Incomes surged in May after the government sent out $48 billion in tax stimulus checks. Personal income rose 1.9%, the largest increase since September 2005, and after taxes and adjusted for inflation, real disposable income increased 5.3%, the biggest...

The zoo at feeding time. Michigan Weekend Update: Speaker Dillon tells Jack Lessenberry that next year's budget deficit might be as high as $2.8B - much higher than the $1.6B that had been previously mentioned. What happens if BFF Mike Bishop...

So here's what's going on with the Asian Carp thing. On Thursday the DNR poisoned a 6 mile stretch of the Sanitary and Ship Canal in Chicago so they could shut down and repair the electric barrier. They poisoned the area with rotenone, a toxin...

You may have seen news recently about the "Race to the Top," a national competition for hundreds of millions of dollars in education funding for the state that reforms and innovates when it comes to education. It's all part of the President's goal of...

I am dealing with a snow emergency here in GR (one foot of wet, heavy snow and still falling, two hours to shovel out my car/sidewalk/driveway), so here is Part One of an exclusive interview with USA Today/Detroit Free Press. President Obama talks...

(Via Fox News Detroit) A man in Riverview has an unusual Christmas display on his lawn and the neighbors aren't too happy about it. His signs support national health insurance, but the mom next door is upset because her kids are asking questions. "I...