Authors Razel Jones and Daniel Abbott joined Bridge Michigan on Friday to discuss their collaborative memoir about growing up in rural west Michigan.

Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, among the most visible faces of Michigan’s COVID-19 response, will leave the job next Thursday. Her departure comes as health officials across the state seek greater protection against threats from the public.

Mass vaccination clinics long ago folded up, and hospitals are short-staffed now. Getting a booster is for now likely easier at a local pharmacy or doctor’s office. We break down who is eligible for a Pfizer booster.

Residents in roughly 1,100 homes were advised to evacuate after a gas leak last month at a Ford assembly plant contaminated the city’s sewers and leeched hazardous fumes into homes. On Thursday, health officials said all but a few homes are cleared for return.

A petition may soon hit the streets to tighten Michigan voting and election laws. Here’s what the GOP initiative may mean for Michigan.

Housing officials say they are on track to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to allocate most of the pandemic CERA funds intended to help struggling tenants. It’s part of more than $1 billion earmarked for Michigan, and may help limit evictions after a national eviction ban was struck down.

Families are pulling their kids out of class and moving to neighboring districts as they shop for schools that match the face mask policies they prefer.

As Michigan state parks experience a visitor resurgence and the federal government funnels gobs of pandemic relief dollars to the state, parks officials want lawmakers to send some of the windfall their way — lawmakers say they’re listening.

A $70 billion deal is done. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won’t say if she’ll veto language about vaccine and mask mandates, but it is highly likely.

Some argue the state should shift responsibility of managing care and costs to Michigan’s for-profit insurers; others say money motives of insurance companies would cut into care for the most vulnerable.