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Will this application help Michigan select a fair redistricting commission?

July 18, 2019

Opinion | U-M’s investment is helping us improve Detroit, not evict people.

July 18, 2019

Jordan Friedman, Corey Hanker

New rules to give residents of poor cities piece of Michigan pot industry

July 18, 2019

Michigan prison inmates need job skills, but technology books are banned

July 18, 2019

Opinion | Benton Harbor’s school crisis needs more than a bandage fix

July 18, 2019

Michigan Supreme Court hears debate on minimum wage, sick leave laws

July 17, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

Opinion | Please, Michigan Supreme Court, restore public will on minimum wage

July 17, 2019

What to know about the Michigan minimum wage law before the Supreme Court

July 17, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt, Lindsay VanHulle

Paid sick leave: What to know about the Michigan law before the Supreme Court

July 17, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt, Lindsay VanHulle

Opinion | I’m an economist and I support payday loans

July 17, 2019

Think it’s hot now? Michigan’s 90° days could quadruple in 20 years

July 16, 2019

Magdalena Mihaylova

Climate change could bring woe to Michigan’s lakes, farms, forests

July 16, 2019

Michigan environment roundup: Expect severe algae blooms on Lake Erie

July 16, 2019

Republican ideas to fund Michigan road repairs taking shape over summer

July 15, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

Detroit battle over video surveillance reaches fever pitch as crime falls

July 15, 2019

The University of Michigan invested big in Detroit. Now come the evictions.

July 12, 2019

U-M’s Schlissel: ‘Our children will suffer’ because of how we treat higher education today

July 12, 2019

Michigan doctors not trained to treat opioid abuse ‒ and don't want to be

July 12, 2019

Invasive plants choke Michigan waters. So why can anyone order them online?

July 11, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt

Enbridge begins geological work for Line 5 tunnel, despite Nessel lawsuit

July 11, 2019

After 10 years of steady growth, Michigan’s economy faces headwinds

July 9, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle, Mike Wilkinson

Opinion | Want Michigan kids to learn science? Take them outside.

July 9, 2019

Kathleen Bushnell Owsley

From pastor’s son to power broker, Lee Chatfield takes Lansing

July 8, 2019

3 ways Michigan elections remain vulnerable — and what the state can do about it

July 2, 2019

Opinion | I’m a 7th-generation Michigan commercial fisherman. 13 are left.

July 2, 2019

Gov. Whitmer to Benton Harbor High: Raise scores, balance books or close

July 1, 2019

A woman, a tick, and the fight in Michigan over Lyme disease

July 1, 2019

Magdalena Mihaylova, Robin Erb

Lyme disease is spreading across Michigan. But why?

July 1, 2019

State ends ties to West Michigan mental-health agency for poor and disabled

July 1, 2019

Opinion | For Flint’s lead-exposed children, a sobering lesson from Toledo

July 1, 2019

Opinion | Urgent need for clean energy should unite Michigan, not divide us

June 29, 2019

New Flint water prosecutors face a skeptical hometown crowd

June 29, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt

What the U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling means for Michigan

June 27, 2019

Riley Beggin, Lindsay VanHulle

Reaction in Michigan to U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering decision

June 27, 2019

Riley Beggin, Lindsay VanHulle

Michigan AG Dana Nessel files lawsuit to shut down Line 5 in Mackinac Straits

June 27, 2019

Delays, confusion as Michigan preps for new Medicaid work rules

June 27, 2019

Robin Erb, Lindsay VanHulle

Pressure builds on Michigan Republicans to share their road funding plan

June 27, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

Michigan congresswoman pushes national plan to fix recycling woes

June 27, 2019

Opinion | Medical costs are an emergency. I know, I’m an ER doc.

June 27, 2019

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Benton Harbor reach tentative deal to save high school

June 26, 2019

Payday blues: Rural Michigan and the quick-cash debt hole

June 26, 2019

How one Michigan credit union is helping ease customers from payday loans

June 26, 2019

Opinion | Gutting paid sick time initiative a slap in the face to workers

June 26, 2019

Lois Robertson-Douglass

Stress builds as Michigan farmers are ‘hit from all directions’

June 25, 2019

Opinion | To improve health, boost Medicaid dental reimbursement rates

June 25, 2019

Commercial fishing is sinking fast in Michigan. Time for more regulations?

June 24, 2019

Invasive mussels challenge commercial whitefish fishing in the Great Lakes

June 24, 2019

In Benton Harbor schools, a lesson for – and about – Gretchen Whitmer

June 21, 2019

Michigan Teacher of the Year: Bring teachers into reform talks

June 21, 2019

Magdalena Mihaylova

Opinion | Don’t let the summer sun melt academic gains

June 21, 2019

Jamey Fitzpatrick

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