By Journal Staff LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking proposals for food safety education and training as part of the annual Food Safety Education Fund grant program. The grant cycle for 2023-2024 runs from Oct. 1, through Sept. 30, ...

By Journal Staff DETROIT— Sunday, at the Motor City Pride parade, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order establishing Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Commission. The commission will address issues facing Michigan’s LGTBQ+ community, according to a release. Among the issues that the ...

DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s extensive charging network beginning early next year. In addition, GM will adopt Tesla’s connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station. GM joins Ford in shifting its ...

By ED WHITE Associated Press LANSING — Robert Holmes Bell, a federal judge for 30 years whose trials included one that led to a rare death sentence in Michigan, has died. He was 79. Bell died Thursday, Michelle Benham, the court’s chief deputy clerk, said Friday. A cause was not ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Michigan State University said it will use approximately $300,000 in donations to create a memorial to honor students who were killed or wounded in a mass shooting in February. The permanent memorial, to be “planned through a meaningful, respectful and collaborative ...

DETROIT (AP) — A clerk was charged with murder Thursday in a second recent middle-of-the-night fatal shooting at Detroit gas stations related to disputes with customers. “This simply cannot continue to happen,” Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy said. Anthony McNary, 25, was shot ...