Michigan's 2027 budget: what you missed, what wasn't included --- Updated July 8, 2026, 6:18 a.m. ET LANSING — When lawmakers approved the 2027 state budget July 3, it was only a few hours after they released thousands of pages of budget [...]

Synchronized skating, with roots in Michigan, joins Winter Olympics --- July 7, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET Synchronized skating has been added to 2030 Winter Olympics, U.S. Figure Skating and the International Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday, July 7. The decision, which creates a [...]

Michigan budget targets reading scores, English learner support --- Michigan’s state budget, now on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk, includes major K-12 investments aimed at boosting school aid, literacy, English learner support, free meals, and other resources for students statewide, according to [...]

Looking at the $75.2 billion Michigan state budget --- LANSING, Mich — The budget includes a school aid package of nearly $20 billion and a general fund of just over $14 billion. The school aid funding continues support for $200 million in [...]

Michigan Supreme Court: Weed use can't be banned as probation condition --- July 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m. ET State trial courts in Michigan can no longer ban marijuana use as a condition of probation, under a unanimous opinion released by the Michigan [...]

Nearly 30,000 still without power after Friday's storms: 'Just want it to be over' --- The aftermath of residents without power are entering day four following last Friday's storms.  FOX 2 - Metro Detroit residents are going on day four [...]

FEMA awards $33.3 million for Michigan storm recovery --- CHICAGO — FEMA has awarded $33.3 million to reimburse Michigan local governments and an electrical cooperative for costs incurred responding to the March 2025 severe winter storm, including Great Lakes Energy Cooperative. The [...]

Michigan’s DNR seeks help tracking the next generation of wild turkeys --- For the fourth year in a row, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking information from citizens on hen turkeys and their baby turkeys, also known as “poults.” Michigan’s [...]