LANSING — When Lama Ali Ahmad became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2021, she was eager to become a voter, too. In Lebanon, where she’s from, elections were often derailed by crises. But here, she had faith in the process. She registered and voted in a municipal election the same day. That ...

BATTLE CREEK (AP) — Erton Köhler, a Brazil-born pastor known for his innovative approach to evangelism, is the newly elected president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference — and the first to hail from South America. Köhler will serve as the spiritual and administrative ...

(DETROIT) — Six Detroit-area nursing homes and their ownership companies have agreed to a $4.5 million settlement with the Michigan Department of Attorney General over allegations that the facilities were providing grossly substandard care to their residents. The department announced the ...

LANSING — Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday mustered a mostly party-line 218-214 vote to approve President Donald Trump’s signature federal tax and spending bill. The bill’s passage marked a major victory for U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A second Democrat is seeking to flip one of Michigan's most competitive U.S. House districts as the party seeks to reclaim a majority in the 2026 midterms. Maat Maasdam, a former Navy SEAL, announced his campaign Tuesday to unseat Tom Barrett, a former Army helicopter ...

FLINT — Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors' lead water pipes, hoping his mother's house would be next. Workers told him it wasn't on their list but probably assigned to another contractor. With Flint's lead pipe replacement program winding down this year, Bell and ...