Transgender name changes, tax cut dispute, tornados: Your guide to Michigan politics
It is far easier for married people to change their names than transgender people. The governor had to declare a state of emergency in some parts of Michigan, and Republicans want a tax cut to last.
During the darkest days of COVID, some Michigan hospitals made 100s of millions
During the first years of the pandemic, Michigan hospitals told the public that their situation was dire. But an examination of financial data found that a few hospitals and health systems did great, posting increases in both operating profits and overall net assets.
Faster Horses not to blame for 3 carbon monoxide deaths at campground, judge finds
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Live Nation and Michigan International Speedway filed on behalf of three men killed and two injured at the festival in 2021, when the toxic gas exhausted into their camper.
‘It’s like gold’: Second donor breastmilk bank opening in Michigan
Henry Ford Health is nearing the end of an accreditation process and accepting milk at a bank in Jackson. The only other Michigan bank is in Kalamazoo.
Michigan man linked to YouTube posts threatened to kill Whitmer, LGBTQ people, Biden: records
Randall Robert Berka II, born in 1992, is accused of illegally possessing a firearm.
Food processor exposed for illegally employing minors in Grand Rapids, says its reviewing practices
Hearthside Food Solutions is prominently featured in a New York Times article about migrant children who, without parents and under pressure to earn money, work "brutal" jobs in the United States.
MSU student shot in chest had ‘brush with death,’ vows to help enact change
“There was a time when I used to dream of getting into this school – now, I represent it. My world has been turned upside down so suddenly but I refuse to be a number, a statistic," Troy Forbush wrote on Facebook.
‘This time it came here’: At MSU shooting memorials, students reflect on tragedy
As campus landmarks are decorated as memorials, Michigan State students lament how America’s unique trend of mass shootings finally hit them.
African hospital receiving 40-foot container of medical supplies from Michigan sister city
The Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission and McLaren Health Care sent beds, stretchers, IV poles and other items to Ghana in West Africa.
Michigan WIC clients will no longer have formula brand options as supply chain regulates
Amidst a worrying shortage, the federally funded Women, Infant and Children program allowed participants to purchase brands other than Similac, which Michigan is contracted to provide. That's about to end.
How a Michigan church was cheated out of $96K and its ‘heart and soul’
A pipe organ builder removed Marquette Hope's pipe organ in 2016. He said it needed significant repairs. The church raised $150,000 for the project, but the man never delivered.
Children with COVID and another viral illness more likely to have severe outcomes, study shows
While hospital admissions have increased during the omicron phase, the likelihood of severe outcomes in children have decreased, according to research out of Southeast Michigan.
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