DEARBORN, Mich. — State regulators want to hear from frustrated Michigan residents who lost electricity during recent storms across the Lower Peninsula. The Michigan Public Service Commission, which sets rates and other policies affecting utilities, said it will hold two town hall-style ...

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT — General Motors is offering buyouts to most of its U.S. salaried workforce and some global executives in an effort to trim costs as it makes the transition to electric vehicles. The Detroit automaker wouldn’t say how many workers it is targeting, ...

By SOPHIA BRANDT Special to the Journal LANSING — Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is looking to the future by adding new signs, kiosks and an updated pavilion to better reflect tribal voices. The Sanilac park is run through a partnership of the Department of Natural Resources ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, and state Sen. Sylvia Santana, D-Detroit, on Thursday introduced legislation to give new retirement options for state corrections officers. “This reform would allow Michigan corrections officers to join a retirement ...

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Democratic-led Legislature moved Wednesday to repeal the state’s “right-to-work” law that was passed more than a decade ago when Republicans controlled the Statehouse. Repealing the law, which prohibits public and private unions from requiring that ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — A state bill to provide legal protections for LGBTQ+ people in Michigan got one step closer to becoming law on Wednesday. State House lawmakers voted 64-45 in favor of SB 4, which extends the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation, gender ...