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Residents on this remote island say they're tired of national issues — but they'll vote on a school millage and local government races.

An ad campaign targeting Black voters in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race has ties to a PR firm that was criticized for deceptive practices during the Flint water crisis.

The 2026 midterm elections have been marked by increasingly heated rhetoric and partisanship.

“We are reading the tea leaves on the messages that the Pentagon is putting out,” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Palisades may restart as soon as the end of the November during a visit to the plant in Covert Township this week.

Michigan House Republicans see a chance to flip a Grand Rapids-area district red this election, despite the national political environment generally favoring Democrats.

A new study from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential examines the difficulties young men and boys are having in the state.

Joanne Hsu, director of U-M's Surveys of Consumers, says years of economic shifts have made voters slow to react to news ahead of the election.

Some members of Michigan’s religious minorities see their communities as under threat this election cycle.

In September 2025, Consumers Energy announced the plan to sell its 13 hydroelectric dams in Michigan to a Maryland-based company for $1 each.