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A federal judge ruled Thursday that Flint citizens can move forward with lawsuits targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s handling of the city’s lead contamination problems. The EPA under former President Barack Obama was too slow to intervene in the case, according to U.S. Judge Linda Parker, who ruled that the federal government was not immune from legal action in the ...

President Donald Trump will hold a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday evening. An estimated 3,000 people were standing in line 5 hours before the event and the 11,000-seat Van Andel Arena is expected to be at or over capacity for President Trump’s first rally since the Mueller Report proved that he was right about not ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing what some opponents are calling a draconian gas tax increase to fix the state’s crumbling road infrastructure. Whitmer’s budget proposal will include a 45-cent gas tax increase, which would be phased in over three separate intervals, the governor’s spokeswoman Tiffany Brown told reporters Monday. The rate would begin increasing in October, hit its second phase ...

Fiat Chrysler announced Tuesday that the company opening a new auto assembly plant in southeast Michigan as part of a multi-billion expansion into the city of Detroit. The plant will provide roughly 6,500 jobs to the city and is considered a monumentally large commitment, especially given Detroit’s recent struggles. The Mack Avenue Engine factory will be converted to an assembly ...

Michigan’s newly elected Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer canceled plans for an immigration detention center, prompting State Rep. Thomas Albert to speak out on “Fox & Friends.” “This deal had been under works for well over a year. This former prison facility has sat vacant for over a decade now,” Albert said Tuesday. “Immigration Centers of America came in and said ...

Three residents of Lansing, Michigan, were arrested without incident Monday afternoon for conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan charged all three in a criminal complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  The ...

A Michigan school board decided on Monday to keep Christmas decorations on top of the elementary school’s roof despite activists claims of the display being too religious. The Three Wise Men, a biblical reference to Jesus Christ’s birth, is displayed on Newaygo Elementary School’s roof. The Michigan Association of Civil Rights Activists (MACRA) argued the Christmas display went against the ...

Reports painting Flint’s lead problems as a crisis skyrocketed after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the town as a primary campaign talking point during her run for president, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.

DETROIT – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations reminds travelers planning trips across the Detroit, Port Huron and Sault Ste. Marie border crossings to anticipate heavy car traffic during the Labor Day weekend. Land border travelers may use a variety of documents to include a Passport, Passport card, Trusted Traveler card (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, and FAST), an ...

President Donald Trump holds a “Make America Great Again” rally at the Total Sports Park in Washington, Michigan on Saturday. Doors for the rally open at 4:00 p.m. EDT and the rally begins at 7:00 p.m. EDT. The live stream of the rally will begin at 2:30 p.m. The event website shows tickets still available HERE. Video of the crowd ...

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign team announced Tuesday that he will hold a rally in Washington, Michigan on the same night and at the same time as reporters gather for their celebration. “While the fake news media will be celebrating themselves with the denizens of Washington society in the swamp that evening, President Trump will be in a completely different ...

Tuesday, December 13, 2016: Join President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence for the USA Thank You Tour 2016 at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center at 7:00 PM CT.

Friday, December 9, 2016: Live streaming coverage of President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s USA Thank You Tour in Grand Rapids, MI at the Deltaplex Arena. Live coverage begins at 7:00 PM ET.  

Anyone that gave money to the Green Party’s candidate Jill Stein for a logically-flawed recount of the 2016 presidential election, should demand the same refund that her lawyers are now requesting. The Green Party has already said that any funds not used in the 2016 recount would go to other Green Party initiatives so anyone that gave to this hot ...

Federal Judge Mark Goldsmith has effectively ended the Michigan recount. Judge Goldsmith is the same judge that ordered the recount to start 2 days earlier than Michigan law permitted, but in a full reversal, the judge has dropped his decision which will end the recount. On Tuesday, the Michigan appeals court ruled that Jill Stein could not request a recount as ...