A spokesperson for Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office said the agency is assisting state and local police following allegations that the former Michigan House speaker sexually assaulted a then-underage student at the Christian school where he taught.

State lawmakers have proposed spending close to $1 billion in federal COVID stimulus funds to help state and local parks upgrade deteriorated facilities. With record crowds during the pandemic, park officials want Lansing to step up plans to put that money to work.

The proposal would undo most of the proposals under a Republican-led ballot initiative that also could go before voters.

Cooperatives aren’t common, but they are a way to increase business ownership. In southwest Detroit, six of them are growing and advocates hope dozens follow them.

The pandemic turbocharged a problem years in the making: Michigan is aging faster than the nation as a whole and newcomers aren’t replacing old-timers. That’s not a recipe for a winning economy.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative Republicans seem to be fully on board with repealing the unpopular, Snyder-era take on retirement income. But the GOP is also pushing across-the-board cuts, which critics call short-sighted.

Bridge readers told us they want more Lansing coverage. So we’ve added a third Capitol reporter and new education and general news reporters.

Administrators around the state have been asking the Legislature for more flexibility but so far their efforts have gained less traction than a school bus on an icy hill.

League of Women Voters, other groups target Michigan House map. Groups representing Democrats and Republicans also have sued the redistricting panel.

The ‘pro-democracy’ nonprofit releases video showing petitioners lying about a ballot measure to require ID to vote. The group behind the measure says the scrutiny is ‘ludicrous.’