Several hundred Detroit residents gathered at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church on the city's west side Monday to protest the impending threat of a...

After preliminary findings indicated Detroit is under "probable financial stress," Gov. Rick Snyder assigned the city a 10-person financial review boa...

Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday announced the 10 members of Detroit's financial review team who will meet under Michigan's emergency manager law. The team...

DETROIT -- The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing Michigan's new electoral maps, perhaps thanks in part to a legal challenge filed by a coalition...

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder released a video late Thursday in which he discusses Detroit's financial situation. The video appears to aim to set the reco...

DETROIT -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined with U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) on Thursday to urge opposition to Michigan's emergency manager law. Jac...

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Thursday banning domestic partner benefits for state employees. Snyder, however, vetoed a portion of the legislati...

State Treasurer Andy Dillon announced Wednesday he would recommend Gov. Rick Snyder begin a full financial review of the City of Detroit. Dillon's...

By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | AP LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan employers are likely to save money on unemployment insurance and worker's compensation ...

The cancellation of plans for a light rail line running down Detroit's Woodward Avenue may be something of a blessing in disguise for the Motor City, ...

Republican lawmakers in Lansing are working quickly to ensure Gov. Rick Snyder and his appointed emergency managers retain their power in local commun...

Several bills passed Wednesday in the Michigan legislature will further reduce benefits for Michigan's unemployed, if signed as expected by Gov. Rick ...

Metro Detroit's sad pattern of segregation is a direct result of government programs and public opposition to integration that is a defining part of our region's history.

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear briefs Wednesday for a case challenging the constitutionality of Public Act 4, the state's emergency manager law....

The Free Press reports that Detroit will cancel its plans to build a light rail line down Woodward Avenue in favor of beefing up the city's bus system...

UPDATE 2:55 p.m. -- Michigan's House approved the revised H.B. 4770, but said the Senate amendment exempting public colleges and universities from the...

With the threat of a state takeover looming over Detroit, a coalition of groups is ramping up its efforts to suspend Michigan's eight-month-old emerge...

DETROIT -- As Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder plans a preliminary state review of Detroit's finances, a legal challenge to his authority to do such an actio...

Joined by City Council members and faith, labor and business leaders, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing defied reports that Gov. Rick Snyder would begin a finan...

This is a developing story. The Detroit Free Press reported midday Thursday that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) is moving ahead with a financial rev...

Detroit City Council is set to meet with city unions Thursday in continued discussions to develop a plan to stave off a state takeover of the city's f...

The complaint is pervasive: politicos are unresponsive. There is polarized policy being imposed on unpolarized voters all over the country, and Michigan ranks among the states where this happens most frequently.

Were the 2008 film tax incentives too costly for a cash-strapped state just coming out of one of the auto industry's worst slumps which caused two automotive bankruptcies? Not in my opinion or in the opinion of many others.

DETROIT -- The battle for a bridge over the Detroit River has been fierce. On one side of the fight stands a billionaire who does not want to see his ...