Special to the Journal LANSING — Plummeting temperatures, blinding snow and ferocious winds ripped through the air as three freighters struggled on Lake Michigan’s frigid surface. Unsuspecting and dangerously underprepared passengers braced for the worst, baffled at the stark contrast ...
By JOE CAPPILETTI Associated Press LANSING — A Michigan Republican accused of participating in a fake elector plot had all criminal charges dropped Thursday after he and the state Attorney General’s office reached a cooperation deal. James Renner was one of 16 Republicans who acted ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission ...
By LISA BOWERS Journal City Editor LANSING — Republicans in the Michigan Senate want to speed up the construction of the Line 5 tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac by appealing to federal and state permitting agencies and other officials. All 18 members of the Senate Republican ...
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future. In a rare speech during contract talks in the company’s hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, Ford said ...
PONTIAC (AP) — A judge turned down a request by two parents to leave jail and attend the sentencing of their son who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School. Judge Cheryl Matthews filed the one-page order Friday, according to online case entries in Oakland County ...