The legislative earmark reforms championed by Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, during the fraught 2025-26 budget process became law Tuesday after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the House and Senate’s respective bills into law. Whitmer signed House Bill 4420 and Senate ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Coffee with Breitung Township Schools Superintendent Aaron Yonke has been set for 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday at Holiday Kitchen in Iron Mountain. Residents are invited to visit with Yonke and ask questions about the school district.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing the case said Tuesday. Interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel told The Associated Press in a ...

LANSING — Many teachers in Michigan need to work additional jobs to make ends meet. The rising cost of health care is one major reason why teachers seek additional employment. Repaying student loans is an additional reason, said Doug Pratt, the director of communications and public ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) In addition to shorter ski seasons, worsening ticks and allergies and shrinking boreal forests, climate change has hit the Great Lakes State in ...