Ice fishers carrying spears converged on Black Lake Saturday for what amounted to a two-hour fishing season. It’s part of a creative recovery effort that’s helping to bring the state’s sturgeon population back from the brink.

Real estate magnate Ron Weiser takes over a party rift with divisions following President Trump’s loss and failed effort to overturn the election. Weiser is an establishment Republican, but other party officials elected Saturday are Trump loyalists.

Michigan is getting older, and there aren’t enough workers to care for seniors and those with disabilities. The coronavirus pandemic has worsened the situation, as few are willing to risk their health for menial pay.

Home health agencies are becoming creative to maintain health workers. Michigan agencies are boosting pay, while a New York City cooperative owned by workers could provide a model to a crisis that is deepening.

Oakland County, Detroit and other communities classify elected officials as frontline workers,’ sparking a debate over equity as thousands of seniors still can’t get innoculated.

As the state’s Republican-run Legislature tries again to rein in the Whitmer administration’s pandemic authority, the governor said that encouraging trends in efforts to contain COVID-19 will allow even indoor sports to resume — with some cautions.

As Michigan Republicans seek to regroup, the current state chair is accusing her presumed successor of a $200,000 payoff and seeking to block his election at this weekend’s state convention.

What happens when you tell jobless workers to log in on Monday? They log in. Up to 340,000 login attempts per hour set a new record, crashing the state’s system as workers tried to reset benefits that expired in December.

BridgeDetroit and Bridge Michigan joined forces to co-host a book club discussion on the historical fiction novel set in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood

Many residents in northern, rural and more low-income regions do not qualify for free tuition because they’re not in “community college districts.” The state can close the gap with another $7.5 million.

An absence of data has hindered efforts to vaccinate the state, as officials have no idea about the racial breakdown of recipients, making it harder to address equity gaps and fix problems with distribution.

A power struggle between Republicans and the Democratic governor shows no sign of letting up, and advocates say schools and the needy could be the victims.