Lindsay VanHulle

Legislation in Lansing wades into the commercialization of breast milk, and a growing battle between nonprofit milk banks and new, for-profit companies willing to pay nursing mothers.

The report from the Michigan Public Service Commission says customers get more than a 4-to-1 return on efficiency mandates. The report comes as the legislature is considering phasing out the mandates by 2019.

State agency mulls long-term strategy after budget, job cuts

Traverse City fears a labor shortage as stagnant wages and the high price of housing are keeping talented millennials from moving in.

A House bill expected to be introduced this week would offer more protections for renewable energy producers. Supporters of a competing Senate measure say their approach takes Michigan out of the process of picking winners and losers.

Gun Lake Tribe stops payments to protest state’s expansion into online gaming, which the tribe says violates compact. If other tribes follow suit, MEDC funding put at risk.

Some communities have learned that extending economic incentives to companies can carry risks

The Pew Charitable Trusts argues that early state intervention is critical when municipal fiscal troubles first appear.