House is the third straight Bridge reporter to win the honor from the Michigan Press Association. Bridge captured 21 awards from MPA, while Yue Stella Yu won the Rookie Writer Award for early career journalists.

The new law includes sexual orientation and gender identity as classes protected against discrimination under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, codifying a series of court orders and interpretive statements that have extended similar rights to Michigan’s LGBTQ community.

In their efforts to remove dead voters and residents who have moved, state officials and clerks call on community groups to check their work and make sure no eligible voters have their registrations canceled.

Lawmakers in charge of economic development will consider how economic development tools — including tax incentives — can better optimize a return on the state’s investment, committee chair Sen. Mallory McMorrow told Bridge.

State Superintendent Michael Rice urges the Michigan Legislature to quickly fund a full-time state preschool program, more tutors, free lunches and improve school buildings.

Democrats in the Michigan Senate voted Thursday to create laws allowing confiscation of guns from those who pose dangers, universal background checks and mandatory safe storage to keep firearms away from children.

Health systems tout AI advances for patient care. Some analysts warn of racial bias.

Lawmakers hammer DTE and Consumers Energy over their handling of a Feb. 22 ice story that left thousands without power, some for more than a week.

In what would be a highly unusual move, a county prosecutor is considering criminally charging library officials if they do not remove an LGBTQ book that contains drawings of sex acts. Lawyers interviewed were skeptical such an action would be constitutional.

Action on a trio of gun law changes could come this week from Michigan Democrats who now control the state Legislature.