With abortion access threatened, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is taking steps to ensure easier access to reproductive health. That includes making it easier for Michigan pharmacists to directly prescribe birth control.

Large, rural school districts make for long, expensive bus routes that eat up budgets. Attracting teachers can be difficult and high-speed internet is hard to find. Consolidation saves money but residents fear loss of community.

Michigan Superintendent Michael Rice won’t remove training videos on making schools safe for LGBTQ students. Rice said there are times when it is not appropriate to tell parents when a student comes out about their gender identity.

Republican hopefuls hoping to advance in the primaries had to echo false claims that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Most now have changed the subject.

As Michigan ages, a new survey quantifies the depth of the state's caregiving crisis: Most eldercare workers have no paid help and more than third have no help whatsoever.

The retail giant is trimming its footprint across the country after a pandemic building boom overshot today’s market. Other companies, including FedEx, are also scaling back amid a drop in the global volume of shipments.

The governor asks Superintendent Michael Rice to change trainings under fire from conservatives for suggesting teachers don’t need to tell parents about children’s gender orientation.

Conservative parents and advocates are filling Lansing meetings of the state board to read excerpts from school library books with sexual themes. They want bans or restrictions on explicit material, but school books are selected at the local level.

Circle of Blue reporter Keith Schneider moderated a Zoom talk with three experts on the causes and possible solutions for toxic algae blooms in the Great Lakes, with opening remarks from Sen. Debbie Stabenow

A tentative union agreement reached Wednesday night will keep the U.S. freight rail system running past the early Friday strike deadline. A strike would have been ‘a big deal’ to the state manufacturers and growers.

Since Sunday, there’s been chaos in East Lansing over the status of MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. We break down the issues that have some trustees wanting Stanley gone. Less clear is whether his critics hold a majority view on the board.

The former president's visit comes five weeks before the election and amid some troubling signs for Republican campaigns.