Agencies say communities are welcoming refugees, but warn that it could be a struggle for many of them.

The percentage of minority residents has grown in almost all Michigan cities. That’s prompting hope in segregated regions like metro Detroit, but some worry old patterns will repeat.

Taylor held a parade Thursday for its team, which won the Little League World Series, and found pride in its own generational love for the game.

The state’s advice on when to reconfigure districts could put Michigan’s counties in legal jeopardy, clerks fear.

A Texas abortion case is testing the landmark Supreme Court ruling. If the law is overturned, a 1846 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan could become operational again.

Eight of the nine most populous counties in the state now have orders requiring face masks in school buildings.

Jon Campbell of Detroit was flipping burgers at 15. Now, the 52-year-old McDonald’s franchisee and father of three will use the lure of the Golden Arches to meet another goal — boosting vaccines in a neighborhood where rates are low and hesitation high.

Once thought too cold for cyanobacteria to grow, Lake Superior in recent years has joined the other Great Lakes as a breeding ground for potentially-toxic algae as a changing climate warms its waters.

Visitors to public lands and outdoor recreation are overwhelmingly white. State land managers say they want to reduce this “nature gap,” while African-American and Latino groups are encouraging more exploration of Michigan waters and trails.

After years of collecting samples from killed deer that overwhelmed state resources while failing to provide the information biologists need to track chronic wasting disease, state officials are taking a more targeted approach.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she will veto a measure that would prevent governors from using a state emergency alert system to announce new laws or orders.

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