Colin Jackson

The Rx Kids program gives $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month in the first months of a child's life. Legislation in Lansing would expand state support for it.

The family of a Hmong refugee is asking for help in getting him released from a Michigan immigration detention facility.

A trendy species of mushroom could be a new threat to Michigan’s forests.The golden oyster mushroom is native to Asia. But people here have been growing them for some time as they’ve become increasingly popular in recipes.It's possible some spores escaped into the wild.

According to the complaint, the Trump administration has left Michigan without roughly $29 million dollars of promised money to finish building out its EV charger network.

After conflicting rulings, the Michigan Court of Appeals says there are no exceptions to a one-year deadline for suing the state.This week’s decision means any plaintiff who sued outside of that timeline, but during a period when the court said it was okay, could have their case dismissed.

Michigan legislation heard in a state House committee Tuesday would generally ban semi-trucks from driving in the left-most lane of a three-or more lane freeway.That’s a shift from current law, which requires large vehicles to use the two right lanes instead of outright banning them from that left lane.

Michigan prosecutors are still asking for more time to respond to a Michigan Supreme Court decision from April. The court found it unconstitutional to hand down mandatory life prison sentences for crimes committed when someone was 19 or 20 years old.As a result, the state’s young adult lifers must receive a new sentence. Prosecutors got a 180-day window to decide whether to again pursue life without parole in those cases.

The YWCA of Kalamazoo, which brought the lawsuit with the help of the ACLU of Michigan, argues state law could prevent Medicaid recipients from accessing an abortion.

Some small business owners in Detroit are sounding the alarm about higher tariffs hurting their businesses.

The Board of State Canvassers will now make sure everything is in order with the petition language before supporters start gathering signatures.