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Michigan House Republicans passed the rest of their $78.5 billion proposal for the state’s next budget Tuesday. Republicans said the plan, which comes in around $4 billion lower than the current budget, cuts government waste.

Opposing petition drives in Nebraska could present voters with competing choices on abortion. The one with the most votes wins.

State of Michigan officials are celebrating meeting their initial goal of building 75,000 new housing units by next year.That puts the state around two-thirds of the way to its new goal of creating 115,000 new units.

By banning Medicaid coverage for abortions, the state is essentially creating two tiers of abortion access, the complaint argues: one for those who can afford private health insurance (which can cover abortion) and another for those who can’t.

A Republican lawmaker in the Michigan House accuses Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, of exceeding her authority and failing to secure elections.

A ballot campaign to create ranked choice voting in Michigan could start collecting signatures within the coming months. That's after clearing a step at a state elections board Friday.

One of Michigan’s best wood turtle searchers is Mooz, the dog. His owner is an inland fish and wildlife program manager at the Natural Resources Department of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. They search for where wood turtles lay eggs.

Michigan schools would be banned from offering foods that include certain dyes and additives under a bill that passed in the state House this week.

The Michigan farmer suicide prevention program pays for counseling services for Michigan farmers, but its funding could be at risk.

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the hummingbird most commonly found in the mitten state. Sightings of the species have been recently reported in the southern areas of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.