The Trump administration has reversed a purge of federal workers tasked with combatting one of the Great Lakes’ most damaging invasive species. But a month-plus delay in starting treatments may have consequences.

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is telling states that the time to spend COVID relief funds is over. More than 25 Michigan districts could be on the hook for a combined $42 million in spending.

Michigan lawmakers have added billions of dollars to recent budgets for pet projects in their districts. This year, new House rules require them to make their requests public first.

Local health providers and public health leaders were set on edge this week after a federal website listed $394 million in cuts to Michigan’s state health department.

The multimillion-dollar new Michigan transparency portal is still a work in progress after its debut this month, state officials said.

Reforms are needed, but they must be done thoughtfully and responsibly — not through reckless cuts that will harm our economy and leave people without lifesaving care.

The Trump administration disinvited two Canadian mayors from a Great Lakes event in Washington and the president has mentioned “revisiting the sharing of lakes and rivers between the two nations.”

Despite efforts in recent years to increase tuition-free access to higher education, women outnumber men at the state's community colleges, universities and — most visibly — in the Michigan Reconnect Program.

Some call it the best walleye fishing in the world when a portion of Lake Erie’s walleye head north during spawning season.

Clear your mind. Sharpen your pencils. Take a giant swig of Yoo-Hoo and answer these 10 questions about the week that was.

President Donald Trump has made clear he does not support diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The University of Michigan just reversed its DEI stance.

An 8-year-old girl and a 27-year-old man are dead after vehicles collided with their horse-drawn buggies. A state-funded effort in southwest Michigan aims to stop the kinds of behaviors that lead to such crashes.

President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs targeting the auto industry Wednesday, the latest in a series of trade escalations that could have an outsize impact on Michigan’s economy.

The Nicole Kidman thriller, set in west Michigan, has its streaming debut Thursday. That has us thinking: What are the ultimate movies based in Michigan?

Michigan stood to receive hundreds of millions from a federal financing network that the Trump administration wants to abolish amid claims of a ‘far-left’ conspiracy. Michigan's plans for the money included insulating old homes and building apartments.

More than three years after a shooting at Oxford High School, lawmakers are still debating school safety policy. Will it pass this time?

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a clear responsibility to set a special election to fill the critical 35th Senate District seat, yet her silence on the matter has been deafening.

Sault Ste. Marie celebrates the return of ships with a run/walk and Omer holds its annual suckerfish tournament.

The tribes are concerned with an anticipated fast-tracking of the tunnel permit. The Army Corps of Engineers says it will consider comments from tribes as it prepares an environmental impact statement.