The Michigan Public Service Commission approves a $368 million increase on Friday. The utility says it needs to raise rates to improve, diversify service.

Michigan public school choice has grown in the last decade. See how many people in your district use school choice.

Once a largely city and suburban issue, school choice is now a statewide and rural phenomenon. That’s good news for many parents, but it’s causing financial problems and headaches for school officials.

The ruling puts Enbridge Energy a step closer to tunnel construction despite opposition from environmental and Native American groups and Democratic officials. Critics say they fear catastrophe if the pipelines remain in the Straits of Mackinac.

‘America is burning,’ according to Michigan Republican businessman Sandy Pensler, who is running for the U.S. Senate for a second time. He spent $5 million on a losing campaign in 2018.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new department focused on lifelong learning, known as MiLEAP, aims to accelerate efforts to improve education in Michigan. Education leaders say they hope it’s not just another layer of bureaucracy.

Draft recommendations from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s population commission includes a laundry list of changes. And they’ll cost money.

Michigan spent billions to lure electric vehicle factory sites. But as EV sales lag, highly touted mega-site projects are being scaled back, along with jobs. And the economic payoff for Michigan seems more distant.

One of Michigan’s most politically conservative counties is weighing whether to spend taxpayer dollars on handgun training and concealed carry permits for its 1,200 employees.

New laws signed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aim to expand automatic voter registration, deter political ‘deepfakes’ and ‘fake electors’ while limiting the kind of pressure campaign former President Donald Trump waged in his failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.

The proposed EPA rule follows years of growing awareness of lead’s perils following the 2014 Flint water crisis. Michigan regulators support the rule, but say the state will need more money to meet the more aggressive timeline.

Lawmakers are exploring whether streaming providers like Netflix and Hulu should have to pay the fees cable companies currently pay to local governments.