Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein said he will miss oral arguments next week after choosing to “participate in short-term mental health treatment outside the state.”

Police were called after an alleged assault at a weekend meeting of the Michigan Republican Party’s state central committee meeting, following feuding over Kalamazoo County delegates.

The list of eligible vehicles gets shorter on April 18. The federal government is subsidizing electric vehicle purchases as it encourages manufacturers to move production from China to the U.S.

An Ohio firm will assess MSU’s response to a campus shooting that killed three students. The deal will cost about $194,000.

Tourism is big in Frankfort, but the Lake Michigan city is losing its year-round workforce. This year, its new land trust will sell houses for less than cost, hoping the affordability boost will balance the economy.

Michiganders are now keeping 21 percent of their waste out of landfills. The state aims to boost that to 45 percent, but disagreement lingers about how to get there.

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In its announcement Friday, Billerud officials said its ‘top priority’ is its workers and contractors.

Pretrial release should be the default for non-violent offenses. Fixing the state’s pretrial system requires a balanced approach between the presumption of innocence and preserving public safety.

The salty solution is killing the state’s precious waters, but efforts to cut back on spraying have met fierce opposition.