Michigan news from the Associated Press and the Traverse City Record-Eagle, northern Michigan's daily newspaper.
Audit: State slow on inspections
Transportation officials failed to inspect some bridges, looked at deteriorating bridges less often than required by state law and did not check for erosion under bridges over rivers, Michigan's auditor said Friday.....more>>
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan should be allowed to raise rates nearly 4 percent on its Medicare supplemental policies, less than the "excessive" 31 percent increase initially requested by the insurer, an independent hearing officer said Friday.
Newly released documents say a trucker took two nieces and a teen boy to school before fatally shooting an abortion protester and another man in a small Michigan town.
Michigan's chief environmental regulator wants more information about a rocky outcrop in Marquette County that could affect plans for a nickel and copper mine.
General Motors Co.'s top executive said Thursday that the automaker could tap some of its $50 billion in U.S. government aid to help restructure GM's European Opel unit. The statement came as thousands of Opel workers walked off their jobs across Germany in protest of GM's decision to abandon the unit's sale to new owners.
The Michigan House voted Thursday to tap federal stimulus money set aside for next year to soften a cut in school funding now, but it's unlikely the move is going to win the support of the state Senate.
A photograph and tracks found recently in the Upper Peninsula have rekindled a debate over whether Michigan has an established, breeding cougar population.