GOP lawmakers defend a measure that would require schools to publicly post curricula, book titles, writing assignments and other material at the start of the school year or lose 5 percent of funding. Democrats call it a ploy to politicize education.

State Police are moving to body cams. But critics say a similar effort lacks specifics and funding. The effort comes as studies question the effectiveness of the cameras.

Lansing has tax cut fever. Republicans want to reduce income tax rates as part of a $2 billion tax cut. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also is proposing her own cuts.

Omicron struck like lightning. Now that it’s fading, educators are rethinking how to keep kids in school, hospitals are adjusting models and businesses are eying child-care alternatives for next time.

So many cities have opted out of pot that small towns are key to growth of the industry. That’s caused some heartburn in Lawrence in Van Buren County, but the revenue and jobs are tough to pass up.

Anne and Rob Minard were senior staffers for the former House speaker. She ran a nonprofit tied to Chatfield that spent nearly a half-million on travel, while a business connected to the pair was paid $1 million by Republicans.

Michigan’s efforts to boost third-grade reading skills took a hit during the pandemic, with teachers reporting less time to provide targeted support to struggling readers, particularly more vulnerable readers, an MSU report found.

On Feb. 23, Bridge Michigan associate editor and enterprise reporter Ron French and education reporter Isabel Lohman will moderate a Zoom discussion on how COVID and COVID policies affected K-12 students.

Almost 90 percent of all funding fueling fights over Michigan’s ballot measures comes from ‘dark money’ groups that are not required to disclose their donors.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed education budget plan focused mostly on the state’s struggling K-12 schools. But Michigan universities and community colleges would also get a big spending bump, assuming GOP lawmakers buy in.

Organizers with End Gun Violence Michigan are considering a 2024 ballot proposal if the Republican-led Legislature does not act on firearm reforms following a shooting at Oxford High School that left four dead and others injured.

In a survey by the Michigan Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, educators noted more shortages and disruption than before and said they are less satisfied with their jobs.