The “non-delegation doctrine” sounds innocuous, but Michigan’s highest court’s ruling could make it more difficult to react quickly to emergencies, says the state’s retired chief justice.

Black residents are dying at greater rates once again in Michigan in part because they are getting vaccinated at lower rates.

The Canadian petroleum company technically has until Wednesday night to stop piping oil through the Straits of Mackinac, according to the state of Michigan. But what happens if the company refuses to abide by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order?

Detroit’s police chief announces retirement, and observers say he would be the likely front runner for the Republican nomination for governor in 2022. His reputation in Detroit is more complicated.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she would lift pandemic office restrictions two weeks after 55 percent of residents got their first dose. Michigan reached that milestone Monday. Even so, offices aren’t likely to look the same as they were pre-pandemic.

Statewide hearings start soon that will be used to draw Michigan’s congressional and state legislative maps.

In just under a month, the number of COVID-19 patients in Michigan receiving monoclonal antibody treatments soared by more than 300 percent, from about 500 patients the week for March 24, to about 1,700 the week of April 21.

The days of politicians drawing their own district maps end Tuesday, when the citizen-powered, nonpartisan redistricting commission begins a series of public meetings.