The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has begun using artificial intelligence to help boost the number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cases it can review, a department official told members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DHHS last week. While ...

MARQUETTE — Room at the Inn Executive Director Chelsie Wilkinson recently got back from a trip to Lansing, where she presented to state legislators in the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Human Resources Appropriations Subcommittee about Room at the Inn’s permanent ...

LANSING — A new law will tighten work restrictions for 14 year olds to 17-year-olds and transition the work permit process to a centralized, online state system. The legislation, proposed by Democratic Reps. Phil Skaggs of East Grand Rapids, Veronica Paiz of Harper Woods and Helena Scott of ...

A leader in the House Republican caucus is in the early stages of researching ways to amend the state’s public notice requirements that presently rely on postings in local newspapers to keep the public informed about important local meetings or other legal notices. Although the work is in ...

IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy early Thursday in Ironwood Township, the cause of which has not been publicly released. Gogebic County deputies were dispatched about 4:21 a.m. and "immediately began assessing the child ...

HOUGHTON – Saturday marks the day of the Copper Country 100 snowmobile race. The race is sponsored by COR Powersports, of Somerset, Wisc. and Visit Keweenaw. COR Powersports is a group of motorsport enthusiasts located in Somerset, Wisc. The race will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday at Valley ...