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The move by tribes follows the Whitmer administration's request for a state agency to review the same permits using new guidance from a Michigan Supreme Court ruling.

Dylan Leenheer discovered his official prison photograph had been digitally altered to depict him wearing a feathered headdress, beaded necklace and buckskin clothing, with what appeared to be war paint on his face.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the court ruling directs the state to “more thoroughly scrutinize” the plan to encase a segment of the pipeline in a tunnel buried beneath the Straits of Mackinac — and that should include reviews of permits that were already issued.

The ceremony takes place at the Grand Traverse 9/11 Memorial Park at 897 Parsons Road in Traverse City. Those attending will gather around the roughly 3000-pound World Trade Center beam for moments of prayer and silence to honor those lost.

More than a dozen Michigan counties are still working to recover from April floods that washed out roads and bridges. One school district in Manistee County is spending tens of thousands of dollars in new transportation costs while losing tens of thousands of dollars as students transfer out of the district to avoid the long detours.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the violations were of "very low safety significance" but the company said it's taking the problem seriously.

Almost a million people went through the Cherry Capital Airport last year. But TVC was only built to handle 350,000 passengers annually. IPR's Austin Rowlader gets an inside look at the expansion project.

When popular band director John Stanley Ross left Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000, he wrote a letter attributing his departure to personal reasons. Until recently, Ross’s true reason for leaving has been unknown to the public. His story is a part of a larger phenomenon called "pass the harasser."

After hitting local permitting hurdles, the developer of the 375-megawatt solar farm will likely use a new state law for approval, one that limits local governments’ ability to say no to large-scale renewable energy projects.

Carol Rose has worked at the Women's Resource Center Thrift Store since 1986 and in that time, she's heard countless stories from women in domestic violence situations, and connected them to help. She's being honored this week for her work.