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Michigan officially becomes a right-to-work state Thursday.

Close to 60 Michigan harbors should be dredged in time for the summer boating season.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has called for a grand jury investigation into an outbreak of meningitis and other illnesses caused by tainted steroids.

As we hear from The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Rick Pluta, the contaminated medicine has been linked to 259 cases of illness and 14 deaths in the state.

The attorney general filed his request with the Michigan Court of Appeals. If the court says yes, a judge and up to 17 grand jurors would conduct the inquiry into whether any crimes were committed. The proceedings would be secret.

The U-S Supreme Court will once again take up a case that deals with affirmative action and how students are admitted to Michigan’s public universities.

The Flint City Council plans to vote Monday to take the first step toward phasing out the city’s emergency manager.

Governor Rick Snyder is applauding the Michigan House for approving legislation that would expand a state-run authority for struggling schools.

Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says she supports changing the state's current winner-take-all system in presidential elections.

The state says six Michigan dam removal or repair projects are getting a share of more than $2.3 million in funding.

The Department of Natural Resources on Friday announced it has approved six Dam Management Grant Program projects.

The program was started last year to support Governor Rick Snyder's infrastructure efforts.

Michigan says the state's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate rose statewide and is up in all 17 major job markets, mainly because of the usual winter downturn.