Among the lessons of the pandemic is the need for a fully funded public health infrastructure and workforce that is prepared to respond to new challenges and allowed to make real-time decisions that protect communities.

The latest review of the state’s dysfunctional unemployment office found that problems with oversight and fraud investigation persist. The agency’s director accused the auditor of rehashing old issues and not giving the agency enough credit for reforms.

The secretary of state was honored, along with other elections officials and Capitol police officers, by President Joe Biden in a ceremony marking the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Despite a solid victory for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and fellow Democrats in the Michigan Legislature, Republicans increased their share of county commission seats, where maps are still drawn by local politicians.

A bipartisan House panel created after the deadly shootings at Oxford High School did not address gun safety in its recommendations because it could not reach consensus. Now, with a Democratic led House and Senate, advocates see an opening.

Frustrated by the pace of a federal probe, Nessel says she’s re-opening a state-level investigation into a scheme to award Michigan’s 2020 presidential electors to Donald Trump even though he lost the state.

Many high school students are choosing to forgo college, even as the state is rolling out scholarship and free-tuition programs to make higher education more affordable. Filling out a free financial aid form is the best way to determine the true cost of college.

Not a single Michigander accused of related crimes has been acquitted in the Capitol insurrections. The 11 convictions and counting are part of a “massive” federal effort to deter future insurrections.

The first woman from Michigan to serve in the U.S. Senate, says she won’t seek re-election. Inspired by a ‘new generation of leaders’ the Lansing Democrat says she’ll ‘pass the torch’ after finishing her current term