Joe Bielecki

Microsoft is taking steps to build a data center on land in Kent County’s Gaines Township, requesting rezoning to support the project, Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the top priority of her final year in office will be improving Michigan’s dismal student literacy scores, and more.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a 300-page report detailing allegations of sexual abuse against both adults and children by clergy in the Diocese of Grand Rapids since 1950, Michigan's House Appropriations Committee chair is defending the choice to cancel nearly $650 million in unspent money from the last state budget, and more.

John Ball Zoo's popular penguins received their annual medical checkup, Democrats in the Michigan Legislature are figuring out their next move following an action by the House Republican majority to cut $645 million from the state budget, and more.

Cascade Township residents will have the chance to share comments about proposed changes to a zoning ordinance, the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments on if a statement from a teenager high on LSD can be used to convict him of a sex crime, and more.

The West Michigan Black Business Alliance and Grand Rapids' Office of Equity and Engagement recently gave its annual briefing, Michigan House Republicans are challenging a court ruling that they must send nine bills adopted by the Legislature in the last session to the Governor, and more.

Nearly a billion dollars has been invested in downtown Grand Rapids construction projects this year, a Michigan Court of Claims judge has declined to block a new wholesale tax on recreation marijuana, and more.

The HUB 07 community space opened on Saturday in the Boston Square neighborhood in Grand Rapids, members of the Michigan National Guard could see some new benefits under bills awaiting the governor's signature, and more.

The emergence of a new flu variant is of growing concern for medical experts, Michigan House Democrats are planning legislation to fight back against possible changes to federal vaccine guidance, and more.

The Right Place has presented its 2026 economic outlook to Grand Rapids business leaders, educators social workers and state and local officials met in Lansing on Wednesday to discuss how to better set Michigan males up for the future, and more.

Grand Rapids Public Schools has reached a tentative agreement with the teacher's union, Michigan energy regulators will hear public comment in a matter involving a planned data center near Ann Arbor, and more.