WKAR News goes in depth to reveal how malls across Michigan are struggling to survive in the age of online shopping — and how some communities are reimagining retail for the future.
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he's assessing potential running mates as he continues his independent campaign for governor.
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A new Michigan House bill would ban out-of-state national guard troops from entering Michigan without the governor’s permission or valid orders from the president.
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The Department of Energy extended its 90-day order another 90 days to require Consumers Energy to keep an aging coal-burning power plant running, despite state's assessment it's not needed.
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Winning entries in the "We Are Water" poetry contest will go on public display at the Tollgate Wetlands in Lansing.
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A Republican student club sued Ann Arbor Public Schools, alleging the district discriminated against it by not allowing it to make a political announcement on a high school PA system.
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The Republican state House speaker and the Democratic Senate majority leader both say they'd support withholding lawmakers' pay if the Legislature misses a budget deadline.
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Eaton County’s animal control center is crumbling under budget cuts — with just one officer left, a deteriorating building and dogs being dumped with nowhere to go.
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The City of Lansing is putting the brakes on a plan to take over all curbside trash collection. A proposal introduced last week would have made Lansing the sole provider of curbside trash pickup.
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A team of MSU researchers says the state needs to invest nearly a billion dollars in electric vehicle chargers to meet expected future demand for EVs.
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This is Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz's second full year on campus.
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Republicans say weak whistleblower protection laws in Michigan are stopping government employees and contractors from reporting malfeasance.
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A new Trump administration policy would take funding from crime victims' groups that don’t share information with immigration authorities.