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Food banks across Michigan are working to keep up as funding cuts to federal food assistance programs and rising gas prices drive up demand.
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Moms living in Montmorency County, Mt. Clemens, and Center Line, who are at least 16 weeks pregnant, can now qualify for a one-time $1,500 payment from Rx Kids.
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Stellantis has told the owners of about 225,000 older Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, and Jeep vehicles not to drive them until the Takata airbags have been replaced. It's a continuation of the largest automotive recall in U.S. history.
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A look into lower crime rates in Detroit and what they can tell us about the safety of the city. Plus, why fewer Michigan residents are enrolling in health care. And a dining critic's Michigan picks for Restaurant of the Year.
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Rx Kids will pay $1,500 to Detroit mothers during pregnancy and another $500 per month during the first six months of their baby’s life.Dr. Mona Hanna, associate dean for Public Health at Michigan State University, directs the program. She said it’s “medicine” rather than “charity.”
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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in Michigan, Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women.
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Testing during the final six months of 2025 showed Flint’s tap water at the 90th percentile calculation of 6 parts per billion (ppb) for lead.
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We take a look at how local police departments in Michigan have been working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection amid the nationwide immigration crackdown. Plus, a story from 1847 about how the people of Marshall, Michigan, stood up for their Black neighbors when slavecatchers came to the state.
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Hundreds of nurses took to the picket line on Labor Day outside Henry Ford Genesys near Flint, and there they have remained for more than 150 days.
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A U of M study found that close to 30% of registered nurses and advanced practice nurses have student loan debt that could influence them to leave the profession.
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As doctors learn why GLP-1s don't work for about 50% of people, they are also learning more about the complex drivers of obesity. They foresee a future of personalized obesity medicine similar to the way cancer is treated now.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow has proposed a nationwide program to support new mothers, based on Rx Kids, as part of her campaign platform.