Why turnout, absentee votes and redistricting could influence who becomes governor, represents Michigan in Congress and controls the Legislature.

The Patmos Library in Ottawa County is trying again Tuesday with a tax request to keep the doors open. Residents though are still upset that some books remain on shelves.

The energy utility plans to lean into natural gas after shutting down coal plants, a move that has irked some clean energy advocates.

There’s a long road between casting ballots and certifying results. Here’s a guide to what happens from when polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday to when results are certified weeks later.

Data suggests 61 percent of returned ballots so far come from those who have voted Democratic in the past. Republicans are more likely to vote in-person, however, so the tide could turn.

Absentee voting has changed expectations dramatically about when results come in. Here’s what you need to know.

Experts say the Republican is peaking at the right time, but started slow. Can her message of parental choice, fighting crime and cutting regulations close the gap?

Politicians know young people tend to vote at lower rates than their elders. But Michigan college campus leaders say students are invested in the issues, but may need more help accessing voting information.

The Michigan Supreme Court upholds Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s guidance to clerks barring poll challengers from bringing phones into absentee counting stations. It’s Republicans’ second court loss involving voting rules in as many days.

As Gretchen Whitmer woos voters ahead of the Nov. 8 election, the Michigan governor works to boost turnout by highlighting her work to protect voting and abortion rights and blasting the GOP as ‘too extreme.’