The sun is out, the lake is glistening, the strawberries are bright red and summer-sweet. Golfers and anglers are busy, cyclists are on the move, brats are on the barbecue.

The sun is out, the lake is glistening, the strawberries are bright red and summer-sweet. Golfers and anglers are busy, ...

A ballot initiative is in the works to ban corporations with large existing or pending government contracts from making ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law Friday a bill that authorizes the state of Michigan to transfer the Detroit Detention ...

Nine candidates and one write-in are vying to replace Mike Duggan as mayor of Detroit. Here's the Detroit Free Press Editorial Board endorsement.

With well over a year until the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats and Republicans are already gearing up for expensive fights ...

Mike Duggan may be mayor of the Motor City, but he was one of the most popular attractions on the vehicle-free Mackinac Island during the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference last month ...

Republican Tom Leonard is banking on a combination of his positive vision and "real" policy solutions to propel him to be elected Michigan’s next governor. An endorsement from President Donald Trump ...

Virgil Clark Smith, a former Michigan lawmaker and the first African-American minority floor leader in the Michigan Senate, has died at the age of 77. Virgil C. Smith His ...

Virgil Clark Smith, a lawmaker turned judge who helped reshape Michigan’s courts and Detroit’s schools, died Monday, June 23. He was 79. Smith battled COPD for years before complications led to kidney ...

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield said fat cats and corporate PACs don't support her. The Morouns and Dan Gilbert's corporate PAC disagree.

Explore Michigan's turbulent history with LGBTQ rights and same-sex marriage, from bans to breakthroughs, and the stories behind its legal evolution.