Victims of the floods that devastated Midland, Gladwin and Saginaw counties will have their day in court this month as they pursue a lawsuit against the state of Michigan for improperly maintaining the Edenville dam.

Two of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield’s top legislative aides, Anné and Rob Minard, have been sentenced to probation after agreeing to testify against their former boss in his corruption case next year.

The policy comes amid concerns over drug smuggling and is an expansion of an existing policy for standard mail in state prisons.

Property owners were unsuccessful in their court challenge of the special assessments that will go towards repairing the Secord, Smallwood, Sanford and Edenville dams after they were destroyed in 2020 by mass flooding.

Three bills that passed in the state legislature that would reform the corrections officer pension plan are stuck in legal limbo after House Republicans refused to send them to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Sidnei McCarty is suing the station’s parent company for discrimination. McCarty, known professionally as “Sid Simone” alleges that the station discriminated against her on the basis of race and disability.

It's been three months since the North Lake Correctional Facility reopened as an ICE detention center. IPR speaks to some attorneys who have been inside and in touch with detainees.

A father of four and construction worker from Mount Pleasant was fatally hit after the car veered into a construction zone. It's still not clear what caused the accident.

In July, the St. Louis Correctional Facility saw 15 assaults on staff and 25 on prisoners. Under state law, critical incidents must be reported to the legislature within 72 hours. The Department of Corrections has reported around 65 incidents so far this year.

Cases in Benzie County, the Upper Peninsula and elsewhere demonstrate that small communities are not immune from big theft, and that the betrayal is deeply felt.