Fights over absentee applications and rules foreshadow a bigger skirmish over wholesale election law changes sought by the GOP.

The Detroit-based hospital system made the numbers public after a deadline passed for staff to get vaccinated. A dozen Michigan health systems were surveyed on staff vaccine rates, offering varying levels of transparency.

Republicans have controlled the Senate for years. A new plan would give both parties an edge in 19 districts apiece.

Experts attribute the rise to more students in classrooms, fewer masks and a more contagious delta variant, sending infections up in Michigan classrooms.

Rep Beau LaFave is the second Republican to announce his candidacy in race that could become a litmus test for loyalty for former President Donald Trump.

Canada argues a 1977 treaty between the nations leaves Gov. Gretchen Whitmer powerless to order Line 5 shutdown. A lawyer for Canada asked a federal judge to halt the lawsuit until diplomats can talk.

The Democratic governor says the bills were ‘designed to undermine confidence in our election system.’ One sponsor calls her vetoes a ‘slap in the face.’

Current districts drawn by a bipartisan citizen group would allow Republicans to receive fewer total statewide votes than Democrats, but still keep hold of power in Lansing.

As the Taliban seized Kabul, the lives of Afghan grain researchers affiliated with MSU became imperiled. “We will kill you,” the insurgents wrote to a woman scholar. This is the story of how an obscure group of MSU food researchers helped them evade capture.

A state budget praised by both sides is causing widespread confusion and angst because of provisions that threatened funding for agencies that impose school mask mandates.

Gretchen Whitmer is hardly alone among governors in resisting calls for statewide mandate. That’s partly because Michigan’s case rates are relatively low, but also because of deeply divided opinions on the issue.

Teacher training could soon include instruction on recognizing signs of mental struggles. Advocates say these skills are more needed than ever given the added strain the pandemic placed on children and adolescents.