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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a new state education budget that expands Pre-K access, boosts per-pupil funding and invests in training new teachers. More education policy changes are coming too.
Arraignments for the 16 ‘false electors’ charged with eight felony counts apiece are set for Aug. 10, court records show. Several defendants charged and their supporters are doubling down on the actions Attorney General Dana Nessel argues violated Michigan law.
Officials with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services initially denied an open records request by Bridge Michigan for emails and documents regarding a $25 million state grant but ultimately agreed to release them after a successful challenge.
Emails obtained by Bridge show Michigan officials pressed to expedite a grant to the former aide of ex-House Speaker Jason Wentworth; asked few questions before approving the project.
The group ranges from high-profile party officials to town clerks, mayors and a dairy farmer. Some are defiant, others flummoxed. All face the same felony charges for trying to award Michigan’s 2020 electoral votes to Donald Trump.
In 1961, Michigan’s bald eagle population dipped to 52 breeding pairs. Bans on DDT and other harmful chemicals fed a recovery. But the national bird still faces threats from lead bullets and sprawling development.
A new Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index examined pay, expected growth, turnover, and necessary training to rank 36 health care job roles from the ‘healthiest’ — nurse practitioner — to the ‘unhealthiest’ — dental assistant.
