Needy families, local governments and more benefit from a truce in a months-long standoff in Lansing over federal aid. Another $4.4 billion for schools is stalled.

No guns, just gloves: How a Detroiter is using boxing to combat gun violence.

Long-awaited investigation repudiates conspiracy theories and recommends Attorney General Dana Nessel launch probe of those who spread claims for personal gain.

Bridge is doubling its state education team, hiring award-winning reporter Tracie Mauriello in collaboration with Chalkbeat, a leading education news nonprofit.

Some officials in Kalkaska and Grand Traverse counties have denied funding for needle exchange programs, arguing they encourage drug use. Such fears have been refuted by decades of research showing exchanges reduce HIV and other health problems and encourage more people to seek treatment.

Employers outside of health care settings now can choose whether to keep mask requirements, social distancing measures and plastic barriers to protect workers.

After 15 months, major restrictions are coming to a close. Because of a drop in cases, Michigan also has stopped reporting COVID data on Saturdays.

The state’s redistricting panel has said it will not have enough time to complete the maps. But some justices expressed want to let the process play out.

Border businesses and the state’s tourism industry suffer as COVID limits prevent Canadian visitors for another month at least. And state residents with the travel bug or property in Canada also can’t cross. One official said it could be Thanksgiving before the border opens.

Michigan’s more than 3,000 miles of coast could provide double the electricity residents used from all sources in 2019, according to a recent report.

Last year’s flooding destroyed 2,500 structures and property owners say government shares the blame for the dams’ neglect. But is restoring recreational lakes a public necessity?

Lower-income students at U-M’s Flint and Dearborn campuses can enroll this fall without paying tuition through the Go Blue Guarantee. But they must meet a GPA threshold not required of incoming “Go Blue” students in Ann Arbor.