Spring floods in the Upper Peninsula were ‘of such severity and magnitude’ that the state needs federal help to recover, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to President Joe Biden and emergency management officials

The surgeon general released an advisory on social media use in children and adolescents, warning of negative effects on mental health. More than three hours per day doubles risk to teens, the report concluded.

The Henry Ford Milk Bank will prioritize providing donor milk from a pool of lactating mothers to inpatient infants.

Getting more young adults to stay in Michigan or move here starts with asking the people who have actually done it. Selling the state’s natural beauty, they say, can help transform Michigan’s image as a cold place up north.

Priorities or pork? Democrats add 150 earmarks to state budget. They say they’re more transparent than Republicans, but the process still includes few specific details about projects.

A bill would allow university athletes to be recognized as employees and bargain for better working conditions.

The family of one of the three students killed in the Feb. 13 mass shooting contends MSU had “dangerous or defective” building conditions that made it easier for the shooter to access the building where Alexandria Verner and several other students were shot.

Democrats, unions and local officials say legislation would give cities autonomy to set higher minimum wage, require paid sick leave. Republicans call the plan a jobs-killer.

Huron-Clinton Metroparks is offering 1,300 children free swim lessons this summer, part of an effort to close the poverty gap in learning to swim.

The death of an Olympian elevates awareness of a longtime crisis in maternal mortality. Michigan is making it easier for Medicaid recipients to receive doulas who advocate for mothers, who are disproportionately given cesarians.