As approved Tuesday by the US Senate, the ‘big, beautiful bill’ could have a big impact on Michigan. It proposes major changes to federal taxes, Medicaid, food assistance, energy, student loan programs and more.
Michigan is producing more engineers and fewer English majors as a shift toward science and technology fields comes as fewer are opting for liberal arts degrees. The shift also shows more women and minorities are graduating with STEM degrees, fields long dominated by men.
Dexter is one of a number of districts joining a federal suit against the developers of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok, YouTube and others, contending their ‘addictive’ algorithms target vulnerable children and teens.
State officials wondered whether moving opening day from a fixed calendar date to the weekend would bring more interest to a waning sport. Turns out, Michiganders are deeply attached to the Nov. 15 tradition.
Michigan’s top economic development official said vetting of Gotion Inc. and other companies in line to receive state incentives will become more probing. Lawmakers have put the latest, $175 million Gotion incentive on hold.
Sparrow has been a training ground for MSU medical and nursing students for more than a century. But with U-M Health taking over Sparrow this month, some MSU leaders worry that Spartans will be squeezed out.
The Biden administration is filing an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a Wednesday federal court ruling restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone.