Rick Pluta

A new mid-year state budget bill will spend $215 million on road construction and maintenance.

The campaign to stop wolf hunts in Michigan says it has enough petition signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot.

Both sides delivered their closing arguments Friday in the legal challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Life without parole used to be the automatic sentence for juveniles who were tried as adults and convicted of first degree murder.

There is an effort afoot in Lansing to regulate smokeless electronic cigarettes – and ban their sale to minors.

The list of Michigan school districts that have budget deficits is shrinking and the list of districts that are getting in the black is growing.

Governor Rick Snyder hopes Michigan’s worsening roads will convince reluctant lawmakers it’s time to spend a lot more money on roads and bridges.

Michigan’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is now on trial before a federal judge.

Former Michigan Governor William Milliken says more than 350 prison inmates sentenced to life without parole as juveniles deserve a chance at freedom.

The campaign to raise Michigan’s minimum wage will begin collecting signatures.

State lawmakers say they’re concerned about the time and expense of plans to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.

The campaign to increase Michigan’s minimum wage has upped its goal to $10.10 an hour in four years.

Governor Rick Snyder’s budget chief is leaving the administration to take a job with the University of Utah.

A new report says Michigan’s parole system is too stingy when it comes to releasing prisoners with sentences of up to life in prison.

A state agriculture commission holds its final hearing Wednesday on a controversial new rule.

President Barack Obama paid a visit to Michigan State University Friday to sign the new federal farm bill. We have more from The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Rick Pluta.

About 500 people packed a campus hall to witness the occasion.

The event capped years of negotiations and some tough compromises with Congress on the complex legislation. President Obama said he’s always glad to return to Michigan to cheer the auto industry recovery. Now, he says, it’s time to do the same for agriculture and rural America.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled the state’s medical marijuana law preempts a local zoning ordinance that tries to keep marijuana from being used or grown within city limits.

Governor Rick Snyder’s budget proposal calls for more money for schools, universities, and local governments.

Governor Rick Snyder and other Midwestern governors have asked for federal assistance to help ease a shortage of propane gas.

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the right-to-work law applies to 34,000  state civil service workers.

The state Senate could vote soon on measures that say children who are sold into prostitution would be treated as victims and could not be charged with a crime.

A ballot campaign is organizing to give a pay raise to the roughly 90,000 Michigan workers who make the state minimum wage of $7.40 an hour.

A state House committee opened hearings Thursday on measures that would add Michigan to the list of states formally calling for a national convention to draft a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.

Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped .4 percentage points last month to 8.4%.

A state commission is suggesting more resources and better communication would improve mental health services in Michigan.

Governor Rick Snyder made another call Monday for civility.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a law that requires teachers and public school employees to pay more for their retirement health and pension benefits.

Former Lieutenant Governor Connie Binsfeld has died at the age of 89.

A state budget panel confirmed Friday that Michigan’s improving economy is generating a revenue windfall.