UPDATED Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.: Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the entire state of Michigan notched a win with Fiat-Chrysler’s decision to build the first new auto plant in Detroit in almost three decades. A state board approved a generous incentive package for the project.
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Rick Pluta reports on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's response to new auto plant being built in Detroit.
State Representative Larry Inman has been booted from closed-door planning sessions with fellow House Republicans. That’s following his indictment on charges of soliciting a bribe and lying to the FBI.
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Rick Pluta reports on Michigan Rep. Larry Inman booted from Republican caucus.
The Lansing City Council has passed Mayor Andy Schor’s 2020 fiscal year budget. Missing from the approved budget is the Mayor’s renewable energy proposal.
A Michigan group is launching a ballot drive to ban abortions after a fetus's heartbeat is detected, with exceptions to protect a pregnant woman's life or health.
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Cheyna Roth reports on fatal heartbeat initiative in Michigan.
ByHannah Holliday: Current Sports Beat Reporter•13 hours ago
Hannah Holliday
The rough and tumble sport of roller derby doesn’t seem like a place for comfort, patience, and love. But the Lansing Vixens say their team experience is exactly that.
Starting Wednesday, Michigan State University is hosting the 40th annual Odyssey Of The Mind World Finals. It’s an international competition that teaches students from kindergarten through college how to build creative problem-solving skills. About 16,000 people from 13 countries will compete for top honors.
Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the "Queen of Soul," including one that was discovered under cushions in the living room, a lawyer said Monday.
Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, the first Republican in Congress to accuse President Donald Trump of impeachable conduct, is facing a primary challenge.
Billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert is starting a ballot drive as a "failsafe" in case Michigan's Republican-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer do not enact legislation to cut the country's highest auto insurance premiums.
