The state will stop trying to contact everybody infected or exposed to COVID — something it has not been able to effectively do for some time. It will now focus on schools, nursing homes, prisons and other congregate settings.

The pace of fraud has slowed, officials were told on Thursday. However, it remains unclear to what extent the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has fixed its problems or identified which cases amounted to crimes.

The U.S. Supreme Court said the Biden order overreached in covering every large business, regardless of risk. Healthcare workers are a different matter, the court decided.

The head of the state’s health department says she stands by the data, claiming a state auditor general review is politically motivated.

Bridge Michigan reporter Kelly House moderated a Zoom discussion with two experts about a federal program that cleans up toxic sites in the Great Lakes basin.

For many hospital systems, this new surge arrives as thousands of hospital workers themselves are testing positive for the virus, putting a further strain on staffing.

Agency will add body cameras, other training. Study finds Black drivers three times as likely to be searched. Disparity in stops is the worst in Thumb.

Lawyers for Rebekah Chatfield are racing to ensure that no records relating to her claim that Lee Chatfield sexually assaulted her are destroyed as her legal team gathers evidence for a possible lawsuit against the former Michigan House speaker.

On Saturday, a new federal policy allows consumers to purchase up to eight at-home tests a month with insurance. It’s intended to make at-home testing cheaper, but there is some devil in the details.

‘This is a very dangerous time,’ as models forecast as many as 8,000 patients by the end of January.

“You can’t believe everything you read in a newspaper,” pastor Rusty Chatfield told congregants at his northern Michigan church, two days after Bridge Michigan published a report in which Lee Chatfield was accused of sexually assaulting a teen at the affiliated Christian school.

Soon, the applications will be ready, and businesses or property owners can start to apply for the money. State leaders say it’s a way to lure ‘transformational projects’ to the state.