Many gardeners love native plants because they’re hardy and serve native wildlife.

A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers wants to get ‘corporate influence out of politics’ by banning political spending by utilities and government contractors. They face an uphill battle: A similar plan died last year.

Microfibers are plastic strings much thinner than human hair that get into waterways primarily from washing fabrics in machines. A Michigan bill would require new household washing machines to have a microfiber filter.

With the selection of Detroit’s Noah Hood, six of seven justices on the Michigan Supreme Court are now Democratic appointees or nominees.

Developers in Southfield and Muskegon will be reimbursed for more than half the upfront costs of creating large mixed-use neighborhoods. Payback via tax increases could take 30 years.

A Chinese-linked company whose Michigan plans Trump bashed, along with Detroit automakers and members of the powerful DeVos family were among the donors to the president's inauguration committee.

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s east side by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees. Detroit is the pilot city for the Giant Sequoia Filter Forest.

The bear population in Michigan is expanding south and west in the Lower Peninsula.

The race for Michigan’s open US Senate seat is heating up, as Democratic US Rep. Haley Stevens jumps in.

Families can’t afford to pay and workers can’t afford to stay. Michigan’s child care crisis is crimping family budgets and hobbling Michigan businesses.

Donald Trump promised a ‘Michigan miracle.’ Ninety days into his second term, the state’s unemployment rate is rising but gas prices are down as Trump acts on tariff and deportation pledges.

As US colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where they always have felt welcome on predominately white campuses.