The director of the Michigan State Police spent an hour and a half taking questions from lawmakers about morale in a department that appears skeptical of his leadership.

A disciplinary panel has publicly reprimanded St. Joseph County Prosecutor Deborah Davis, finding she misled a judge while working as an assistant prosecutor.

A ballot campaign planning to launch soon would ask voters to ban political donations from committees affiliated with utility monopolies and public contractors.

That self-imposed deadline is Tuesday — but the proposed education budgets passed by the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate are extremely different.

The case began when Michigan sued in state court to partially shut down Line 5. It got moved to federal court at the request of the Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge.

A ballot campaign to create ranked choice voting in Michigan could start collecting signatures within the coming months. That's after clearing a step at a state elections board Friday.

In a new legal filing, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says a Republican-led legislative committee is abusing its power to subpoena her office and is asking a judge to refuse to enforce it.

After a Republican subpoena, Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson files a legal brief in the Michigan Court of Claims arguing she is a political target. Plus, Michigan U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin offers a centrist remedy for Democrats’ doldrums and the latest on state budget negotiations.

Michigan lawmakers went home without passing a new budget for K-12 schools Thursday night. That’s despite, both meeting for hours and a statutory July 1 deadline for getting an entire state budget done.

NOAA is predicting the annual cyanobacterial bloom on the western end of Lake Erie will be mild to moderate this summer. Cyanobacteria is not currently detectable by satellite in western Lake Erie. But it is expected to begin forming next month.