Kindergarten enrollment was down 11.3 percent across Michigan last year as parents chose to keep their students home rather than face the COVID health risk.
The once-in-a-generation legislation promises to bring more than $10 billion in public works aid to Michigan, a state in dire need of upgrades to roads, dams and bridges, drinking water systems and other protections against climate change.
Documents released this week paint a picture of how Benton Harbor’s lead-tainted water crisis was allowed to fester for years amid funding shortfalls, communication breakdowns and delays.
The veto sets the stage for a petition drive Republicans hope to use to circumvent the Democratic governor’s objections to an effort critics say would drain money from public schools and violate the state’s constitution.
A looming federal mandate means 2 million Michigan residents must prove they’ve been vaccinated, submit to weekly tests or lose their jobs. A weatherman, dentist, nurse and pastor explain why they refused.
Some of our state’s largest and most profitable corporations have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the elected officials behind anti-democratic voter suppression bills.
