Robert Blackshaw, executive director of the Michigan State Capitol Commission, said it represent the German tradition of including a pickle in a tree. Contact Mike Ellis at mellis@lsj.com or 517 ...

The Capitol is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. But when either the state House, state Senate or a legislative committee is in session outside those times or on a holiday, the ...

The state Christmas tree - a 60-foot spruce donated by an Eagle family and lit two and a half weeks after the November election - glows a starkly solid red color this year, topped with a white star.