Federal health authorities Friday approved boosters to be made available for millions more U.S. adults. While in Lansing, the state health department pleaded for residents to wear masks but stopped short of a mandate.

University of Michigan forecast is full of optimism. But inflation and supply issues could present roadblocks.

Testing too early after you’ve been exposed to COVID, or “panic testing,” will likely offer little more than a false sense of security. With holidays beckoning, this “gray zone” in testing could unwittingly spread infection.

Michigan superintendents are worried about meeting the required 180 days and 1,098 hours of instruction required for their full allocations of state funding

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered Line 5 closed a year ago, citing safety concerns. The Biden administration is now involved. But chances of an imminent shutdown appear slim. We lay out some of the hurdles.

A commissioner has changed his mind and now says the group may have been wrong to keep private memos that helped shape Detroit districts.

Michigan knew for months it was making costly mistakes, but continued them anyway — and most of the money won’t be recouped, the report found.

There are as many COVID cases today as a year ago despite the availability of vaccines. The reasons are both complicated and simple.

Demographic trends, accelerated by the pandemic, show that businesses are going to have to look to technology to solve the long-term problem.

The high cost of childcare and limited state aid has shrunk the workforce. In a rare area of bipartisan consensus, Democrats and Republicans are working to boost pay and subsidies.

Fewer workers mean big changes across Michigan, as hourly wages reach new peaks to lure employees. But people also want more from how they earn a living, like flexibility and satisfaction. The result is creating new pressures that won’t end soon.

Flu season ignites in southeast Michigan with more than 500 cases — enough to bring CDC staff on-site to monitor and assist, and resurrecting fears among health officials of a COVID and flu “twindemic” this winter.