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Active-shooter drills are required in Michigan’s schools, but the forms they take vary — from tabletop exercises among staff to school-day drills that feature actors posing as assailants. A federal panel will ask: To what end and at what cost?
Some Democrats want to mandate stores take bottles and cans during normal business hours. Foes say requiring the handling of ‘stinky, wet, gross cans’ is unfair.
Michigan in poised to save $10 million alone in road salt costs. It’s a similar story for county road crews, bucking a trend of increased use — and pollution — in lakes, rivers and groundwater.
Michigan has spent hundreds of millions on school safety in recent years, but some lawmakers contend policy solutions have stalled because of politics. Democrats disagree.
Critics challenging Michigan’s redistricting commission in court argue the latest proposed House map unfairly benefits incumbents and doesn’t address all of the issues that prompted a federal court to order a redraw.
National Park Service wants to wean off fossil fuels. That means switching to electric mowers at Pictured Rocks, solar at Keweenaw National Historical Park and discontinuing diesel generators on Isle Royale.
President Joe Biden is back in Michigan next week to campaign in Saginaw, a city with a large Black population in a county that has historically predicted who will win the presidential election.