Records show the termination resolution cited alleged misuse of public funds and workplace misconduct. Cole has not responded to requests for comment.

Michigan State offered tickets to more than 100 officials in 2025, valuing seats far below their resale price.

Capture Group beat out Florida and Virginia sites, landing a $5 million counter-drone hub with a $936,000 state grant attached.

Federal watchdog Neil Barofsky says Region 2B leaders tracked staff loyalty and dangled career perks tied to Dave Green's reelection bid.

Just 39% of Michigan third-graders read at grade level, and researchers want to know why so few schools still have librarians.

Doors open at a Macomb County manufacturing site as MAGA Inc. deploys its $400 million war chest behind John James and Mike Rogers.

A tentative GM-Unifor deal covering 4,600 Ontario workers adds Sierra truck assembly in Oshawa and spares the idled Ingersoll plant.

Officials say a Cass Road data center pitch pushed the township to pause all new projects for up to 18 months.

AFSCME Local 369 says most of its 281 members live outside Ann Arbor, unable to afford the city they serve. Mediation resumes Thursday with no deal in sight.

Fox News polling has Jocelyn Benson leading John James 86% to 12% among Black voters, even as James courts churches and rappers in Detroit.

Abdul El-Sayed flipped Jesse Watters' question about minors and gender surgery into one about the host's own body. Michigan's Senate race remains razor-close.

State officials hope to erase the financial disincentive that kept Michigan near the bottom nationally for dual enrollment.

Some Birmingham parents say the board skipped their input on the lunch-period phone ban, even as advocacy groups pushed for it for months.