Thanksgiving Eve is the biggest money maker of the year for bars, as friends gather before the family events that follow. Bar and restaurant managers say they don’t know what to expect Wednesday as state virus cases spike.

Some Michigan students are getting a week-long Thanksgiving break, the result of COVID outbreaks and school staffing shortages. Outbreaks are up 61 percent in one week.

Wolf advocates want Natural Resources Commissioner James “JR” Richardson to apologize and resign after he blamed wolves for a U.P. dog that vanished. It’s not the first time pro-hunt Yoopers spread unverified wolf tales.

Bloomfield Hills businessman Kevin Rinke has vowed to spend $10 million of his own money on the campaign. He is one of 12 Republicans competing to take on Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer.

Despite opinion, the panel may still wait a week — or more — to release documents that could show the rationale for decreasing the number of majority-minority districts in Michigan.

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.