Michigan is helping people who were detained at the Wayne County jail obtain driver’s licenses or state identification cards, a move advocates say will increase the odds they land on their feet as ...

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stepped away from the National Governors Association earlier this year, citing a lack of bipartisanship.

Partisan politics have resulted in a monthslong legislative stalemate over the state budget that might send Michigan into a ...

Three years ago, the story of Michigan was one of Democratic success. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic state lawmakers ...

The governor's office has not disclosed how long she will outside the state, as lawmakers face an Oct. 1 budget deadline.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a new state law to limit student cell phone use at school. The Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate introduced competing plans to restrict student ...

Before coming to Lansing to serve in the Michigan Legislature, state Rep. Matt Koleszar, D-Plymouth, was in the classroom. As a teacher, he said the most frequent instruction he gave his students was ...