Servers want $12 an hour. This restaurant owner says he can't afford it.
A new Michigan law would require restaurant servers to earn at least $12 an hour before tips by 2024 — if Michigan legislators don’t change it first.
Paid sick leave law making some Michigan businesses feel queasy
A Traverse City nonprofit working with the disabled said it barely scrapes by. If it has to pay workers while they are out ill, the group’s director says it may have to cut services to survive.
Some colleges are unaffordable for many qualified students
Even as net prices begin to fall at some schools, many families are priced out, according to college cost data now available for universities across the country.
$100 million for waterfront a boon to Detroit, will connect to state trails
Foundation started by the late Buffalo Bills owner and Michigander Ralph Wilson donated the funds to develop the waterfront park
Opinion | Lansing, please don’t hurt Michigan drivers with bad traffic laws
A basketful of bad bills threaten to drive Michigan drivers crazy.
Amid Michigan opioid crisis, drug centers say new rules mean layoffs
Treatment officials argue that state regulatory changes could close detox centers and force layoffs. State officials counter that centers need full-time doctors and certified providers to ensure patient safety.
Minnesota has fought PFAS for years. Here’s how its plan can help Michigan.
Michigan is planning to sue 3M for manufacturing hazardous chemicals showing up in water systems. Minnesota sued the company years ago and is sharing documents and other information, a top Minnesota regulator says.
Michigan environment roundup: ‘Bee highway’ to the rescue in Detroit
This week’s can’t-miss journalism about Michigan’s natural resources.
‘Michigan Divided’ documentary showing at DIA and U-M as election nears
Bridge spent a year following six families with wildly different political views after the contentious 2016 election to see if they could find common ground. You have a few chances to see the resulting documentary before your vote on Nov. 6.
Opinion | A tunnel for Line 5 is good news – for Canadians
Gov. Rick Snyder got suckered by Enbridge into a deal that doesn’t protect the Great Lakes for years, and financially benefits only the Canadian oil industry, not Michigan residents.
Michigan’s Republican black-sheep justice is winning some unlikely allies
Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement has been snubbed by Republicans for her votes on key rulings. But moderates in both parties are rallying (and giving) to a justice they say put principles above party.
Truth Squad | Misleading attacks on Bill Schuette for Flint water crisis
A Democratic Governors Association PAC says Schuette’s office “OK’d” the deal that produced lead-tainted water in Flint, and that residents were harmed as a result of his office’s inaction.
Lawmakers to introduce bills to reform bail in Michigan
Michigan lawmakers propose bills to get rid of cash bail, but can they get it done before time runs out?
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