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The previous House budget would have cut Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy by 19%, while the adopted budget reduces the agency’s funding by 7%.

A new audit of the MDHHS' Office of Recipient Rights shows a delay in responding to some complaints of alleged abuse, neglect and injuries at psychiatric hospitals.

An uptick of Lyme disease in Michigan shows the importance of tick surveillance, now that tick populations have increased across the state, public health officials say.

The new bed management tool is a central database with up-to-date information about where space is available in residential treatment centers statewide.

Last week, President Donald Trump signed legislation into law slashing a trillion dollars in federal funding for state Medicaid programs over the next decade.

Michigan’s AG says the state will join others in suing the Trump administration for “abruptly and illegally terminating” billions in public health funding nationally.

The state launched the MiFamily Together program in 25 counties at the start of October.

Nearly 900,000 Michigan children will be eligible for a new summer food assistance program.

The new 300,000-square-foot facility will house consolidated lab space for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.

Over-earning and out-of-date paperwork causes many to lose Medicaid coverage.