Created Equal: What Detroit’s credit bump says about the financial health of the city, residents 

Detroit’s credit rating is moving up — nearly 10 years after the bankruptcy — which means government operations are normalizing...

Trump, Republicans talk border in Grand Rapids

Criticisms of the Biden administration’s immigration policies made up a major part of former President Donald Trump’s speech in Grand...

Detroit Evening Report: FEMA to open Disaster Recovery Center in Detroit for one day only Thursday

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration will open a Disaster Recovery Center in northwest...

Created Equal: Breaking down the new state House districts in metro Detroit

Just two years into Michigan’s experiment with citizen-drawn maps for the Legislature and Congress, a court-ordered redraw to address gerrymandering...

Michigan Congressman John Moolenaar named chair of special committee on Chinese Communist Party

One of the few issues the deeply-divided U.S. Congress agrees on is taking a hard line on China.  Now a...

Whitmer repeals ban on surrogacy contracts in Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on the use of paid pregnancy surrogates. Michigan was...

Trump to visit Grand Rapids Tuesday

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Grand Rapids Tuesday. The Kent County GOP says it will not...

Proposed bill would give Michiganders first dibs on campsite reservations

A bill introduced in the Michigan state House would allow Michigan residents to reserve campgrounds two weeks before out-of-state residents....

Court OKs redistricting commission’s map for Detroit area House districts

A federal court last week approved a new plan for Michigan’s state House districts around metro Detroit. That’s after judges...

Transit advocates want more bus funding in final FY25 state budget

Legislators in Lansing are in the process of finalizing Michigan’s state budget for the 2025 fiscal year. That’s after Gov....

The Metro: Middle Eastern, North African category added to US census and federal government surveys

For decades, Arab Americans have been advocating for a new Middle East and North African category in the U.S. Census....

Pete Hoekstra: ‘There’s lots of folks investing in the MI GOP’

For the past two years, the Michigan Republican Party has been marred by complaints about leadership, disorganization and poor finances....