DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State University’s $3.9 billion endowment fund has become the majority investor in the Fisher Building, an iconic art deco style tower near downtown Detroit, the school announced Tuesday. The fund is investing $21 million in the building, two adjacent surface ...
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles after a tense hourslong meeting that raised questions about discrimination, religion and the city’s reputation for welcoming newcomers. In protest, a woman speaking during the public ...
GRAND HAVEN — Shawn Duncan and her wife, Betty, moved to Grand Haven 14 years ago, but kept their relationship hidden for most of that time fearing a backlash in the small city in a traditionally conservative part of Michigan. “We knew if we wanted our company to thrive, we were going to ...
By CAROLINE RAY Journal Staff Writer Part of the Elks Association motto is “as long as there are veterans, the Elks will never forget them,” Bob Wellman, a service representative from the Michigan Elks Association who helped run this year’s Marquette Flag Day ceremony, read the quote ...
DETROIT (AP) — A judge this week ordered Michigan Republican Party Chairperson Kristina Karamo and others to pay more than $58,000 in legal fees incurred by the Detroit clerk’s office to fight a lawsuit they filed challenging absentee voting in the city. In an order signed Monday, Wayne ...
By Journal Staff LANSING — Amanda Root of downstate St. Johns on Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court was sentenced to 42 months in prison on one count of embezzlement of $100,000 or more and two counts of filing false tax returns, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. ...