A man from Mexico has been sentenced to 39 years in a Michigan prison for killing his girlfriend and leaving her body along a highway.

LANSING — After flipping Democrats' razor-thin majority into a sizable Republican lead, Michigan House Republicans selected Minority Leader Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, as the next House Speaker during internal party deliberations Thursday.

Michigan Republicans are reclaiming a portion of the state government, breaking the Democratic Party's trifecta that developed after the 2022 midterms.

Michigan Democrats will lose their historic trifecta after Republicans gained a majority in the state House of Representatives. Democrats still hold the majority in the Senate, which was not up for reelection this year,

Ms. Harris made slight gains in Traverse City and its surrounding counties in northern Michigan, but Mr. Trump ultimately led in most of them. Ms. Harris gained only a few thousand votes in the region while Mr. Trump swept tens of thousands of votes elsewhere in the state.

Donald Trump’s lead in Michigan became insurmountable after he improved his margin in Detroit’s county and won overwhelmingly in Republican-leaning parts of the state, closing off Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to victory.

See how various groups in Michigan voted for president and U.S. Senate in the 2024 election by reviewing data from the network exit poll conducted by Edison Research. Presidential charts show estimates for the share of each group that supported Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump in Michigan.

You can find your polling precinct by visiting the Michigan Voter Information Center at michigan.gov/vote. There, you can enter your address and the site will provide your polling place.