The southeast Michigan city has been under a state of emergency while investigators try to understand the circumstances and lapses that led to the spill, and assess any lingering health risks from the chemicals entering Flat Rock’s sewer system.

Michigan hospitalizations for COVID are nowhere near levels of the spring surge, but so many staffers are leaving health systems that there is not the personnel to care for many new patients, the vast majority of whom are unvaccinated.

You failed,’ a lawmaker tells the acting director of the Unemployment Insurance Agency, which has had a host of problems during the pandemic.

A new commission has spent weeks drawing districts in rural areas of Michigan, but has set aside only five days for southeast Michigan. Some fear they could be in a rush to complete the process.

The Detroit Public Schools Community District had 50,000 students enrolled on the first day of school, but it may take home visits to get all of them in the classroom.

Fewer K-12 students will likely have to stay home from school because of exposure to COVID under new recommendations from the state health department. But local schools and health departments will have the final say on safety rules this year.

Many states have a history of placing financial burdens on local governments. Few have been so brazen, devious and destructive as has Michigan

It is time that the state met the childcare needs of working families and the business community while promoting stronger educational outcomes for the next generation of workers.