The State Board of Education will consider a proposal to update standards for new music education teachers for the first time since 2004.

The massive tax and spending law signed in July halts a federal incentive for residential solar, and homeowners and installers are hurrying to complete projects before the end of the year. Industry experts say there are other ways to cut costs like "group buys."

Rep. Ann Bollin says stripping $645 million in funding for dozens of multiyear projects without approval from the Michigan Senate or governor was "oversight" to cut waste.

Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to reconsider a set of rules for large-scale Consumers Energy electricity customers, including data centers.

The Republican sponsor of a bill to forbid implicit bias training as part of licensing requirements for health care professionals called the training "divisive, Marxist mental poison."

Moore, who was fired this week following an internal investigation, faces charges of stalking, home invasion, and breaking and entering.

Operation Taconite is the Coast Guard's largest domestic ice breaking effort.

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

Democratic state lawmakers introduced an 11-bill package to expand vaccine information and access. More than 260 physicians signed a letter in support of the package.

Workers also donated 351 bicycles, far surpassing last year's record of 217. Nearly every bike came with a helmet.