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12 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 15, 2026.
The J.H. Campbell plant was supposed to retire in May 2025. Secretary Chris Wright's Section 202(c) order kept it burning coal for more than a year at a cost of roughly $259 million, which Midwest ratepayers are on the hook for. Similar orders in five other states now look legally exposed.
A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel ruled the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it invoked a 'narrow, last-resort backstop' in the Federal Power Act to block the 64-year-old plant's retirement, the first court defeat for the Trump administration's campaign to keep aging fossil plants running.
A report commissioned by Interlochen Center for the Arts covers six decades. One former student, abused at 16 by a teacher who later pleaded guilty, is speaking publicly for the first time.
WatchThe 41-year-old former state health director won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary 48.5% to 47.5% over a congresswoman backed by Chuck Schumer and Gretchen Whitmer. He faces Republican Mike Rogers in November.
WatchVoters in five states go to the polls Tuesday, but the marquee race is the expensive, bitter Senate contest to replace retiring Democrat Gary Peters — a seat the party has to hold to have any shot at the Senate.
The governor's surprise, last-minute backing lands in a deadlocked race against progressive Abdul El-Sayed, with mail voting already underway.
Cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness that causes explosive, weeks-long diarrhea, have already blown past the entire 2025 total, with Michigan hit hardest and no contaminated food yet identified.
The largest cyclospora outbreak in Michigan history has driven the U.S. total past 1,000 confirmed cases, with roughly 40 hospitalizations and investigations underway in 28 other states.
With state Sen. Mallory McMorrow out of the race, Michigan's Aug. 4 Democratic primary narrows to a high-stakes showdown between Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, Senator Cory Booker, and Governor Andy Beshear speak at Detroit gathering, fueling early presidential speculation.
Elliot Cadeau scored 19 points and was named Most Outstanding Player as the Wolverines claimed their first national title since 1989, ending the Big Ten's 26-year championship drought.
The Wildcats ended a 25-year drought, Illinois's Keaton Wagler delivered a star-making 25-point performance, and Michigan demolished Tennessee 95-62 to set up a Final Four in Indianapolis on April 5.