A new ruling from Michigan’s secretary of state means public officials can keep accepting free tickets to a major conference on Mackinac Island.

The new state law that lifts Michigan’s 38-year-old ban on paid surrogate pregnancy contracts took effect Tuesday.

An appeals court has affirmed the convictions of two men who were accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 and start a civil war.

President Donald Trump calls it “Liberation Day.” On Wednesday, the president plans to roll out tariffs that he promises will free the United States from foreign goods.

In this edition of Stateside, we discuss the impacts of funding cuts on the Michigan Immigrants Rights Center. We also cover a story on a black bear attack that occurred in Isabella, Minnesota. And, we have a conversation with a West Michigan author about his new memoir, Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand.

“We've got to, though, have a system that understands that the VA...is not an employment agency," said Secretary Doug Collins.

A program that provided millions of dollars worth of donated foods to Michigan food banks has been cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We talked to the head of one West Michigan food bank about what this means for their operations.

A few hundred people rallied outside a veterans hospital in Ann Arbor this weekend to protest federal cuts to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The next focus of the Michigan House could involve bills to help counties and local governments fight violent crime.

There is an empty state Senate seat in Michigan's thumb region. No one currently represents the district because Governor Gretchen Whitmer has not yet called a special election. Some Republicans are saying she's playing politics with the 35th state Senate District.