The Department of Corrections will start using the TextBehind system in January. It requires those wishing to send mail to an inmate to register.

Rituals can help us ride out acute grief and connect us to the deceased. For those in mourning, 10 locations in Michigan offer one of the most familiar rituals of all — a phone call.

Restoration projects underway along the Great Lakes shoreline range from the Mackinac Island City Hall to a century-old theater in Alpena,

Hunters have harvested more bucks this year in Michigan than they did in 2023, though the total number of deer killed in the state has fallen.

It is clear that global leadership does not value biodiversity. Why is that? One possible reason is that biodiversity loss has received only scant attention from the media and the public is hardly aware of the issue or knows why it matters.

Saginaw is the only Michigan county to vote for every presidential winner since 2008, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden — and Trump again. Local experts explain why.

Michigan drivers will soon be subject to automatic traffic enforcement near construction zones and at school bus stops. Here’s what to know about the new law, designed to deter rulebreakers.

Michigan is one of only two states in the nation that fully exempts its governor and Legislature from public records requests. That won’t change after majority Democrats fail to finalize a plan by the end of the two-year session.

Hark the herald, spin the dreidel and honor the ancestors: It’s time to test your knowledge of all things news in Michigan.

We have the solutions right now to create more resilient grids, keep costs low and consistent and keep the lights on through severe storms. We can do that through locally owned, clean energy grids.

While House lawmakers calling it quits for the year, the Senate worked through the night in a record 29-hour meeting. Here’s what’s headed to the governor.

Government transparency, gun reforms, polluter pay proposals among more than 250 bills that died as the Michigan House abruptly adjourned for the year, ending Democratic control of the lower chamber.

This is one of the most traveled times of year. AAA predicts that 3.8 million residents will travel at least 50 miles between Saturday and New Year’s Day.

In Lieu of Services, or ILOS, programs allow Medicaid to pay for food and nutrition services that improve health. Threatened cuts are shortsighted given the potential of these programs to reduce health care spending

Michigan's population rose 0.6% as more than 67,600 migrants moved to the state from July 2023 to July 2024. Also, losses to other states shrunk and the birth-death gap narrowed.

Michigan Senators Wednesday approved nearly $250 million in project incentives but left out money for a UP mine in the process.

Michigan’s largest utility company, Consumers Energy, is seeking a $248 million rate increase. If it’s approved, customers’ bills would increase in late 2025.

Words such as ‘dementia’ or ‘Alzheimer’s’ can conjure images of confusion and solitude. A growing group of people with dementia say there’s still a lot of living and laughter.

As transportation evolves, job growth needs to focus on the full range of mobility employment, a new report from MichAuto says.