Some 10% of Michigan districts are going to voters with tax requests in November. Taxes for roads and public safety still overwhelmingly pass, but the success rate of school bonds has plummeted in recent years.
Bridge Michigan and Gongwer News Service analyzed several years of school bond data and the current ballot proposals. Here are five things to know about school funding efforts this fall.
The U.S. Postal Service has reversed its decision to close a contract postal unit in Salem Township following outcry from residents. The closure would have forced some residents to make a 14-mile round trip to get their mail.
Michiganders should prepare for some disappointment as they’re booking camping sites for next season. Over a dozen of the state’s campgrounds and day-use areas will be closed for some or all of the 2025 season.
A court ruling gave Michigan regulators authority to ramp up controls on factory-farm waste that pollutes waterways. Legislators have proposed exemptions for waste produced by ‘biodigesters,’ which capture methane for electricity and transportation fuels.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used a Michigan speech to repeat claims about the 2020 election, the state’s auto industry and tax policy. Here are the facts.
West Michigan has swung to Democrats in recent years, embodying the seismic political realignments precipitated by Donald Trump’s rise. Can he – and other Republicans – win back local voters?
Donald Trump pressured a top Republican to spread false claims about Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election and a campaign operative ‘sought to create chaos’ in Detroit, according to a newly unsealed court filing by special counsel Jack Smith.