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Group says downtown could have more retail if property owners weren't absent and more housing if empty office space is converted

Over-earning and out-of-date paperwork causes many to lose Medicaid coverage.

State officials say some of the tight rules on unemployment benefits end up clogging up the system, preventing people from quickly getting paid and costing the state a lot of money – especially during economic downturns. A bill to alleviate some of DWD’s administrative burden and expedite the process of getting more money to beneficiaries heads to the governor’s desk after passing the Senate Tuesday.

A University of Michigan poll finds that loneliness among people age 50 to 80 has nearly returned to its pre-pandemic level.

We're getting a clearer picture of how drinking changed during the pandemic, especially for women.

Lawmakers hope to streamline the process to reduce the amount of work the state has to do to give claimants their money. On Tuesday, Indiana’s House passed House Bill 1451 to simplify the process for Hoosiers receiving unemployment compensation. Though, it wouldn’t change the application process.

The governor is expected to announce a plan to spend $160 million in the state budget to offer free school breakfast and lunch to all Michigan students.

This is certainly an abnormal occurrence — and something that hospitals statewide saw in 2022.

Indiana's hospital leaders say that they have been operating in the red in 2022 due to inflation and rising labor costs. And they are worried that proposed legislation to address rising health care costs could push them deeper into financial stress.

Nurses across the state say dangerous levels of understaffing are becoming the norm, even though hospitals are no longer overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.