The Trump administration cut a combined $4.5 million in criminal justice grant funding for Michigan-based organizations as part of a broad cost-cutting effort. Advocates say the move could cost lives. Local law enforcement groups say it’s too early to tell.
As Michigan Republicans seek to regroup, the current state chair is accusing her presumed successor of a $200,000 payoff and seeking to block his election at this weekend’s state convention.
What happens when you tell jobless workers to log in on Monday? They log in. Up to 340,000 login attempts per hour set a new record, crashing the state’s system as workers tried to reset benefits that expired in December.
BridgeDetroit and Bridge Michigan joined forces to co-host a book club discussion on the historical fiction novel set in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood
Many residents in northern, rural and more low-income regions do not qualify for free tuition because they’re not in “community college districts.” The state can close the gap with another $7.5 million.
An absence of data has hindered efforts to vaccinate the state, as officials have no idea about the racial breakdown of recipients, making it harder to address equity gaps and fix problems with distribution.
A power struggle between Republicans and the Democratic governor shows no sign of letting up, and advocates say schools and the needy could be the victims.
Calumet was once the center of Michigan’s mining industry. These days, it’s grown into a hotspot for an anti-government movement that’s prompted a mask burning ceremony, an armed demonstration, election conspiracies and a caravan to last month’s Capitol protest.
A Michigan Court of Claims lawsuit seeks to overturn a state order barring high school contact sports through Feb. 21 to slow the spread of COVID-19. The suit claims it’s a double standard to allow collegiate and professional sports, but not high school ones.
The Democratic Secretary of State and a Republican who led a fraud inquiry agree on the need for more training and other reforms, despite vastly different conclusions about the November election.