Michigan Politics News

Wakarusa, Ind. -- Trumpeting a "made in America" message, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a national investment in electric cars as the latest effort to rebuild an economy that keeps shedding jobs.

Mayoral candidate Tom Barrow prevailed at Tuesday's primary, but says he still wants to make sure all votes were counted and has put the clerk's office on notice to preserve all source materials.

Lansing -- Services for the poor would be decimated under cuts proposed to close Michigan's $1.8 billion budget hole, according to more than two dozen groups who today asked Lansing lawmakers to protect vulnerable people from shouldering the state's economic woes.

Washington -- Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue.