The next state budget is now in the governor’s hands, just one day after most details of both spending plans became public.

Gov. Whitmer has announced a number of other proposals to make Michigan more electric vehicle friendly.

Juwan Deering was convicted in 2005 of setting a house fire that killed five children in Royal Oak Township. On Tuesday, a judge granted a joint prosecution and defense motion to overturn those convictions, saying Deering's trial violated his constitutional rights.

Today on Stateside, things get real for car crash victims under auto insurance reforms. Also, how a couple of COVID cases and a lack of qualified substitute teachers shut down one Michigan school district. And writer Jerry Dennis talks about life up north, and changes he’s observed.

The implementation of auto insurance reforms this summer is creating major problems for people injured in catastrophic collisions. Providers of at-home care have hit a wall requesting payments that have kept patients alive for years. That's putting the entire industry at risk of collapse.

Whitmer told the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Island Conference that federal COVID money could be used to help workers upgrade their skills and create new infrastructure

The LMAS health district in the U.P. doesn’t have any intensive care beds, so some sick patients have to wait for care.

After a unanimous city council vote, Dearborn police will get access to live school security footage. Some residents and civil rights activists are concerned it will infringe on civil liberties and privacy.

Kent County commissioners received an alarming email recently from health director Adam London detailing threats of violence and intimidation made against him, his colleagues, and his family. The threats were from parents angry about the county-wide schools mask mandate.

On today’s Stateside podcast, anger over a school mask mandate in Kent County has led to threats against the head of the health department.

75 year old John Douglas Allen is facing extortion and other charges

Challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are worsening an already bad shortage of school bus drivers, and it's impacting how they serve students.