LANSING — More than a month after attorneys for several Native American tribes and environmental advocacy groups urged the Michigan Court of Appeals to overturn one of the permits needed for Canadian energy company Enbridge to move forward with its controversial Line 5 tunnel, the Court has ...

LANSING — As technology advances, federal and local law enforcement officials have warned in recent years of the dangerous scenarios that arise when criminals exploit artificial intelligence to computer generate fake sexual materials of real people, known as deepfake pornography, often for ...

LANSING — Michigan House Republicans on Thursday proposed a rule that would deprive local governments from receiving discretionary state budget funding unless they pledge to cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts by the Trump administration. House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) ...

ALPENA — Alpena County is the latest to join the ranks of those counties that have detected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a Monday news release from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The virus began sweeping through every state starting ...

LANSING — As the clock ticks down toward a Feb. 21 deadline set by a Michigan Supreme Court ruling to implement ballot initiative reforms on the state’s minimum wage and earned sick time laws, hearings got underway Wednesday in the Michigan Senate on legislation to pare back the ...

LANSING — Since election season never truly ends anymore, the political jockeying for 2026 is well underway in Michigan. Thanks to term limits, the Mitten State will have every executive office open, as well as a U.S. Senate seat, thanks to senior U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Twp.) ...