Michigan’s Legislative Leaders Respond to Part-Time Legislature Proposal

Jake Neher/WDET This week on Mackinac Island, Lt. Gov, Brian Calley launched an effort to make Michigan's Legislature a part-time job....

Mark Bernstein: “I’m Taking Every Step I Need to Take” to Run For Governor

Jake Neher/WDET There’s one name that’s coming up in many conversations on Mackinac Island this week as a potential Democratic candidate...

AG Bill Schuette Talks Governor’s Race, Support for Trump

Jake Neher/WDET Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is a man who has served in just about every elected roll you can...

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley On Push for Part-Time Legislature, Possible Run for Governor

michigan.gov The first big news of this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference comes by way of Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. The Republican...

Legislature Considers Redirecting Billions in Mental Health Budget

“What the bill really said was, ‘Let's take $2.6 billion and hand it over to the private and sometimes profit-making...

Jobless Rate in Windsor Drops Dramatically

“In April our unemployment rate hit about 4.9 percent, which is the lowest it has been nearly 15 years in...

Trump Names MI Supreme Court Justice to Federal Appeals Court

Michigan Supreme Court Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen has been chosen by President Trump to serve on the Sixth...

Automakers Face Trump Promises, Robotic Future

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET President Donald Trump has vowed to keep the auto industry in the U.S. to provide blue collar jobs for...

Democrats in Lansing Call for a Voter Bill of Rights

Cheyna Roth/MPRN Democrats in Lansing have renewed their mission for a Voter Bill of Rights. State House Democrats attempted to...

Activists Try To Create Group Support for Ballot Drives

Jake Neher/WDET A small crowd that held a May Day rally in front of the state Capitol has a big...

Preliminary Work Underway on Gordie Howe Bridge

“We have approximately 60% of the properties that we require on the U-S side"      Three teams have been...

Old Oil Pipeline Under Straits of Mackinac at Center of Petition Drive

"The reason we got involved is that we think the State is taking too long and we can’t afford a...