Child advocates are working to find ways to ensure that low-income parents spend more time talking, reading, singing and interacting with their children.

It’s a tough environment for anyone who wants to buy a house. Record low inventory and peak prices leave few options, besides overbidding — which drives prices higher. That could end as mortgage rates increase.

It’s called the ‘quiet border’ because no one went to war or court to settle the line between Michigan and Indiana. But both states are embarking on serious efforts to define the 110-mile boundary.

The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.

Universities are rushing to create workers for Michigan’s booming cannabis industry. That can get tricky because federal law prevents students from actually touching marijuana.

Abbott Nutrition recalled Similac and other brands of powdered formula after five hospitalizations and two deaths, raising questions about federal oversight. And the lack of factory production has made a U.S. formula shortage worse.

Astronomers announced on Thursday they captured the first image of a blackhole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. University of Michigan research scientist Mark Reynolds weighs in on how he helps with the discovery from Ann Arbor.

Administrators say it will take a strong workforce to address academic challenges that worsened during the pandemic.

A consortium of newsrooms led by the nonprofit newsroom MuckRock is requesting child care data through Michigan Freedom of Information requests and conducting a first-of-its-kind data analysis of child care records. They will have stories and data to share in the coming weeks.

Front-runner James Craig was a no-show, giving GOP competitors the spotlight to debate a potential abortion ban, 2020 election fraud claims and a possible investigation of COVID nursing home deaths under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

With just a few weeks left before a signature deadline, measures that were expected to be signed into law by a Republican Legislature may be breathing last gasps.

Infant mortality rates have dropped significantly over the decades, but remain far higher in Michigan for Black infants. But small programs are improving outcomes by helping women manage stress, get to doctors, and even arrange transport when their cars won’t start.