A year ago, Rx Kids, an innovative “cash prescription” program, launched in Flint. The program provides parents with a one-time payment of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 monthly for the first year ...

LANSING – A recent report by the Michigan Department of Education shows progress toward achieving its educational strategic plan, including higher graduation rates. Other reports, however, show that ...

‘Wind phones' are disconnected phones that give grieving people a symbolic way to 'call' dead loved ones A Japanese man established the first wind phone as he grieved for a cousin, sharing it with ...

LANSING —The Department of Corrections will implement a new system in January designed to significantly reduce the amount of contraband sent to prisoners and ensure the safety of the staff and inmates ...

Total deer kills are down so far this year in Michigan Michigan hunters did manage to harvest more bucks than they did this time last year The higher buck count came despite an outbreak of epizootic ...

Michigan is poised to use automatic trackers to catch speeding in work zones, failure to stop for school buses Supporters hope measures will reduce injuries, deaths Critics fear loss of funds for ...

It is clear that global leadership does not value biodiversity. Why is that? One possible reason is that biodiversity loss ...

Jordyn covers state policy and politics for Bridge Michigan. Prior to joining the Capitol crew, she wrote for MLive as its statewide politics and culture reporter and with Gongwer Michigan as its ...

Lauren covers state politics and policy for Bridge Michigan. Prior to joining Bridge's Capitol team, she worked at MLive, where she led coverage of the state Legislature and the redistricting process, ...

Michigan's Democratic-led Senate passes slew of bills in marathon 29-hour session to close out the legislative year Legislation approved includes greater charter school transparency requirements, ...

After a mild winter last year and an unusually warm fall, it seemed Michiganders were destined for another “winter that ...

Michigan is one of only two states in the nation that fully exempts its governor and Legislature from public records requests ...