The legislation would require lawmakers to publicly submit spending requests for the upcoming budget by April each year.

A bill to outlaw gun bump stocks, which allow users to fire multiple rounds with a single trigger squeeze, is awaiting a floor vote in the Michigan Senate.

Today, what to know about tick season before you head into the woods this summer. Then, the elements that make up a Sudanese folk tale, and a new podcast that makes the most of them. Plus, Detroit Public Theatre closes out this season with a compelling play about the aftermath of a school shooting.

Michigan Public's John U. Bacon looks at Tyrese Haliburton's latest NBA heroics for the Pacers; the NHL's tight Oilers-Panthers matchup; and Detroit Tigers news.

Michigan House Republicans and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are headed to court in a fight over access to election-related materials and legislative oversight. The House GOP majority filed a lawsuit seeking an order for the Democratic Secretary of State to fully comply with a legislative subpoena. Plus, blowing past a July 1st state budget deadline.

What was Santa Ono thinking? It's Florida. Florida! Did he really think it was going to be a seamless transition from Ann Arbor to (checks notes) the Jim Crow Wannabe Era?

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

More than 200 wildfires are raging across Canada, sending a thick blanket of choking smoke through the U.S. Midwest. Experts says climate change means U.S. residents better get used to it.

Supporters say roadside saliva testing for prohibited drugs will make the roads safer. Detractors say the proposed system is ripe for abuse.

The Environmental Law and Policy Center says it successfully requested changes to a pipeline company's right-of-way renewal permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Flint’s budget problems boil over. Also, a Michigan constitutional scholar talks about recent history of the Supreme Court — pre-Trump — into the modern era. And we bid farewell to a global pro wrestling legend from Michigan.

Environmental groups concerned about drilling a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac want Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, EGLE, to deny a Water Resources Permit that would allow the project to go forward.