In Michigan, the number of drug overdose deaths rose by 14 percent from 2,335 deaths in 2016 to 2,694 deaths in 2017 -- of which opioids were responsible more than 75 percent of the time.

The education budget for Michigan schools remains in limbo. Lawmakers in the State House failed to pass a school aid budget by the July 1 deadline, meaning lawmakers now have until Oct. 1 to try and ...

Michigan public education advocates are in the final stages of exploring a statewide ballot initiative that would tax the incomes of the state’s wealthiest earners in a push to drum up more ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The launch of Michigan’s M Power program has been a whirlwind for John Rotche. Events with donors and business leaders in Chicago and Grand Rapids. Presentations to recruits ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An election board in Michigan is scheduled to decide Wednesday whether a ballot initiative that seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution should go before ...

In 2019, the American Beverage Association and its members — The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo — launched the Every Bottle Back initiative to help reduce our industry's use ...

Michigan (WJRT) - Michigan is waiving a bachelor's degree requirement for many state jobs for a certain group of veterans; Those who have completed at least two years of active federal service in ...

The Michigan Supreme Court ordered Thursday that a citizen-initiative ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution be added to the November ballot. The court’s 5 ...

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health and Warren-based Ascension Michigan were the outliers among Michigan’s major systems. Charity care at HFH rose to $73.7 million in 2022 from $63 million in 2021.

Michigan coach Dusty May answers a question next to athletic director Warde Manuel during an introductory press conference at Junge Family Champions Center in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Santa Claus Girls, a western Michigan-based Christmas toy charity, will distribute gift cards this year after a fire left the fates of over 5,000 donated gifts in limbo.