At a town hall meeting on campus Tuesday night, Michigan State students had their first public opportunity to directly address university leaders about the deadly mass shooting Feb. 13. They pushed for restricted access to buildings and more flexibility from professors.

The award honors the best environmental reporting in the state.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said during a Tuesday funeral service in Detroit that while Anderson’s life was cut short in the cruelest of ways, her impact was undeniable.

A new report suggests Michigan and Ohio will fail to reduce nutrient runoff by 40 percent as agreed upon.

Hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents with diabetes don’t qualify for the price cap because they aren’t in Medicare. Health advocates add that even with the cap, low-income patients can’t afford the other aspects of diabetes care.

MSU student Kirin Krafthefer created the site as a forum for MSU students to share their experiences from the campus shooting. She said students are too often left out of debates about how to prevent and respond to mass shootings, when they “should be leading this conversation.”

The junior from Florida was shot twice; five organs were badly damaged, her sister revealed. Her sister reports that she has begun physical therapy and can now get out of bed with the help of a walker.

This winter is one of the top 10 warmest in Detroit’s history.

MSU students described their return to class Monday as anything but normal, yet many called it a necessary step in the long road back to normalcy. Some professors eased students slowly back into academic life, while others proceeded without change.

The Center for Michigan, the nonprofit publisher of Bridge Michigan and BridgeDetroit, is continuing to evolve its senior leadership, seeking a chief operating officer after Katy Locker ascended to chief executive officer on Jan. 1.

On Spartan Sunday, volunteers provided a day of positive vibes and plenty of treats for MSU students as they prepared to return to class following last Monday’s mass shooting. The idea, one volunteer said, is to show ‘there is still good in the world.’

MSU students return to classes Monday after last week’s mass shooting for what university officials admit will not be a normal week – or a normal semester.