Jonathan Smith hasn't been able to participate in the Michigan State football vs. Michigan rivalry yet, but that will change this weekend when the Spartans head to Ann Arbor to face their long-time rivals.

The day Jonathan Smith was introduced as Michigan State’s new coach, he was asked about the rivalry with Michigan. Nearly 11 months later, he’s finally getting a taste of it. Smith will take his Spartans to Ann Arbor on Saturday night to face the Wolverines in the annual battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

Judges in Michigan and North Carolina have rejected a Republican attempt to have certain overseas and military absentee ballots thrown out.

A judge in Michigan on Monday rejected an effort by the Republican Party to block some Americans who are living overseas from voting in the battleground state. The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit earlier this month arguing that election laws in the state improperly allowed U.

In Michigan and North Carolina, two Republican legal challenges to the legitimacy of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including U.S. military members, hit setbacks Monday.