Absentee voting remains popular for Michigan residents since it became an option for all voters — but don’t expect this year’s midterm primary to top 2020’s record-high turnout.

A victory for progressives, the ruling directs the state to immediately raise Michigan’s minimum wage from $9.87 to $12 an hour and eliminate a lower tipped wage for restaurant workers by 2024. It will likely be appealed.

Public health officials around Michigan note that vaccination rates have fallen for a host of childhood illnesses. One health department now avoids using the word “vaccination” in its campaign to get children immunized.

A new breed of Republicans — evangelical and motivated by cultural issues — is taking on old-guard fiscal conservatives for control of one of the most reliable GOP strongholds in Michigan.

A Bureau of Elections report finds the ballot measure fell short of the 340,047 valid signatures required to appear on the November ballot.

Those living in mobile home parks throughout Michigan are struggling raising rents, and bills that would have provided relief are stalled in the Legislature.

Nearsightedness is on the rise but parents can help by reducing kids’ screen time and encouraging more time outside, according to a U-M survey.

Michigan has more than 800 school districts, which previous governors have tried to combine to save on administrative costs. The new education budget contains $237 million aimed at getting school districts to consider consolidating.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she plans to veto $21 million from a record state budget that she called ‘anti-choice.’