Internet gaming — like poker on your phone — is surging in Michigan. Receipts totaled $1.92 billion last year, and that’s meant higher than expected tax revenues for the state and Detroit.

The state four-year high school graduation rate for 2023 is up slightly from 2022. See how your school district did.

Some Michigan student loan borrowers got good news from Biden this week: their student loans are being forgiven as part of a new income-based loan repayment program.

An endangered Great Lakes shorebird that has survived earlier threats to its habitat now faces new challenges. Report a banded plover and learn more at the Great Lakes Piping Plover website.

New data confirms law enforcement suspicions about a surge in meth and cocaine. Michigan has spent millions to treat opioids, but treatments don’t work the same for meth.

Organizers push protest votes in Tuesday’s primary over Biden’s stance on Gaza. In years past, uncommitted votes have reached as high as 500,000.

It’s skunk mating season in Michigan, which means they’ll be out and about more often – and more likely to spray.

The state hopes a new $125 million fund will make Michigan more attractive for advanced manufacturing and let it lure more federally backed high-tech factories.

For the first time in years, the number of recent high school graduates in Michigan has increased. Statewide, 38.2% of last year’s graduates enrolled in four-year colleges, while more than half are in some higher education.