Michigan Voters Head to Polls
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan polling places opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday with close to a third of the electorate already done voting, according to the Michigan Department of State. More than 2.3 million ballots were in before Tuesday, which works out to 31.2% of the 7.42 million Michiganders on the active voter rolls. Early in-person
Michigan Opens Nearly $10 Million in Clean Energy Grants
LANSING, Mich. — Local governments, businesses, nonprofits and tribes across Michigan have two new state grant programs to chase for clean energy projects, after a pair of state agencies opened application rounds on Monday totaling close to $10 million. The larger pot in dollars available right now comes from the state environment and energy department,
Michigan Marks Crash Responder Safety Week With Move
LANSING, Mich. — Drivers who come up on flashing lights along a Michigan road this week are getting a pointed reminder from the state: slow down and get over. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed Nov. 2-6 as Crash Responder Safety Week, aimed at protecting the police, firefighters, medics, tow operators and road crews who work
Michigan Offers $422,816 for Microplastics Water Research
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is putting state money toward one of the murkier questions in water science: how much plastic too small to see is ending up in lakes, rivers and drinking water, and what to do about it. The state environment department, known as EGLE, opened a call for pre-proposals Monday for roughly $422,816
What Michigan Voters Need to Know Before Polls Open Tuesday
LANSING, Mich. — With early voting finished, Michigan’s Nov. 3 general election comes down to Tuesday at the polls, where voters will pick a new governor and a U.S. senator and settle two statewide ballot proposals. Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone already standing in line at 8 p.m. is
Michigan Marketplace Enrollment Opens
LANSING, Mich. — Michiganders who buy their own health coverage can now shop for 2027 plans, and many will find higher prices. Open enrollment on HealthCare.gov began Sunday, Nov. 1, and runs through Jan. 15. Timing matters. A plan picked by Dec. 15 starts Jan. 1, while anyone who signs up between Dec. 16 and
Trump Phones Michigan Republicans
LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump took his final pitch to Michigan voters by telephone over the weekend, telling listeners on a roughly 12-minute tele-rally Saturday that no Michigan election has ever mattered more than this year’s Senate matchup of Republican Mike Rogers against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. The president gave Michigan supporters less than an
Michigan Schools Can Get Up to $100,000 to Cook Meals
LANSING, Mich. — School districts across Michigan now have a shot at state money to cook more lunches from raw ingredients instead of reheating processed food. A new Scratch Cooking Pilot run through the state agriculture department’s Farm to Family Program offers grants of up to $100,000 per district. There is a catch on who
Michigan Attorney General Race Tight as Gilchrist Leads
LANSING, Mich. — Two open statewide offices on Tuesday’s Michigan ballot are heading in different directions in the final stretch, according to a late-October survey: the race for attorney general is essentially a coin flip, while the secretary of state contest has tilted toward the Democrat. Mitchell Research & Communications polled 636 likely voters Oct.
Nessel Asks Regulators to Rehear DTE Deal
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday asked the state Public Service Commission to take a second look at its approval of DTE Electric contracts to power a planned Google data center in Van Buren Township, arguing the deal leaves other utility customers exposed to costs. Her petition for rehearing, filed in