The nation’s top mental health and medical associations oppose the practice, saying it is associated with depression, and puts youth at risk of suicide. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order cuts off government funding but the legislature would have to pass a law to ban the practice.

Under a plan announced Monday, about 150,000 more Michigan children would be eligible for free or low-cost child care.

Even in a tough year in Michigan’s classrooms, there are lessons to be learned, says the newly crowned teacher of the year.

The court Friday ordered the state canvassing board to certify Unlock Michigan petitions, paving the way for the Republican-led Legislature to repeal an invalidated law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue unilateral emergency orders early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Should farmers get more clout in redistricting? Or churches? Those are among the ideas emerging from a statewide listening tour from a group charged with redrawing Michigan’s political districts.

On June 30, Bridge Michigan business editor Paula Gardner will moderate a Zoom discussion with two business and labor experts on the causes and solutions to the state’s labor pipeline crisis.

More than 1 million state residents care for their relatives, but most are never trained. After losing two parents, a Farmington Hills woman has begun boot camps to teach others.

The total economic value of uncompensated elder care could be as high as $14.5 billion. And it’s getting worse. “We are in big trouble,” one says.

Michigan’s Senate extends expired licenses and waives fees in a bid to force Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to abandon her appointment-only system for branch services.

The bill, which passed with Republican support and Democrat opposition, now heads to the House. It would require the state to appoint only Upper Peninsula residents to a body that advises state officials on wolf management policy. Wolves are only found in the U.P.

Early middle college is a five-year program in which students earn a high school diploma and enough college credits for an associate’s degree, for free.

A bill by Rep. Michele Hoitenga, a lawmaker with professional ties to the oil and gas industry, adds Michigan to a growing list of states where legislators are fighting back against local efforts to phase out natural gas.