Hayley Harding, Votebeat

Double voting is rare, but Macomb County officials say they caught it four times in Michigan’s August primary.

A Macomb County clerk facing charges, self-proclaimed ‘constitutional sheriff’ and northern Michigan wife of a conspiracy theorist all cruised to victory in Republican primaries.

In all, about a quarter of voters were expected to participate in the primary, down from 2022 and 2020. ‘Most people are just ready for November,’ one clerk says.

‘Crossover’ voting between parties on the same ballot isn’t allowed in the Michigan primary. Many voters do it anyway.

A voter check-in outage complicated the start of Michigan’s new early voting period. But the state says it has a fix.

The rate of mothers dying as a result of pregnancy has increased dramatically in Michigan, and is far worse for American Indian and Black moms.

Advocates and leaders say Michigan can reform its laws to better support the million-plus caregivers in the state.

Kinship caregivers are often overlooked and undercounted in Michigan, especially as they are rarely defined or recognized in most state laws.

As Michigan ages, a new survey quantifies the depth of the state's caregiving crisis: Most eldercare workers have no paid help and more than third have no help whatsoever.