Michigan just closed on next year’s budget. A record $81.7 billion spending plan that grows state government by 6.2% and spends down the $9 billion surplus. This can only be described as a luxury budget, larded up with nearly $1 billion in pork, most of which will go to constituencies ...

If you talked to Michigan residents 10 years ago, the idea of legalizing recreational marijuana was a divisive topic. For some, it was a pipe dream, no pun intended — but people on the other side of the issue saw it as a nightmare. The logistics of implementing rules for legalized ...

School board members will be able to serve as volunteer school bus drivers under a bill signed into law Friday by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. It’s a bipartisan move that will help address a bus driver shortage that’s affected districts of all sizes across the state. It won’t solve the ...

Bouquet: A great big bouquet and congratulations to everyone at The Daily News for the well-deserved awards from the Michigan Press Association and Michigan Associated Press Media Editors. All journalism, intrepid journalists and local newspapers could not be more important to ensure the hope ...

Americans are increasingly bicycling to commute, for exercise or just for fun. By law, bicycles on the roadway are vehicles with the same rights and responsibilities as motorized vehicles, the Michigan Department of Transportation advises. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...

Millions of people who gained health care coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic through Medicaid are now losing it but not for the reason one might think. According to a recent Associated Press story on the matter, 80% of the people being dropped from the Medicaid rolls are losing coverage ...