State News

Michigan’s Healthy Michigan is having a huge impact. That’s according to the state’s Medicaid director Chris Priest who spoke to the House Health Policy Standing Committee Wednesday. He says time will tell what happens with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Priest says people will be able to stay …

Lawmakers met Tuesday in Lansing to increase the fine for selling tobacco to minors and the fine for minors trying to purchase tobacco products. The sponsor of the bill Senator Steven Beida from Macomb County says the initial fine was established in 1988 and has never been raised. The amendment …

Audit findings, released today by the state Bureau of Elections, reveal 31 people in Michigan may have voted twice in the November election. Director Chris Thomas says the Precinct Election Board could have caught this on Election Night, blaming it on human error, not fraud. The problems were discovered in …

One anti-tax group says they would rather see state income tax cut instead of the elimination of the pension tax. More on the tax debate with Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick.

At a bar, online or even through mutual friends. There are a variety of ways to meet a significant other, but a new survey reveals many people are opting for their office. Lauren Barthold reports:

Public universities could get a 2.5 percent funding boost from the state under a new budget proposal unveiled by Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder says half of the increase would be guaranteed with the rest based on a performance formula. Universities that increase tuition by more than 3.8 percent would lose …

Are political opinions getting loud and emotional where you work? Dan Bretz, labor law expert at Clark Hill in Detroit, says these discussions can cross the line and make for a hostile work environment and then the employer would be liable.

GM earns nearly $9.5 billion in 2016, leading to record-breaking profit sharing checks of $12,000 for the company’s manufacturing workers. How did they do it? AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert has more.

There’s a potential alternative to a vasectomy for men. Health Reporter Deanna Lites has details.

Governor Rick Snyder will propose growing Michigan’s savings account to $1 billion, even as Republican lawmakers push for an income tax cut. The Republican will unveil his budget plan today and will not include tax cuts. Lawmakers voted to permanently shift general funds to road and bridge repairs starting in …