Residents must transport their departed loved ones out of state to undergo the 'natural organic reduction process,' which transforms the human body into soil. Only 12 states allow the practice.

Michigan will experiment with guaranteed income in Flint, one of its poorest cities, giving expectant and new moms $7,500 — no strings attached — to lift the stress of poverty from their newborns.

While you can’t pack up a real Christmas tree along with the decorations now that Christmas is over, you can recycle it in a number of ways.

The Department of Corrections will start using the TextBehind system in January. It requires those wishing to send mail to an inmate to register.

Rituals can help us ride out acute grief and connect us to the deceased. For those in mourning, 10 locations in Michigan offer one of the most familiar rituals of all — a phone call.

Restoration projects underway along the Great Lakes shoreline range from the Mackinac Island City Hall to a century-old theater in Alpena,

Hunters have harvested more bucks this year in Michigan than they did in 2023, though the total number of deer killed in the state has fallen.

It is clear that global leadership does not value biodiversity. Why is that? One possible reason is that biodiversity loss has received only scant attention from the media and the public is hardly aware of the issue or knows why it matters.

Saginaw is the only Michigan county to vote for every presidential winner since 2008, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden — and Trump again. Local experts explain why.