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A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low. We have more from Rick Pluta.

More Michigan students who start a post-secondary degree or certificate are finishing within eight years. Colin Jackson has more on state data released this week.

School districts face tough choices as their fiscal years began Tuesday while the Legislature remains deadlocked on a state K-12 budget. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan House voted this week to ban certain dyes and additives from school foods. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan schools won’t have a new budget from the state for at least two weeks. Colin Jackson reports that’s after lawmakers missed a statutory deadline Tuesday for passing one.

The director of the Michigan State Police spent an hour and a half Tuesday taking questions from lawmakers about morale in a department that appears skeptical of his leadership. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The state budget isn't done, and differences between the House and Senate could drag this on. WEMU's David Fair talked with Ann Arbor State Representative Jason Morgan about what the holdups are and when work might be completed.

A ballot campaign planning to launch soon would ask voters to ban political donations from committees affiliated with utility monopolies and from with public contractors. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a case concerning a lawsuit over the Line 5 oil pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac. Colin Jackson has more.

Democrat lawmakers will review Michigan’s state omnibus budget plan for fiscal year 2026. State Representative Jennifer Conlin is concerned that Republicans are overlooking education funding. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.