Futures for Frontliners scholarship, launched during pandemic, is wrapping up with 6K graduates so far, 1 in 4 who enrolled, which is significantly below the national average
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan rises from bottom in college financial aid with slate of new grants
Michigan awards millions of dollars in funding to help students of all ages earn a credential that’s more affordable. In the past five years the state has risen from near the bottom in aid for college students.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Regulators approve DTE contracts for Michigan’s first hyperscale data center
Regulators tacked on a host of conditions that, they say, protect DTE ratepayers from subsidizing the hefty cost of delivering energy to the facility. Data center opponents expressed outrage, while business leaders cheered the decision.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan ranked choice voting group ends 2026 ballot effort
Rank MI Vote, which seeks to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan, is ending a bid to put a proposal on the state’s 2026 ballot. Organizers say they may try again for 2028.
Posted inMichigan Government
Court blocks Michigan conversion therapy ban on free speech grounds
A federal appeals court has blocked Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists and counselors.
Posted inMichigan Government
Trump weather balloon cuts have Michigan meteorologists debating forecasts
Some weather forecasters say the missing data is affecting the quality of their predictions, while others say it’s too soon to tell.
Posted inBusiness Watch
‘Silver tsunami’ of retiring business owners leaves Main Streets at a crossroads
Michigan still adds more businesses than it loses, but business is slowing down as nearly 1 in 4 proprietors reach retirement age.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan Republicans push ‘red flag’ gun law repeal: ‘We do not need this’
A law to temporarily remove guns from a person at risk of hurting themselves or others could be on the chopping block under a House GOP proposal.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Federal judge: Michigan has no authority to shut down Line 5
US District Court Judge Robert Jonker said Michigan has ‘no power to interfere’ in the pipeline’s operations because safety issues fall under the US government’s purview.
Posted inMichigan Government
Former Chatfield aides get probation in exchange for testimony
Anné and Rob Minard will avoid jail time and will work with the attorney general in their prosecution of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield. ‘I suppose there are some that may say that seems like quite a deal given the scope of the crimes that were committed here,’ the judge said.