Graduation rates in Michigan dipped for the first time in recent years.

The change marks a shift in masking recommendations, placing counties in a three-tiered risk system.

Ann Arbor is looking at removing building limits around a large shopping mall to boost population density — and, it hopes, encourage less reliance on cars. Such efforts are seen as a possible solution as popular Michigan cities struggle with housing shortages.

The Democratic governor and GOP lawmakers have competing proposals to trim taxes as Michigan is flush with cash. All say they’d help working families, but who would get most help?

A proliferation of large farms means the retail price for marijuana is lower than it was even decades ago, when the drug was illegal.

Hospitality workers say rude customers, financial uncertainty and staffing shortages are taking a toll. Now a few restaurants are funding mental health counseling for staff who struggle with the added tensions of the pandemic.

In Michigan, childhood vaccine rates have fallen through the pandemic, and they weren’t great even before COVID. Tens of thousands of toddlers are not fully vaccinated, opening the door for possible outbreaks of life-threatening diseases.

Michigan adds 6,000 students in the past year, but statewide enrollment remains down 3.7 percent since fall of 2019.

Michigan House Republicans have proposed lowering the income tax rate for workers and retirees — a plan that could cost the state roughly $2 billion per year.

If approved by voters in November, the initiative would slash the maximum interest rate a payday lender can charge annually.

A lawsuit challenging the university’s rule that students and staff must be vaccinated was dismissed Wednesday in federal court. The plaintiffs vow to appeal.

An elementary school principal tries to set a respectful tone as students and families return to class for the first time in a long time without the requirement of wearing a mask.