Ahead of a gathering to assess the health of Lake Erie, the state acknowledges it won’t meet a 2025 deadline to cut phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie by 40 percent. The goal is to protect Lake Erie and Michigan’s small farms.

Michigan struggles to keep up as costs mount to clean up sites. But Lansing lawmakers aren’t considering options to raise more money for long-term contamination sites, making them likely to cost millions annually for generations.

Michigan confirms salmonella cases in Kent, Oakland, Wayne, Marquette and Kalamazoo counties. Cantaloupes have been linked to hundreds of cases in the United States and Canada since Oct. 16.

‘Opportunities have been forever eradicated’ for victims Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre and Justin Shilling, as the classmate who murdered them is sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Kevin Guskiewicz is trading Tar Heels Carolina blue for Spartans green and white. He will be MSU’s next president and he has his work cut out for him as the school navigates multiple scandals.

Food banks, soup kitchens and other charities say they’re stretching resources as demand for help rises.

Michigan State University’s next leader will come from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. MSU leaders hope he’ll bring stability to a school rocked with several scandals.

A federal court case accused the state of Michigan of unfairly reducing funds in 2015 for those who care for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It might soon be settled.

A judge will decide whether a now 17-year-old teen will spend life in prison for killing four classmates. The mass shooting prompted some gun reform in Michigan, but other proposals failed.

The Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments from restaurant workers, others who would be impacted if wage rises to more than $13 an hour.

A new Detroit Regional Chamber report finds that, despite a slew of free programs, not enough people know about them or are going to college.

Communities (and one state) around the nation offer incentives for people — particularly remote workers — to move there. Michigan’s population commission is exploring a similar program here.