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Rick Pluta/MPRNLieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist's decision to leave the gubernatorial contest means the race for Michigan’s Democratic nomination for governor is largely between current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson. -
Michigan Storm Chasers/Deerfield Township Fire DepartmentA meteor near Lansing could be seen illuminating the sky throughout much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, and even some nearby states, over the weekend.
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Demonstrators gathered outside a Lansing shopping center to protest the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman during a federal immigration enforcement operation. -
A brief ice jam in downtown Portlandthis week left standing water in basements and memories of a severe flooding event seven years priorinpeople’s minds. -
Organizers want one minimum wage in Michigan, not the current system that will let employers pay tipped workers half of what everyone else makes. -
This week, anger and outrage spilled out across the nation over the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. -
After a formal opinion from the Michigan attorney general undid Republican budget cuts, the GOP is asking a judge to allow the cuts to go forward temporarily while they argue in court that they should be permanent. -
Mex is actually aiming for more than a strong media presence for Spartan athletes and coaches. He wants to leave a legacy of helping others. -
The brewery will open in two phases. -
Benson predicts health care will be among the top issues during this year’s election. Yet some of her ideas have struggled in the state Legislature in recent years, even with her party in charge. -
Michigan officials have been trying for years to shut down Enbridge's Line 5 over claims that it is unsafe and liable to spill petroleum products into the Great Lakes -
A unanimous three-judge panel held the University of Michigan research is confidential intellectual property that is exempt from the state’s Freedom of Information Act.
