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Paige Leier/Marquette Medical (Courtesy photo)When the last clinic offering abortion in the Upper Peninsula closed, a local urgent care started offering abortion pills to help fill the gap. Now it could be a national model for a new kind of abortion access. -
Architect of the capitolRepublicans are pressuring Democrats to vote to open the federal government before negotiating subsidies for health care. A Democrat in a vulnerable district in Michigan says no, as do most of the Members of Congress in her party.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals is being asked to order a hearing in a case that alleges a zoo is violating the habeas corpus rights of chimpanzees against unlawful confinement. -
Gov. Whitmer took the opportunity to speak publicly to what she saw as wins from the budget process during stops in Flint, Clinton Township, and Kalamazoo. -
The budget includes a record amount in per-pupil funding, along with money for school safety, special education and free meals for students. -
Public scrutiny has intensified on legislative earmarks, especially when it comes to spending on economic development projects. -
A GOP state House leader says he’d like to see a formal agreement between states to forego using public funds to lure businesses. -
Detroit's Department of Transportation is offering free bus rides all day on Election Day. No ID or reason is required. -
The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether to expand — and make retroactive — an earlier decision that struck down one-judge grand juries. -
A state law passed last year allowed the vote by classifying home caregivers — often paid through state programs — as public employees for bargaining purposes. -
The state says the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center missed the window to sue. The group says the harm of the state's policy is ongoing. -
State Attorney General Dana Nessel predicts "it’s only a matter of time” before President Donald Trump tries to send national guard troops to Michigan cities.
