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Absentee ballot requests up substantially from 2018 primary

Absentee ballot requests for Michigan’s upcoming primary elections are outpacing the 2018 cycle by hundreds of thousands.

Fresh Start Clubhouse member John Rice helping create the daily schedule.

A Michigan nonprofit provides ‘Fresh Start’ for people living with mental illness

Starting in January, the Ann Arbor-based nonprofit Fresh Start, will open its doors to more people experiencing mental health illnesses in Washtenaw County.

Michigan is top in the nation for ad spending in state legislature races

Campaigns for Michigan’s state House and Senate have spent $29 million dollars on political ads in this election cycle so far. That’s the most in the nation, according to the group AdImpact.

Proposed regulations for nuisance animals would tighten the definition of when animals could be killed without a permit and then adds cottontail rabbits, fox squirrels, gray squirrels, red squirrels, ground squirrels –sometimes called chipmunks, opossums, weasels, muskrats, and beavers to the list.

Michigan DNR proposes adding rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks and others to lethal nuisance regulations

The proposal would allow landowners to kill year-round in unlimited numbers animals that are about to damage property without first getting a permit.

Mourners sit at The Rock on the grounds of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed and several other students remain in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on the campus of Michigan State University Monday night.

Michigan State University is enhancing safety protocols weeks after a campus shooting

Public access to most buildings at Michigan State University will be restricted at night, school officials said a little more than two weeks after a gunman killed three students and injured five.

Inflation is increasing costs for Michigan road projects

Court of Claims tosses challenge to Michigan's prevailing wage rule

The legislature repealed Michigan's prevailing wage law in 2018 after a statewide petition drive, but Governor Gretchen Whitmer says a state agency has the authority to implement the rule on its own.

Cobalt is an important component of lithium ion batteries, like those in many electric vehicles

State of Michigan offering scholarships to attract future electric vehicle industry workers

The Michigander EV Scholars program is offering students a ten-thousand-dollar scholarship in exchange for the one-year commitment to one of the 15 Michigan electric vehicle/mobility sector companies.

Dr. Emad Shehada sits in his Rochester Hills office. Shehada says 20 of his family members have been killed in Gaza since Israel began bombardments in response to a Hamas attack a month ago.

"These are things you read about in horror books": Michigan doctor says 20 of his relatives killed in Gaza

Dr. Emad Shehada of West Bloomfield says there's nowhere safe for his family in Gaza. "This is at a scale that it's never been before," he says of Israeli bombardments.

Michigan’s most-vaccinated counties prepare to welcome waves of tourists

Grand Traverse County has the second-highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Michigan, but in a few weeks, it’s hosting a festival that could bring in more…

Generally speaking, rural counties will lose people while suburban and urban counties grow.

Michigan population forecasted to grow, but many rural areas will lose people

Economists at the University of Michigan expect Michigan's population to grow by a half-million over three decades.

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