UM leader Mary Sue Coleman tests positive for COVID-19

Approximately 102 boxes of newly retired Michigan U.S. Rep. Fred Upton’s papers from his 36-year tenure in Congress oddly turned up last month on a loading dock at Ohio State University instead of at his alma mater, the University of Michigan, where they were meant to go. Congressional sources...

Michigan could soon begin to see campaign stops from would-be presidential candidates a lot earlier and more campaign spending as the spotlight on the battleground state intensifies ahead of the 2024 election. The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to approve a reshuffled calendar for next year that moves Michigan into...

At least 30 anti-abortion activists gathered Saturday afternoon at various pharmacies in Michigan to protest the Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to allow certified pharmacies to dispense the abortion pill when prescribed by a certified prescriber. South Lyon resident Monica Miller helped organize a protest of 15 people outside...

Robert Vercruysse, a longtime Metro Detroit labor lawyer and noted negotiator, died Wednesday, Feb. 1. He was 78. "He was a fierce advocate for his clients. He had a wicked cross-examination," said Anne-Marie Welch, Mr. Vercruysse's youngest daughter who has practiced law with her father for the past seven years at the Clark Hill law firm. "He was trusted with the most challenging litigation and negotiations because he was just so good."

Democrats here in the Great Lakes State seem to have short memories. Now that they have majorities in both chambers of the Legislature for the first time in 40 years, along with the governorship, they intend to pay off their campaign donors by repealing right to work. Let’s recall the situation Michigan was in just over a decade ago, before Michigan banned forced union dues within its borders.

Washington ― Michigan's congressional delegation signed onto a Thursday letter to the secretary of the Air Force, urging him to replace the A-10 squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base with a long-term fighter mission that would ensure the base's sustainability. The bipartisan letter, led by freshman U.S. Rep....

Detroit – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Friday expanding the state’s efforts to increase the number of contracts it holds with Michigan businesses that are minority, women and veteran-owned or located in small towns and inner cities. The directive follows an initiative Whitmer first created in...

Michiganians who want to comment on the National Guard's requested expansion of Camp Grayling in the northern Lower Peninsula have until Wednesday to do so. The comment period for the proposal — which would allow the National Guard to more than double its footprint in Grayling by leasing an additional 162,000 acres of state-owned property — was originally supposed to close July 8, 2022 but was extended after public outcry over the proposal.

A dolphin skull was found last week in luggage at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. They said federal inspectors found the skull inside some baggage during routine x-ray screenings when some luggage re-entered the U.S. after it had been inadvertently separated from its owners during transit.

Tampa, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has been eyeing a run for president, but he’s not waiting until 2024 to assert one of the most contested legal rights associated with that office. In multiple lawsuits, DeSantis’ lawyers have claimed that the governor wields executive privilege, a special right...

Michigan will seek $20 million to $25 million from a $2.3 billion federal fund for rail corridor improvements. Peter Anastor, the director of the state Transportation Department’s Office of Rail, said his department will apply for a grant to help cover costs for repair work on four rail bridges that serve Amtrak passenger trains.

Detroit — The CEO of a government contracting company embezzled from the firm and spent more than $10 million on pain pills, according to federal criminal cases that describe an outsized series of drug deals amid the nation's opioid crisis. The misappropriation and drug binge are detailed in federal...

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Democratic leaders of the Legislature are preparing a sweeping tax relief proposal they say will reduce tax bills by more than $1 billion and include rebate checks that could be issued directly to residents. The Friday agreement focuses on a plan...

A student had a gun Friday at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School on Detroit's east side, the Detroit Public Schools Community District confirmed to The Detroit News. Parent were notified by the district by robo call Friday morning, according to Chrystal Wilson, assistant superintendent of communications for the district.

A Commerce Township man has been charged in connection with applying for nearly $1 million worth of pandemic loans for fake businesses, including one sharing a name associated with “The Karate Kid,” federal officials said Friday. Ryan Carruthers, 42 is charged with wire fraud in a criminal complaint...

Highland Park — Cat Fogle said it didn't help being steeled for the dreaded phone call that finally came at about 2:30 p.m. Friday. "The police just told me it was my son for sure," Fogle said. "I was kind of expecting it, but there's no way you can be ready to hear that."

Highland Park — When investigators triangulated cellular data from the phones of three men who'd been missing for two weeks after heading to a Detroit rap show, it led to an area near the Highland Park-Detroit border — and police immediately homed in on the sprawling, abandoned Palmer Park Estates apartment building, according to a police source familiar with the investigation.

While Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and his staff and players are preparing for the start of spring practice later this month, there remains the substantial issue of NCAA allegations against Harbaugh and his football program. There are four alleged Level II violations, including impermissible contact during a COVID recruiting dead...

On a brisk Saturday last month, Dianne Gordon was on her nearly 3-mile walk to reach home to White Lake Township after her grocery store shift when she spotted a Ziploc bag on the ground. The plastic bundle held almost $15,000. She scooped it up and promptly reported her find...

Michigan State football player Zion Young is one step closer to having his misdemeanor assault charge stemming from October’s postgame altercation at Michigan Stadium dismissed. Like five of his teammates, the freshman will enter a pre-plea diversion program in 15th District Court, Washtenaw County chief assistant prosecuting attorney Victoria...