Michigan lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hope to reshape the state's economic development strategy by year's end. Time is short for a bipartisan deal.

For years, research reassured drinkers that mild or moderate imbibing was harmless, maybe even protective, for health. That ...

Scientists studying the body size and growth patterns of non-native earthworms in the UP’s Huron Mountains say they are ...

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, launching a November tradition. It was also ...

Legislation in the Michigan House would ban foreign sources of dark money in state ballot drives — but wouldn’t give state authorities a way to check the law is being followed.

This holiday, one family member is noticeably absent from the hustle and bustle of the daily operations, the cofounder known ...

Fairview, a small community in the northeast Lower Peninsula, had more turkeys than anywhere else in Michigan when it became the state’s wild turkey capital in 1987. That’s not the case any longer, ...

Empty lots in deindustrialized cities like Detroit may contribute to bird species diversity, says a new study by researchers at MSU and Carleton University in Canada. The study recommends that vacant ...

The two projects, valued at nearly $300 million when combined, reflect successes and limitations of the city’s community benefits process.

Finding affordable child care can be tough for parents. A child care center in Jackson is providing a ‘second family’ for kids when parents work late at night.