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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to raise landfill fees to fund environmental cleanups and provide rebates for electric vehicles. Fellow Democrats are having second thoughts in the Legislature.
Legislative staffers in the Michigan House of Representatives are attempting to unionize. They have some support from some majority Democrats, but politics could complicate the effort.
A solar eclipse expert released an updated map that narrows the path of totality for the April 8 solar eclipse, but no need to change travel plans if you’re heading to Luna Pier.
Michigan nurse Jordana Latozas began her career writing prescriptions for pain pills in “a different world.” Fourteen years later, she said, she’s trying to right the wrong that those pills caused.
With key species like whitefish nearing the brink of collapse, Michigan’s largest Native American tribe wants fewer restrictions on when, how and where its members can fish. Others contend that would imperil the fishery.
State officials confirmed a hunter killed a gray wolf while hunting coyotes in Calhoun County in January. The closest known wolf population is in the Upper Peninsula; officials downplayed any risk to the public.
Medical debt is on the rise, even as the number of uninsured people decreases. Hospitals and other systems are stepping up efforts to curtail the debts.
In a battleground state where a Grand Rapids woman was recently murdered, Donald Trump claims Joe Biden’s immigration policies have brought 'carnage and chaos.' He left out the part about studies saying that immigrants are actually less likely to commit crimes.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in cattle on a dairy farm in Montcalm County after the animals came in contact with infected cattle from Texas, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Americans are growing more interested in green burial, which eschews embalming and non-biodegradable caskets in favor of natural decomposition. But in west Michigan, controversy over a proposed green cemetery pits neighbor-against-neighbor.
An unseasonably warm winter, coupled with cold temperatures and heavy precipitation during the spring, are a dangerous combination for fruit farmers. Some have started to take measures to prevent crops from freezing.
State wildlife officials shortened the season by three months to keep hunters from orphaning pups in the den. But two hunting and trapping advocacy groups argue that decision was illegal.