Dam safety reforms move closer to law after Michigan Senate vote
The Michigan Senate has voted to overhaul the state's dam safety laws, moving reforms closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk.
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The Michigan Senate has voted to overhaul the state's dam safety laws, moving reforms closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk.
The Michigan Libertarian Party has disavowed its nominee, Anthony Hudson, with less than two months until the 2026 midterm election.
More than 40,000 Michigan voters have already returned their absentee ballots as of Wednesday, the Michigan Voting Dashboard shows.
If you are on Michigan's permanent absent voter list or signed up to get an absentee voter ballot for the Nov. 3 election, the ballots are on the way.
Absentee ballots are scheduled to begin going out to Michigan voters this week.
The federal government is defending its officers after a fatal crash last weekend involving an immigrant in western Michigan.
Here's everything you need to know to be ready to vote in Michigan for the 2026 midterm election.
At a Detroit NAACP forum, Kamala Harris pushed for a big Democratic turnout for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, warning: "We've got to be too big to rig."
The former vice president joined Michigan's Senate nominee at Birth Detroit, telling advocates she has "a right" to speak on maternal health after her time in the Senate.
Republican Mike Rogers, who is seeking to become Michigan's next U.S. Senator, posted a campaign video that specifically calls for a quick end to the war in Iran.
USC says its Center for the Political Future is believed to be the only one in the country jointly led by a Democrat and a Republican. Peters will run it with Republican strategist Mike Murphy.
Republicans are trying to win an open Senate seat race in Michigan, and nominee Mike Rogers is stepping up his appeals to some Democrats.
The city of Dearborn, Michigan, says its diversity and welcoming nature are to blame for a lawsuit accusing it of favoring Muslim holidays over the holidays of other religious faiths.
Will Lawrence, a progressive Democratic congressional candidate in Michigan, is trying to harness unease over the rapid pace of artificial intelligence development to defeat Republican Rep. Tom Barrett.
In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around artificial intelligence possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax.
CBS News Detroit talked with two political science professors on Wednesday, and they both said political debates are meant to be a job interview of sorts.
The two have spoken repeatedly since Harris endorsed El-Sayed after his primary win, but next week's roundtable will be the first time they appear in public together.
The Republican says the event was a town hall he never committed to and was never on his schedule. He also faulted the moderator, saying you can't hold a "two-on-one event in a TV studio."
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers made his case to voters at a rally in Detroit on Sunday, while his Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed, discussed his campaign priorities during an appearance on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
Two Jewish leaders CBS News Detroit talked to on Thursday said they don't feel heard and have put together a petition they hope political leaders will sign onto that they're calling "Nonnegotiable Principles"
A federal court is declaring that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year.
Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat, lashed into his Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed when speaking at the Republican National Committee Midterm Convention.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed held a town hall Thursday evening in Detroit, with the midterm election now under two months away.
The tariffs come in response to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration last month.
The suspect "aggressively shoved his way through the crowd" toward Amy Acton, Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene told CBS News.
