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After three student suicides, one Michigan school district fights back
Following a year of unrelenting grief in rural Cedar Springs, the district resolved to find ways to identify stress before students fall into crisis. There are signs the effort is beginning to make a difference.
A Michigan mother finds solace in schools’ response after son’s suicide
“This could happen to any family,” the west Michigan mom said, nearly four years after her son took his life just before his senior year of high school.
Rural Michigan needs doctors. Paying their debts may be an answer
Lawmakers eye expansion of program that pays student debt of medical professionals who practice in underserved areas, as the Michigan doctor shortage intensifies.
Benton Harbor crisis a tipping point for Gretchen Whitmer, school takeovers
The fate of Benton Harbor schools could foreshadow the fate of other Michigan school districts facing high debt and low student achievement
Opinion | Dana Nessel: Line 5 must close to protect all of Michigan
Michigan’s attorney general explains why she sued to close the controversial Line 5 gas pipeline that passes beneath the Mackinac Straits.
Students to University of Michigan: Stop funding Detroit evictions
A group of students petitioned the Board of Regents to cut a $30 million investment from the school’s endowment fund to a firm whose work in Detroit has led to some housing evictions.
With city in limbo, Benton Harbor prepares new pitch to save its high school
As veteran teachers flee the troubled district, Benton Harbor officials will try to sell Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on giving them at least four years to fix their struggling high school.
Will this application help Michigan select a fair redistricting commission?
The Secretary of State has released a proposed application to serve on the new redistricting commission. The public can offer comment through Aug. 9.
Opinion | U-M’s investment is helping us improve Detroit, not evict people.
Two developers respond to a Bridge Magazine article about their investments in Detroit. ‘Our focus is increasing availability of affordable, quality housing for the city’s residents.’
New rules to give residents of poor cities piece of Michigan pot industry
The state’s marijuana regulatory industry announced rules to give license discounts for qualified residents in cities that were most heavily targeted for pot crimes. An industry official said the rules are well-meaning, but she doubts their impact.
Michigan prison inmates need job skills, but technology books are banned
Basic reference books on computers and electronics, starting a business or even driving a truck are prohibited as perceived threats to the “order and security” of prisons. Officials say they are now rethinking this policy.
Opinion | Benton Harbor’s school crisis needs more than a bandage fix
Benton Harbor is in danger of losing its high school because of poor academic performance and debilitating debt. A former state superintendent says the district’s struggles should be a wake-up call for Michigan.
Michigan Supreme Court hears debate on minimum wage, sick leave laws
Does Michigan’s constitution allow the legislature to adopt and amend citizen initiatives in the same two-year term, or does it explicitly prohibit the practice? It’s now up to the state’s highest court to decide.
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