Ron French | Bridge Michigan

Traffic fatalities on Michigan roads have increased since the pandemic. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently launched a commission to lower traffic deaths by 30%

Stress over weather and markets to sell their products has endangered family farms. And now, state funding for farmer mental health counseling is gone — not among the items renewed in this year’s budget.

Michigan counties, townships and cities will split about $725 million in opioid settlement funds over 18 years, with communities harder hit by the opioid crisis receiving more money per capita.