Rock climbing might be a new tool for conserving the public land that bolsters Michigan’s annual $20 billion tourism industry. The sport is gaining traction as outdoor enthusiasts look to experience nature differently, especially after indoor climbing gyms closed during the pandemic.

Dyslexia, coding and WorkKeys bills are among the few that lawmakers could take up in final weeks.

Federal student loan borrowers have not been required to make payments on their loans since spring 2020 and had anticipated having to restart payments in January. Now, they’ll have more time, though it’s unclear how long.

The little-known boards of canvassers clear the way for election routs by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats to become official later this month.

Cases have declined steeply and hospitalizations are dipping, but the virus is still killing more than 500 people per month.

Crash victims and their health care providers may get the opportunity to tweak a 2019 overhauling no-fault health law during Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s second term.

Don’t expect big new efforts to shut down Line 5 when Democrats take control. Those on both sides of the issue say the pipeline’s fate is now in the hands of a federal judge and President Joe Biden.

As millions of pounds of microplastics enter the Great Lakes each year, microplastics are turning up in human bodies. Researchers are scrambling to understand the health effects while efforts to curb waste fall short.

The state representative from Southfield will become the first Black woman on the high court, succeeding outgoing Justice Bridget McCormack.

After a narrow vote, rail workers did not approve a proposed contract. Now — if there’s no agreement or Congress fails to intervene — a strike could begin in early December, at the height of the holiday season.

House Speaker Jason Wentworth torpedoes a request to probe this month’s election sweep by Democrats, calling it ‘half-baked’ attempt to inflame ‘an already troubled section of our party.’

Hospital-grade infant cribs can be rented temporarily for surges, but now an entire nation of hospitals is scrambling, with some local vendors out of supplies. Hospitals are also running short of specialized tubing.