Michigan has 21,000 more teacher aides than a decade ago helping a shrinking population of schoolkids. Hiring more adults has yet to reverse learning skids, but one lawmaker likens it to turning around the Titanic.
As Michigan Democrats push energy bills setting ambitious deadlines for utilities to go ‘carbon neutral,’ they face pressure from all sides. Environmentalists want more, while business groups say the measures move too quickly.
In a state struggling with population and worker shortages, a quarter of young Michigan adults expect to live somewhere else within 10 years. College grads and Black respondents said they were more likely to leave.
The Supreme Court ruling puts an end to charges brought in 2021 by Attorney General Dana Nessel against seven state officials for their role in the Flint water crisis.
Housing for immigrant workers on dairy farms is often tucked away and largely exempt from inspections. Advocates say that can lead to poor conditions. ‘You have no one to protect you,’ one worker says.
State Rep. Karen Whitsett won’t support the repeal of abortion restrictions, leaving Democrats little room to pass bills in a tightly divided Legislature.
Michigan public school students can get free school breakfast and lunch at their schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Some lawmakers want to make the program permanent.
The former U.S. president wants to attract labor support, reports said. But the union leader dismissed the effort as the strike against the Big Three continues.
All young children in Michigan would undergo lead screening — unless their parents object — under legislation heading to the desk of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for expected signature.