Advocacy groups and Michigan's attorney general will do battle with the Trump administration over its order keeping Consumer Energy's J.H. Campbell coal power plant on life support this summer.

The Legal Insurrection Foundation’s Equal Protection Project says it is challenging the scholarships to protect "American born" students.

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is asking the top election official in the key battleground state of Michigan for access to voter registration records and demanding information about its efforts to kick ineligible voters off the rolls.

State and regional environmental advocates are pushing federal lawmakers to halt proposed funding cuts that would shut down two Great Lakes research labs — and the protections against major water pollutants they help monitor.

President Donald Trump endorsed former Republican Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers’ 2026 Senate run Thursday evening, effectively clearing the field for the two-time Senate candidate in one of the most closely watched races of the midterms.

President Trump has approved $50 million in federal funds for Michigan to support repairs and recovery from the March ice storm in northern Michigan.

Those demands by the DOJ were made in a Monday, July 21, letter to Benson obtained by MLive. The letter noted that states have an obligation under federal election law to provide this information and that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi can bring enforcement action for violations.

One of Michigan’s fastest-growing counties is dropping “Where Freedom Rings” as its motto, less than a year after hard-right elected officials lost their majority on the governing board.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced President Donald Trump approved Michigan’s request for a major disaster declaration to help communities in Northern Michigan that were impacted by an ice storm earlier this year.

Federal regulators said there are “no significant hazards” expected with the plan to return nuclear fuel to the power plant’s reactor vessel and restart electricity generation.