Michigan House Speaker

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about struggling rural healthcare systems, the introduction of legislation mandating hospitals cut prices or lose nonprofit status, and Michigan agritourism where some farmers are disputing township regulations.

A breakthrough in budget discussions between Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration and House and Senate leaders is raising hopes a new state budget can be approved by the July first deadline.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about Blue Cross cutting its losses, Wolverine World Wide is turning around the shoe and boot business under new leadership, and a Republican plan to expand the state’s sales tax to include services is receiving pushback from some industries.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office declined to weigh in on the controversy

EPA cleaning up a former Muskegon manufacturing site, MSP fights human trafficking, movie talk, and more.

Mai Xiong and Peter Herzberg will serve out the rest of the current term that ends in December and are expected to run for reelection in the August primary and November general election

U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said Rick Johnson used an alias and burner phones to conceal bribes and laundered the money

A Republican legislative leader is running to be Michigan's next attorney general.House Speaker Tom Leonard announced his candidacy Thursday, saying he…