Raising a family is expensive, but the Working Families Tax Cuts are helping lower costs for Michigan parents, from the essentials like groceries and diapers to child care and more.
Opinion | The Working Families Tax Cuts are delivering relief for Michigan parents
Posted inMichigan Government
Jocelyn Benson: Michigan will fight Trump order limiting mail-in voting
Trump’s new order aims to restrict mail-in voting and create a national voter list. ‘I will take swift action to fight this illegal order in court,’ said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan’s rural health care crisis is being ignored
Michigan is set to receive over $173 million in federal funding to improve health care access, but creative accounting allows major population centers to pilfer these resources and, once again, leave rural communities behind.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Supreme Court ruling puts Michigan’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban in jeopardy
A federal appeals court ruling in December blocked Michigan’s law meant to protect LGBTQ+ youth from taking effect. The state’s law faces significant challenges following the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a similar ban in Colorado.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Let’s recognize historic moon flight by Grand Rapids native Christina Koch
Even though one of the Artemis II mission’s astronauts is from our region, there has been little media attention highlighting that fact. While our local astronauts of the 1960s-1990s are revered and respected, let’s also recognize Christina Koch.
Posted inMichigan Government
Wanted: More foster homes for Michigan kids
Michigan lost 30% of its licensed foster homes over two years, according to new state data. ‘We’re trying to find people,’ said an official trying to reverse that trend.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Three years in, funds to fight opioids still unspent in some Michigan counties
Funds meant to save lives in Michigan’s drug war are still sitting in the bank accounts of some local governments.
Posted inQuality of Life
Most Michigan counties gained population last year. See where
Michigan’s population grew between 2020 and 2025, new Census estimates show, but some parts of the state are doing better than others.
Posted inQuality of Life
Should Michigan bury power lines after back-to-back years of ice storms?
Some say utilities should bury power lines to prevent outages. The costs outweigh the benefits, utilities say.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Locals to U-M: Your $1.2B supercomputer not welcome here
The project would include nuclear weapons research, prompting Ypsilanti Township to say that could be a community danger.