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.

Construction will restart at the factory near Battle Creek once valued at $3.5 billion. Ford’s plan to downsize will cut jobs. The state says Michigan’s incentive contribution will drop accordingly.

The industry grew faster than the state’s overall economy, as it continued benefitting from a pandemic-era resurgence in camping, hiking, boating and the like. But there are challenges, and some argue the state must do more to bolster the industry.