Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a revised version of a controversial emergency manager law Thursday that was rejected by voters during the November e...

Perhaps no piece of statewide legislation has been more controversial in Michigan than 2011's Public Act 4, which allowed the state to appoint an emer...

This Tuesday, Michigan voters will have an opportunity to decide on six momentous state ballot measures. But what's on the ballot menu, you might ...

Curriculum standards that were unanimously approved by Michigan's Board of Education in 2010 are catching flak from some state Republicans, who are pu...

Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a complaint in Detroit's Third Circuit Court Thursday, asking the court to remove seven of the Detroit...

The recent suspension of PA 4, Michigan's emergency manager law, has left confusion in its place. While a referendum on the law is forthcoming, the...

UPDATE: Friday, 2:00 p.m -- Sara Wurfel, press secretary of Gov. Rick Snyder, emailed The Huffington Post a statement late Thursday night regarding th...

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Detroit and Flint's state-appointed financial review teams were not subject to the state's Open Meetings ...

Concerns about Michigan's emergency managers and potential voter suppression efforts compelled State Sen. Bert Johnson to send a letter to U.S. Attorn...

This story has been updated. Michigan's Board of Canvassers deadlocked on a vote Thursday and failed to certify more than 200,000 signatures seekin...

It looks like Michigan voters will decide whether or not to keep the state's controversial emergency manager law. The state Bureau of Elections is...

Opponents of Detroit's consent agreement with the state of Michigan made a last-ditch effort Monday to get City Council to reverse their vote on the m...

Detroit City Council on Wednesday voted 5-4 to enter into an agreement with the state of Michigan that will radically alter the structure of the city'...

UPDATE: Wednesday 4:30 p.m. -- The state-appointed financial review team for the city of Detroit voted to approve a consent agreement for the city at ...

This story has been updated. Deputy Mayor Kirk Lewis plans to introduce a resolution to Detroit City Council Tuesday morning that would call for th...

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — Money problems are so severe in one Michigan school district that officials have given up hope of finding a solution t...

Detroit City Council is set to discuss and possibly vote Monday on a financial consent agreement designed to restructure city governance and accountin...

Detroit's state-appointed financial review team is scheduled to meet Monday afternoon to announce the fate both of Detroit's financial future and syst...

Even with the February 29 delivery of over 226,000 signatures to a petition to overturn Public Act 4, there has been another brave and bold attempt to overthrow the law.

LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan judge on Tuesday restored power to Flint's mayor and City Council, the latest legal setback for Gov. Rick Snyder and a st...

Is democracy a luxury good in America, discarded when the going gets rough? Apparently Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder thinks so.

It's been a year since Gov. Rick Snyder signed Michigan's Public Act 4 of 2011, officially known as the Local Government and School District Fiscal Ac...

The concept of emergency management, as pushed forward by Gov. Snyder, is deeply flawed. It is a draconian attempt at a solution to a problem caused in large part by policies and circumstances not promulgated at the local level.

If the proper mix of solutions work in Detroit, there will be a recipe for success that will help to guide other major cities with problems very similar to ours.