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Today on Stateside, a Michigan State University economist weighs in on what General Motors' decision to lay off workers and shutter factories means for…

Lansing voters may do away with “golden parachutes” for top city appointees.A charter amendment on next week’s ballot would limit executive contracts to…

Michigan lawmakers are talking about banning tiny balls of plastic in products sold in Michigan.A lot of us use products with microbeads in them. They’re…

There’s a lot of time, money and effort being spent to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.To keep them out, we first have to know where the carp…

Nicole Helget's new novel, Stillwater, follows the lives of twins separated at birth — and raised on opposite sides of the tracks. Helget, who is proud to be called a "Minnesota novelist," tells NPR's Scott Simon about the photograph that inspired one of the book's central characters.

What’s a Republican governor to do when his own political party is the problem?We’re hearing a lot about the divide among Republicans in D.C. over the…

The Lake Michigan car ferry SS Badger is set to return to service this week.This comes after more than $2 million in upgrades as part of a deal between…

Canada, despite its cold weather, ships more fresh tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to the U.S. than we send the other way. How? With the continent's largest cluster of greenhouses.

Lansing’s mayor is expected to call for a major restructuring of the city’s electric utility tonight.When Mayor Virg Bernero takes to the podium tonight…

Class-action lawsuits accuse Anheuser-Busch of watering down Budweiser and other beers and then misleading consumers about their alcohol content. The company denies the claims; in tests commissioned by NPR, samples of Budweiser were found to be in line with their advertised alcohol content.