St. Joseph commissioners approve a scaled-back downtown parking plan in a 3-2 vote, reducing spaces, shortening the season and responding to business concerns.

Jewish state officials in Michigan are calling for stronger laws against terroristic threatening and better coordination against political and religious extremism.

The Whitmer administration and Michigan House Republicans have agreed to put a legal fight over GOP-ordered budget cuts on hold because a settlement may be in sight.

As Michigan’s black bears emerge from their winter dens in search of food, the state is giving tips on how to prevent potential conflicts with the animals.

The governor is calling for $625 million to support literacy efforts in her budget proposal. That money is meant for buying new learning materials, hiring more tutors, and training teachers.

Bill co-sponsor said the barriers to retirement plans are too high for many employees and small businesses. She hopes the change would provide more long term financial security.

Michigan House Republicans are looking to do away with the state’s clean energy standards.Their new energy plan would get rid of an overhaul passed in 2023, meant to push the state away from fossil fuels by the end of the next decade. It would also scale back some changes made in 2016 to limit energy waste.

The Michigan Senate passed five bills aiming to help with medical debt on Wednesday.The package would require hospitals to create financial assistance programs to help some low-income patients. Those would be available to people whose unpaid bills in one year total more than 30% of their annual income.

The designation means the federal government will provide financial and technical help to clean up the groundwater plume.

In separate cases heard in back-to-back hearings by the Supreme Court, the plaintiffs argued the state has never fully analyzed the risks posed by a more than 70-year-old section of pipeline located in the Straits of Mackinac.