It takes right around an hour to get from Grand Rapids to Lansing, and I make that drive every day getting to work. It’s also at least 60 minutes that I’m away from my computer and not regularly checking my phone -- but that doesn’t mean that hour can’t be productive.

I always try to get the most out of my morning commute in order to start my day off right. Here are some...

He was born in a part of Michigan many of us think of as being as close to heaven as you can get without entering the pearly gates: Ishpeming, in the great North Country we call the UP.  His grandparents on both sides emigrated from Finland in the early 20th century. 

One of Lansing’s truly good and decent leaders gets a coveted gubernatorial appointment, especi...

Politicos can talk all they want about the 2018 elections with references to pink or blue waves, but in Michigan's two big Congressional district "turnover" races -- the 8th and 11th - the winning Democrats, new U.S. Rep. Elissa SLOTIN (D-Holly), and new U.S. Rep. Haley STEVENS (D-Birmingham), appear to have won the old-fashioned way -- with lots and lots of money....