New bill offers free IDs to those who don’t have one, but requires elections clerks to match signatures for votes to count. Critics say that’s suppression.

While most businesses are optimistic, two thirds also say that the pandemic is negatively affecting their business, according to a survey released this week by the Small Business Association of Michigan.

The proportion of Black drivers who were pulled over by the Michigan State Police has been increasing since 2017. The ACLU wants the agency to revise its policies to prevent unwarranted traffic stops and search and seizures.

Michigan employers large and small say they can’t fill open positions. But General Motors still has lots of pull in a labor market where people remember the pay and stability of an auto job in GM factories.

Needy families, local governments and more benefit from a truce in a months-long standoff in Lansing over federal aid. Another $4.4 billion for schools is stalled.

No guns, just gloves: How a Detroiter is using boxing to combat gun violence.

Long-awaited investigation repudiates conspiracy theories and recommends Attorney General Dana Nessel launch probe of those who spread claims for personal gain.

Bridge is doubling its state education team, hiring award-winning reporter Tracie Mauriello in collaboration with Chalkbeat, a leading education news nonprofit.

Some officials in Kalkaska and Grand Traverse counties have denied funding for needle exchange programs, arguing they encourage drug use. Such fears have been refuted by decades of research showing exchanges reduce HIV and other health problems and encourage more people to seek treatment.

Employers outside of health care settings now can choose whether to keep mask requirements, social distancing measures and plastic barriers to protect workers.