MICHIGAN

In her first term, Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer weathered the ire of MAGA Republicans and the former president, as well as a foiled kidnapping plot. Now in her second term, and armed with a Democratic-led legislature, Whitmer is pushing gun control measures and protections for LGBTQ rights and labor unions, while enshrining reproductive rights in the state's constitution. She talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about her agenda, and how she turned Donald Trump's label for her ("That woman from Michigan") into a badge of honor.

Officers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources recovered 463 pounds of illegally poached salmon that were caught by a group of Colorado fishermen who have been fined.

Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature. The state's “right-to-work” law had allowed those in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues and fees. Its repeal is seen as a major victory for organized labor with union membership reaching an all-time low last year.

A man from Indiana has been sentenced to 95 years in prison for killing a man and burning his body. The murdered man's body was identified by using dental records.

Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway.

A federal review of plans for a Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel will take more than a year longer than originally planned, officials said Thursday, likely delaying completion of the project — if approved — until 2030 or later. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had intended to release a draft report later this year on how the proposed tunnel beneath Michigan's Straits of Mackinac would affect the environment. Enbridge Energy wants it to house a section of its Line 5 oil pipeline that crosses the bottom of the straits connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.

James and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of failing to secure a gun and ignoring the mental health needs of their son before the shootings. Besides the deaths of four students, seven people were wounded.

The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Oxford High School can face trial, the state appeals court said in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says the parents of a teenager who killed four students at a high school can face trial for involuntary manslaughter.

Progress has been rapid for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.5 billion project named after the legendary hockey player that will provide a passageway for travelers between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon slammed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for moving forward with plans to allow $715 million dollars of taxpayer money to fund a CCP-linked business.

Ford’s electric vehicle business has lost $3 billion before taxes during the past two years and will lose a similar amount this year as the company invests heavily in the new technology.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans announced a public health declaration as the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility in Detroit is overcrowded and understaffed.

The Michigan Republican Party's social media posts are being called “hateful” and “ignorant” for comparing gun reform to the Holocaust.

The Michigan Republican Party has received backlash from political leaders on both sides of the aisle for posts on social media Wednesday that compared the Holocaust to gun safety measures being considered in the state. The posts, shared on the state party’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts, inaccurately claim that Democrats leading the Legislature are trying to disarm Michigan gun owners. A photo accompanying the message appears to match an image stored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, showing rings confiscated from Jewish prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp.

Almost immediately, several Democratic and Republican officials and advocacy groups called for the Twitter post to be taken down and demanded that the state party apologize.

Steven Pierce and Kallie Peters, both of Junction City, Kansas, were arrested in Michigan over the weekend for allegedly killing a couple and stealing their car.

An Amish buggy collided with a motor vehicle in Michigan leading to the death of two children. Another child was seriously injured in the accident.

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Michigan interstate reopens following crash that hospitalized 16 people. Police announced that there doesn't appear to be any serious injuries.

An interstate highway stretch in central Michigan has reopened following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in whiteout conditions that left 16 people hospitalized. Interstate 96 in Ionia County reopened about 10 p.m. Saturday, about five hours after authorities reported the pileup in the eastbound lanes near Portland, a city more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Detroit and roughly halfway between Lansing and Grand Rapids. Michigan State Police officials said they closed both eastbound and westbound lanes just after 5 p.m. on Saturday following the pileup.

Michigan resident Matthew Maczynski warned communities 'see the writing on the wall' amid pending plans to build. Chinese-owned battery plants nearby.

"This homicide was not random and had nothing to (do) with music or a performance," police said on Twitter.

Members of two rural Michigan communities are pushing back on plans by a Chinese-owned company to build an electric vehicle battery plant in the area over national security concerns.

Six giant African land snails have been found in the luggage of a traveler who flew to Michigan from the west African country of Ghana. The mollusks, which can carry diseases that affect humans, were discovered and seized March 9 during an agriculture inspection at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday. The man transporting the snails is a resident of Ghana and said they were to be eaten.

A Detroit man was shot in the chest and arrested after trying to rob a man at gunpoint who ended up having a concealed carry permit and firing back during the robbery.

A Detroit man was shot in the chest and arrested after trying to rob a man at gunpoint who ended up having a concealed carry permit and firing back during the robbery.

For the first time in decades, Democrats run the show in Michigan, passing legislative priorities they've been after for years: repealing a 1931 abortion law, repealing right-to-work and more.

A Michigan woman who allegedly fled to Thailand after she was accused of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run that left a college student dead on New Year's Day will be arraigned on Friday.

Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday that will permanently outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state.

A man and three young children were killed in a Tuesday morning house fire in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with further details under investigation.

An in-home aide accused of stealing more than $26,000 from the 91-year-old she was hired to help was arrested on multiple counts after a lengthy investigation from Michigan police.

Brian Higgins, of Wisconsin, has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the kidnapping plot of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Higgins previously pleaded not guilty.

A Wisconsin man who was accused of a secondary role in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Michigan is on its way to becoming one of the first states in the country to overturn its right-to-work law. The existence of right-to-work laws in 27 U.S. states, mostly in the South and Midwest, has been credited with the dramatic decline in union membership in the United States over the past several decades, as fewer workers sign up to join unions.

Michigan Senate Democrats have voted to repeal the state's "right-to-work" law. The Senate also voted to restore the state's prevailing wage law.

Brian Higgins, 54, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, will return to court to change his not-guilty plea. Higgins is accused of aiding in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A Wisconsin man who drove past the vacation home of Michigan’s governor during a scheme to kidnap her in 2020 is returning to court to change his not-guilty plea, records show. Brian Higgins is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday in Antrim County court in Bellaire, Michigan. Higgins, 54, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, is one of five men charged in northern Michigan with providing material support for an act of terrorism.

Criminal charges have been dropped against a white couple charged in 2020 after one of them was captured on video pulling a handgun on a Black woman and her daughters outside a Michigan restaurant. The trial had been set to start Monday for Eric Wuestenberg and Jillian Wuestenberg, but Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Mary Ellen Brennan dismissed the case after the alleged victims did not show up to provide witness testimony, The Oakland Press reported. The Wuestenbergs were each charged with one count of felonious assault for the July 1, 2020, incident in the parking lot of a Chipotle restaurant in Orion Township, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.

A commercial building storing tractors was destroyed in a fire early Tuesday in Flushing, Michigan. Investigators are working to determine what caused the blaze.

Michigan Democrats are poised to bring an 11-bill package to the Legislature that would implement safe storage laws, universal background checks and extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws.

Randall Robert Berka II has been charged with possessing a firearm as a prohibited person, but not with making the threats. He hasn't yet entered a plea.

A Michigan man who threatened Democratic politicians and members of the LGBTQ community was charged with a gun crime. The mentally ill man was making death threats on social media.

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Cam Spencer and Derek Simpson scored 23 of their combined 31 points in the second half and Rutgers beat Michigan 62-50 on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Legislation to repeal Michigan's "right-to-work" law has been passed by the state's House. This has been a priority for Democrats since they took control of the state government.

Michigan regulators are encouraging the public to attend two town hall-style meetings in Jackson and Dearborn to comment on recent power outages induced by winter storms.

Michigan Democrats have passed legislation in the state House that would repeal the state's right-to-work law that prohibits public and private unions from requiring that nonunion employees pay fees.

Michigan's Democratic-led House approved legislation Wednesday that would repeal the state's “right-to-work” law that was passed more than a decade ago when Republicans controlled the Statehouse. Repealing the law, which prohibits public and private unions from requiring that nonunion employees pay union dues even if the union bargains on their behalf, has been a top priority for Democrats since they took full control of the state government this year. Supporters of the repeal, who poured into the gallery above the House chambers, cheered loudly as the legislation passed along party lines late Wednesday.

In states where they flipped legislatures and the governor's office in November, Democrats are advancing long-stalled gun safety bills.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy will claim a $22,500 reward for blowing the whistle on $12.5 million in COVID relief funds received by an ineligible teachers union.

The Oxford, Mich., school system cannot be held liable for the shooting that killed four students and injured seven other people in 2021, a judge ruled this week.

A mother and wife in Michigan won a $1 million Powerball prize and it took her a week to find out because she gave her winning ticket to her husband for safekeeping.

Democratic Michigan state Rep. Samantha Steckloff claims she and two other Jewish legislators were sent death threats by Jack Carpenter III, who has been arrested by federal officials.

Republican businessman Perry Johnson has announced his long-shot bid for president.

Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh said during a press conference last week that NFL interest in his staff and players is a "positive thing."

A Michigan morgue employee was caught trying to burglarize the home of a deceased person in suburban Detroit, police said.

Two children, ages 3 and 4, were reportedly killed in a Thursday morning house fire in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Three adults and four other children escaped the home alive.

Sales of Ford's F-Series pickups increased 22% last month compared with a year earlier, including a spike in sales of its electric F-150 Lightning.

Much of lower Michigan is under a winter storm watch on Friday and early Saturday due to a projected major winter storm.

The Michigan state Senate voted Wednesday in favor of a proposal to expand the state's civil rights law to include the LGBTQ community under anti-discrimination policies.

A pair of Indiana Republican lawmakers sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan asking why the East Palestine cleanup was paused after Democrat lawmakers complained.

Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end.

Experts say changing and increasingly severe weather patterns and an electrical infrastructure designed for a different time and climate can be blamed for power outages that left more than 800,000 Michigan homes and businesses in the dark over several days.

Hit hard by COVID-19 shutdowns, Native American tribes with casinos are taking a closer look at diversifying their portfolios to help keep their sovereign nations economically strong for future generations.

Election deniers who were unable to succeed at the polls last year have targeted the one political post that depends entirely on the most hard-core of Republican voters — state party chair.

Frustration and anger are mounting among some Michigan utility customers who are still waiting for power to be restored after a massive ice storm this week damaged electricity lines.

Heavy rain and snow are pounding California and other parts of the West in the latest winter storm to hit the United States.

Tyson Walker shook off a slow start to score 23 points and lifted Michigan State to an 80-65 win over No. 17 Indiana on Tuesday night in its first home game since last week’s shootings on campus that killed three students and hospitalized five students.

Michigan State University students and faculty have returned to the East Lansing campus, one week after a gunman killed three students and injured five others.

Michigan showed its support for rival Michigan State with a poignant pregame ceremony before the Wolverines took an 84-72 win on Saturday night, the first game for the Spartan men since a shooting on the their campus that killed three students and wounded five others.

Michigan State women’s basketball players wiped away tears as they stood shoulder to shoulder during a moment of silence before losing to No. 8 Maryland 66-61 on Saturday, less than a week after three students were killed in a shooting on campus.

Another senseless shooting has rocked a community to its core late Monday night.

Terrified students describe breaking out windows, barricading doors and hiding under blankets as police searched for a gunman who killed three students and critically wounded five others on the Michigan State University campus.

Michigan fired football co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss in January after he failed to attend a meeting to discuss whether he had gained access to computer accounts that belonged to other people.

Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that would employ at least 2,500 people to make lower-cost batteries for a variety of new and existing electric vehicles.

Since the tragedy, numerous communities and schools across the Upper Peninsula have rallied to raise money.

The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved a new calendar lineup for the early stages of the party’s presidential nominating contests in 2024.

A Michigan judge says a second-degree murder charge against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will go to trial.

A Michigan man says he was left with a $1,000 bill after his 6-year-old son ordered a virtual smorgasbord of food from several restaurants.

The Michigan House voted along party lines Tuesday to move the state's primary to the fourth week of February to match an early presidential primary plan approved by a Democratic National Committee panel last month.

A Michigan State football player who swung his helmet at a Michigan player in a stadium tunnel has expressed regret.

It took four days for No. 2 Ohio State to go from unbeaten to second place in the Big Ten.

A University of Michigan student is one of the world’s foremost “speedcubers,” a person capable of quickly solving a Rubik’s Cube.

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Michigan has fired co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss.

National Michigan Day is Jan. 18.

The University of Michigan has placed offensive co-coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss on leave, athletic department spokesman Kurt Svoboda confirmed on Tuesday night.

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Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow has announced she won't run for a fifth term in 2024.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sworn in alongside other Democratic leaders as she officially began her second term in office after winning reelection in the 2022 midterms.

Come January, Democrats will be in charge of Michigan state government for the first time in nearly 40 years.

No. 2 Michigan brings its smash-mouth ways into the College Football Playoff semifinal to face No. 3 TCU on Saturday.

A utility worker has died while trying to restore power in southeastern Ohio.

President Joe Biden signed a large defense bill on Friday that includes a water bill that directs the Army Corps of Engineers on major infrastructure projects to improve navigation and protect against storms worsened by climate change.

An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply.

A judge has handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution has closed on a $2.5 billion federal loan to help finance three lithium-ion battery cell plants in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan.

A judge has dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over the Flint water crisis.