An increase in precipitation can be detrimental for fields as it can cause heavy erosion and a lack of soil nutrients.

Few have contributed more to the understanding of the early Americas and ancient mammals than Dan Fisher. After dozens of digs and numerous studies, he’s retiring from the University of Michigan this year.

A deer with chronic wasting disease has been found in Ogemaw County — a county that had never seen the disease before.

In a state where voters elected three women to statewide office, advocates see a women-majority Legislature in the Michigan Capitol as the next step.

The Michigan House will remain at a 54-54 tie until replacements for two departing Democrats are seated in April 2024, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday.

Michigan spent $7 million this year from its slice of opioid settlement funds for naloxone, or Narcan, to reverse overdoses.

Some worker shortages hurt more than others, and state leaders are rushing to try to make it easier to fill vacancies from paramedics to special ed teachers.

Hospitalizations are up 50 percent in the last month and case counts are rising, especially in metro Detroit and Kent County. Even so, that’s a fraction of the cases, hospitalizations and deaths during worst of pandemic.

Three years after the pandemic, 34% of American adults reported feeling isolated from others. In 2018, 27% reported the same feelings.

As year-end approaches, only 1-in-4 of Michigan’s largest, publicly traded companies beat an industry success barometer, while half saw their value erode. The UAW strike was a setback for automakers, though office furniture companies flourished.