State data shows the proportion of students who finish postsecondary degree or certificate programs is increasing.

College sports are entering a new era, Detroit is getting a new basketball team, and a Pistons player is under investigation. Michigan Public's John U. Bacon weighs in.

Happy Independence Day to our fragile young republic — here's to all the good we've been and to all the good we hope to be!

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week that its 10-year State Forest Management Plan will be delayed by at least a year. That's because of the widespread damage to state forest land caused by a major ice storm. The storm hit the northern Lower Peninsula in late March, damaging about 900,000 acres of state forest.

With growing environmental concerns about air quality and pollution from wildfires, some are questioning the impact of fireworks on Michigan's environment. This comes especially after last year’s shows, when Detroit saw the air quality index reaching close to 500, the hazardous zone, on July 5, 2024.

Smartphones are often blamed for ruining the mental health of the people who use them. A new study involving University of Michigan researchers is looking at ways to use smartphones to understand a patient’s trending mental health.

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low.

Holtec International has reported spending millions from its decommissioning trust fund for the nuclear plant on Lake Michigan. But decommissioning is no longer the plan.

The city says RealToken LLC and its subsidiaries have acquired hundreds of Detroit properties, but none has a required certificate of compliance, and most are in disrepair.

House Republicans cleared a final procedural hurdle early Thursday and are now one vote away from passing President Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill before a self-imposed July 4 deadline.

President Trump held a campaign-style rally in Iowa Thursday night as part of a year of events marking the country's 250th anniversary. It follows the passage of his major tax and policy bill.

After going a decade without a single measles case, Kent County has recorded two in 2025.