Residents have until August 4 to comment on the draft proposal for how the state will manage wolves. Hunts have been controversial downstate, while most wolves are in the Upper Peninsula.

The campaign collected almost twice the required number of valid signatures for the issue to appear on the November ballot, said campaign co-chair Linh Song.

Join us August 10 for our latest Bridge Book Club event, where we will be joined by author and journalist Miles Harvey to discuss his nonfiction tale of infamous American con man James Jesse Strang, who established a colony on Beaver Island.

The office will connect urban farmers in Detroit with USDA programs ranging from conservation to loans and emergency relief.

For the third time in five years, Michigan legislators have agreed on a package of grants that includes millions to help develop a commercial and residential project by a private real estate company tied to Robert Schostak, the former state GOP chairman.

The owner of All Star Mechanical turned his typical quarter-page ad for heating and cooling repairs into a political screed. People noticed.

Plugging sensitive reproductive health data, such as information on menstrual cycles, into a tracking app could be used in prosecutions if the state once again bans abortion, the Attorney General warned.

A coalition of business, school, philanthropy and labor groups came together in 2019 to try and solve decades of mediocrity in Michigan public education. But major school groups, including the department of education, have bailed, leaving the effort in question.

Beech leaf disease was recently detected in St. Clair County, which can kill the trees in roughly six to ten years. There is currently no known treatment for it. State officials warn against transporting wood from the trees.

A literal last-day state infusion of $11-million is keeping the doors open at Sturgis Hospital, keeping it from completing its planned shutdown later in July. But red ink continues to pressure independent and other hospitals that small, rural communities depend upon.

The state’s higher-education budgets do not include a large expansion of Michigan Reconnect, the tuition-free community college program, but does set aside funding for a to-be-determined scholarship program.

From kayak launches to track chairs to hunting blinds, the disabled are gaining more access to Pure Michigan.