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 ...

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — A conservative economic-policy group will get a $22,500 reward for blowing the whistle on a Michigan teachers union and its insurance arm, which got $12.5 million in government-backed loans during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mackinac Center for ...

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday defended charges against the parents of a teenager who killed four students at a Michigan school in 2021, telling an appeals court that extreme drawings and the boy’s fascination with guns should have been a wake-up call on the day of the shootings. A ...