Michigan Rejects Constitutional Convention
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan will keep its constitution as it stands after voters on Tuesday soundly turned down Proposal 1, the once-every-16-years question asking whether to call a convention to rewrite it. The race was called at 9:40 p.m. By early Wednesday, with about 91% of the expected vote in, no led 73.8% to 26.2%,
Michigan Voters Pass Proposal 2 Limiting Utility Donations
LANSING, Mich. — Regulated utilities and big government contractors in Michigan will soon be shut out of campaign giving after voters overwhelmingly approved Proposal 2 on Tuesday. The measure was called at 9:38 p.m., shortly after polls closed. By early Wednesday, with about 91% of the expected vote counted, the yes side stood at 81.1%
Savit, Gilchrist Win Michigan AG and Secretary of State
DETROIT, Mich. — Democrats will keep all three of Michigan’s top elected executive offices after Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit won the attorney general race and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II captured secretary of state in Tuesday’s election. Savit beat Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd, the Republican nominee. The race was called at 2:28 a.m.
DNR Launches 3-Year Study After 27 Lake Sturgeon Stranded
ONTONAGON, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has started a three-year effort to learn why 27 threatened lake sturgeon ended up cut off in shallow pools below a hydroelectric dam in the western Upper Peninsula this summer, and whether it will keep happening. The fish were found below Victoria Dam in a channel
Democrats Win Michigan House, Regain Full Control in Lansing
DETROIT, Mich. — Democrats took back the Michigan House and held onto the state Senate on Tuesday, putting the party in charge of both legislative chambers and the governor’s office for the first time since 2024. Early Wednesday unofficial returns gave Democrats 19 Senate seats to 14 for Republicans and 51 House seats to 43,
Michigan Hosts Michigan State for the Paul Bunyan Trophy
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The state’s biggest college football rivalry comes back to Michigan Stadium on Saturday night, when Michigan hosts Michigan State in the 119th meeting between the schools with the Paul Bunyan Trophy at stake. Michigan, 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the Big Ten, has won the last four games in the series,
Michigan State Sets Record With 7 All-Big Ten Soccer Honors
EAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 5 Michigan State women’s soccer collected a program-best seven Big Ten postseason honors on Tuesday, two days before the Spartans open conference tournament play. Four Spartans made the All-Big Ten first team for a second year in a row. Kennedy Bell, a senior forward, and Kayla Briggs, a senior midfielder,
No. 5 Michigan Women Open Season Against No. 2 UConn
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan women’s basketball does not get an easy start. The fifth-ranked Wolverines open their regular season Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at home against second-ranked UConn, one of the sport’s heavyweights. Only one previous game has been played between the programs. Last season the two met in a Hall of Fame showcase
Cavanagh, Hood Win New Terms on Michigan Supreme Court
LANSING, Mich. — Both sitting justices on Michigan’s Supreme Court ballot kept their seats Tuesday. Voters returned the chief justice, Megan Cavanagh, and her colleague Noah Hood to the state’s highest court. The winners each get eight more years on the bench. Court races in Michigan appear on the nonpartisan part of the ballot, but
Michigan Bans Untreated Out-of-State Firewood
LANSING, Mich. — Campers, cabin owners and anyone else hauling firewood into Michigan have less than two months before a new state quarantine takes effect. On Jan. 1, 2027, the state stops letting in any firewood that lacks proof of heat treatment. The rule comes from MDARD, the state’s agriculture department, and it covers every