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A bill to make state records easier to find is working its way through the Michigan House of Representatives.State agencies frequently release reports to the Legislature. But state Representative Joseph Aragona (R-Clinton Twp) said they’re sometimes hard to find since each agency has its own system for handling them and posting them online.

The state Attorney General’s office had accused a former Adams Township Clerk of illegally sharing election data with unauthorized people after the 2020 presidential election.

More than 200 people marched in Grand Rapids on International Workers' Day, calling for an end to deportations. A separate march was planned for Detroit.

The Michigan Senate passed the rest of its proposals for the next state budget Thursday. That includes a $25 billion spending plan to fund K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The plan would raise per-student funding by around $250 per student. It would also continue free school meals, put $300 million toward mental health and school safety grants, and $235 million toward helping children read.

This story is part of the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative’s coverage of equitable community development.

The Senate plan would raise spending, even as the state faces a revenue shortfall. It also comes in around $12 billion over the state House's spending target.

At Tuesday’s state Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety committee meeting, gun control and gun rights advocates squared off over SB 583 and SB 584.

The industry that includes boot camps and boarding schools would be banned from blindfolding or physically restraining minors en route to residential treatment programs.

"Medicaid expansion enrollment was associated with reductions in medical debt in collections and rates of subprime credit scores as long as 7 years after enrollment," says the study published in JAMA Network Open.

According to the Journey North Program, the first reported sighting in the state was on April 23 in St. Clair Shores.