MADISON — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records, the 300-foot-long ...
LANSING — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan’s first Black lieutenant governor, announced he’s jumping into the crowded 2026 race for governor on Tuesday. A software engineer by trade, Gilchrist vaulted from relative political obscurity in 2018 to run alongside ...
LANSING — Several hundred people gathered Saturday outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing as they protested a myriad of actions and policies by the Trump administration, most especially the assault on reproductive rights. Held on International Women’s Day, the protest was one of at ...
LANSING — Republican lawmakers in Michigan this week called on the Michigan High School Athletic Association to adopt policies that comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to no longer allow athletes who are trangender girls on female sports teams. State Sen. Joseph Bellino ...
DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump’s trade wars threaten to claim a casualty on the home front: the American auto industry. If the president goes ahead with 25% taxes on imports from Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, he will disrupt more than $300 billion in annual U.S. automotive trade ...
LANSING — As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised to reach across the aisle in her seventh State of the State speech top Democrats and Republicans both found the governor’s 2025 agenda to be a mixed bag. Funding for road repairs has been a top issue for Michigan Republicans, with Whitmer ...