DIMONDALE – State officials gathered Friday in front of what's currently a pit just south of Lansing to celebrate what it will become: a new, state-of-the-art facility to house public health and environmental science testing laboratories for three large agencies on the state secondary campus.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan saw the biggest territory gains as the state completed its rebid of Medicaid health plans.
Michigan's Early Childhood Court program is expanding to Saginaw and St. Clair counties thanks to a grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, the Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday.
A change in policy by the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential will expand the number of families eligible for free or low-cost child care, removing a requirement that a primary parent must cooperate with the Office of Child Support to qualify for care.
The Department of Attorney General and the Department of Health and Human Services have banded together to create a welfare fraud pretrial diversion program, the agencies announced Thursday.
Michigan State University has received a $25 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services aimed at fixing issues within Michigan's direct care workforce, the university announced Wednesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services renewed Medicaid and Healthy Michigan Plan coverage for 130,688 people in January, bumping the state's total enrollment to 1.2 million people.
Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday filed a response to a lawsuit challenging several abortion restrictions still in statute despite the state's voters passing an amendment to the Constitution ensuring reproductive rights.
Sen. Sylvia Santana told reporters Wednesday she backs the governor's proposal for increased spending on aid to the poor, including cash payments, but would like to see the proposed funding in that area go further in the next fiscal year budget.
Four groups advocating greater access to abortion sued the state Tuesday, challenging three of the abortion restrictions that remain on the books despite voters passing the Reproductive Freedom for All constitutional amendment in 2022.