Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield says up to 900 city employees may need raises to bring their wages up to what she calls a livable standard.

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield’s budget plan is balanced, but slightly smaller than recent years due to what her administration calls “a tightening revenue environment."

Some of Michigan’s early education providers are getting additional funding thanks to an expanding Early Childhood Educator Wage Initiative pilot program.

State officials and members of the public have raised questions about whether more could have been done to track and prepare for deadly tornadoes that hit southwest Michigan.

“Crude oil was at $65 a barrel. At the end of Friday, it was above $90 a barrel. Just to kind of put in perspective how much crude oil has increased within the last week and a half," said Adrienne Woodland, AAA Michigan spokesperson.

A look into how the expansion of Rx Kids is supporting communities in the Upper Peninsula. Plus, recovery efforts are underway in several southwest Michigan communities after multiple tornadoes struck in early March. And we remember the legacy of Melvin Parson, an Ypsilanti farmer and social justice advocate. Last, a new On Hand episode investigates the origin of the coney dog.

World shares tumbled on Monday, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunging more than 5%, after oil prices spiked at nearly $120 a barrel.

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

We can be bereaved, we can be bereft, and sometimes we can be both bereaved and bereft.

Available funding doesn’t come close to meeting repair needs. Homeowners say they don’t have time to wait.

Observers found state officials hadn’t been properly checking credentials for school-based services staff, like counselors and teacher aides.

The National Weather Service issued a series of tornado warnings as storms moved across southwest Michigan Friday. Video from Three Rivers shows debris spiraling through a strip mall