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A bill package introduced Tuesday would give the state control over the permitting of large wind and solar projects. Controversy is brewing as Democrats negotiate other parts of their clean energy package behind closed doors.
Patmos Library, defunded last year in a battle over LGBTQ-themed graphic novels, will try for a third time to win taxpayer support in November. It if loses again, the library will be 'crippled.'
The legislation writes key tenets of the federal Affordable Care Act into state law and is supported by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Critics say the effort is unnecessary.
As Michigan school districts struggle to fill open positions, school district leaders want the option to hire recently retired workers. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into a law a new measure to help with that.
Mandated ratios would replace the expert judgment of local nurses with a one-size-fits-all model dictated by Lansing. These well-meaning bills do not consider the unique local challenges our hospitals face.
The western part of the island opened to visitors on Sunday, the first time in two months following a devastating fire in early August. Some 90,000 Michigan residents go to Hawaii each year.
Lawmakers push to ensure that drivers seeking damages from potholes on county roads have 120 days to file claims. The bills were filed the same day Bridge published stories showing how the system rarely reimburses motorists.
That steady plunk-plunk of a gazillion acorns falling to the ground is caused by a phenomenon that guarantees the evolutionary survival of oak trees and ever-loving annoyance of homeowners.
