Last fall, Michiganders made their voices heard. You want us to deliver relief from high costs caused by inflation and get things done to support working families. That’s exactly what we are going to do.   As we begin this new term and welcome our new legislature, we are focused on […]

LANSING — Democratic President Joe Biden on Friday honored Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for protecting the right to vote and withstanding “unprecedented pressure and threats” to overturn the 2020 election. In a White House ceremony marking the two-year anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol, […]

LANSING, MICH. – During National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Michigan State Police (MSP)motor carrier officers are teaming up with officers from across the nation and the Commercial VehicleSafety Alliance (CVSA) to raise awareness of human trafficking. From January 9-13, MSP officers will join with their colleagues in law enforcement, CVSA, […]

Cover photo by Emily Glassford, a fifth-grade student at Almont Elementary in Almont, won the state-wide contest in 2021 and placed second overall nationally in the National Missing Children’s Day Poster. LANSING, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Missing Children’s Clearinghouse invites fifth grade students statewide to participate in the […]

MIDLAND, Mich. – MyMichigan Health is hosting a recruitment fair for those interested in nursing or patient care technicians at any of its facilities. The event will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, from 6 to 8 p.m. at MyMichigan Medical Centers in Alpena, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, West Branch and Sault […]

Barry Croft, the second of two men convicted for spearheading the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, was sentenced today to serve close to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker of the Western District of Michigan. Mr. Jonker at a hearing today in Grand […]

Adam Fox, one of two men convicted for spearheading the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, was sentenced today to serve 16 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker of the Western District of Michigan. Mr. Jonker at a hearing today in Grand Rapids said that the life […]

MIDLAND, Mich. – Currently, cases of seasonal influenza activity are on the rise both locally and across the nation. This follows a severe season in Australia during our summer. And, while headlines for the last few years have focused mostly on COVID-19, the flu remains the most common infectious disease in […]

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020. Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and […]

The Michigan Attorney General’s office wants to restrict public access to search warrant records in its investigation of former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, arguing the documents should remain shielded even though the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Michigan won a judge’s order unsealing them. The attorney general’s maneuver to […]