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A ballot campaign wants to make Michigan a ranked choice voting state; plus nearly 800 earmark requests from state House lawmakers totaling an estimated $4 billion are made public.

Flint, Michigan, is nearly finished replacing lead pipes 11 years after the water crisis. Financial struggles still cloud the water system's future.

The DeVos political machine is back after announcing that they are publicly reengaging in Michigan politics. On this week’s It’s Just Politics: what to expect from the DeVos family ahead of Election 2026.

New and returning lawmakers of the Michigan House were sworn-in today at the state Capitol, marking the beginning of Michigan’s new 103rd Legislature. The state Senate remains under Democratic control but the state House is now being run by Republicans. On this week’s It’s Just Politics: what to expect when you’re expecting divided government. Hosts Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta are joined by Michigan Public Radio Network’s Colin Jackson and Bridge Michigan’s Lauren Gibbons.

In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This year, they're taking a dramatically different approach.

It’s the 11-year anniversary of a federal judge ruling that Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. But, the issue of gay marriage is back in Lansing as a Republican lawmaker calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide. Plus, an update on the nine bills the Michigan House continues to hold.

The Pollinator Performance Center’s range of projects includes a training program for dogs to uncover a bacterial disease that threatens honey bee larvae.

Michigan Public's Steve Carmody recaps the station's Costa Rica trip.

The state is experiencing its first measles outbreak since 2019 in Montcalm County, where three individuals have contracted the virus. An outbreak is defined as three or more connected cases.

If Democrats are counting on Michigan women to turn out to vote like they did in 2022, when abortion was on the ballot, they could be disappointed.