Alison Costello - Capital News Service

LANSING — The federal Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier for workers to join unions, but some business groups say it would invade workers’ privacy.

Mothers and newborns will benefit from a new program to improve health care for them in Michigan hospitals, the Michigan Health and Hospitals Association says.

LANSING — The Midwest is working on a plan to shorten travel time with more high-speed passenger rail trains connecting stations in nine states to Chicago.