Tracy Samilton

Federal law requires most private insurance plans (and Medicaid) to cover many types of contraception, including drugs that require a prescription. But over-the-counter birth control drugs aren't included. Bills introduced in the state Senate this week would change that.

The Michigan Public Service Commission has held multiple workgroups with stakeholders as it prepares to begin implementing a new wind and solar permit law in November.

A report by the University of Michigan and Michigan State Housing Development Authority says housing costs are outstripping many Michigan residents' incomes.

An investigation into customer complaints found Consumers Energy sent estimated bills, often excessively high, to customers whose electric meters weren't working.

A Senate bill proposes to reserve the income of Michigan children in foster care in a trust fund for their future use, rather than seizing it to compensate the state for the cost of their care.

In a rare Zoom-only meeting of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, regents reiterated their refusal to meet protesters' demands for divestment from Israel.

Protesters lay down in the hallway outside Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate's office at the state Capitol on Wednesday, demanding an end to his delay of hearings on auto no-fault bills.

The protest in the hallways of the state Capitol comes after Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate canceled a survivors' group meeting with House insurance committee Chair Brenda Carter.

A complaint filed against Our Home, Our Voice alleges the group is raising funds for a ballot initiative seeking to repeal a state renewable energy law without filing required reports with the state.

Michigan's new child restraint law takes age, height, and weight into account before switching a child among a rear-facing seat, a front-facing seat, and a booster seat, among other changes.