AARP, other senior advocates call for legislators to pass the policy proposal pushed by Michigan Gov. Whitmer in January.

What a dementia-friendly city looks like: nights at the cinema, dances at the cafe for all.

A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Only Michigan and Iowa lack an official insect, and three butterflies are in the running for the crown.

Every year hundreds of thousands of people flock to Traverse City for the National Cherry Festival, which begins Saturday and lasts 8 days.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s memoir is scheduled for release in early July.

New research finds Michigan students have been slower to recover from pandemic learning losses than peers in most other states.

The water near Monroe has already begun to turn green with cyanobacteria, a product of farm runoff and other pollution that overloads Lake Erie with nutrients.

Michigan lawmakers passed nearly 100 bills this week before breaking for summer recess. See what did – and didn’t – make the cut.

The state will pump close to $50 million into addiction services next year from opioid settlement funds. It’s a big increase over current spending.

The National Weather Service confirmed a minor ‘meteotsunami’ hit beaches near Ludington and Holland after severe weather swept the region early Tuesday morning.

Sunday is Lakeside’s last day as an enclosed mall, clearing the way for its redevelopment to start. It’s the largest mall remaking in the state, as owners make expensive plans to add density and diversity to shopping centers.