “The Shark” Dreyer — will complete the mission.

A recently reintroduced bill in the Michigan House would encourage cursive instruction in public schools.

Absentee and early voting accounted for 6 out of every 10 ballots cast in Michigan's presidential election, according to new data. Donald Trump, who won the state, did especially well in counties with more in-person voting.

Trump's latest Canadian tariff threat deepens a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow to their decades-old alliance.

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.

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Plans to build climate resilience hubs across the state have come to a halt after the Trump administration abruptly canceled nearly $88 million in federal grants meant for Michigan nonprofits. Now, organizers are suing for their money back while scrambling for alternative funding.

It's been 50 years since a freighter sank on the Great Lakes, but the the Michipicoten's close call shows the risk still exists.

Michigan voters turned out in 2024. SOS Jocelyn Benson credits new election laws and education campaigns. Experts have other theories: ‘Battleground voters love to bask in attention.’

Michigan game regulators tore into Ted Nugent’s June testimony at the state Capitol, calling his comments underinformed and disrespectful to conservation officers.

These funds were secured to repair the damage caused by the opioid crisis and there is no more effective way to do that than by helping people enter recovery and stay there.

Amid a population crash of Michigan’s staple lake whitefish, fisheries experts told regulators that more research needs to be done to discover how to stem the scourge of invasive mussels. Without that, they said, efforts to limit fishing are futile.

Fifteen Michigan Republicans accused of trying to help overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss still don’t know whether they’ll head to trial. A judge has scheduled a hearing for September.

These proposals will do nothing to actually make elections more secure, and instead, they will prevent eligible voters from participating in our elections.

Fe, believed to be the world’s oldest and most prolific common loon, hatched two more chicks this season at Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Researchers say her known offspring count is at least 44, with likely more unrecorded.

Michigan has 18 confirmed measles cases in a national spike of the vaccine-preventable disease.

Most Michigan schools don’t have a full-time librarian. They’re required in Mississippi, where reading scores are higher.