DTE Energy and Consumers Energy say their systems are more reliable after severe outages this year. But with extreme weather increasing from climate change, they’re looking at additional funding options such as customer surcharges or bonds.
Ahead of a gathering to assess the health of Lake Erie, the state acknowledges it won’t meet a 2025 deadline to cut phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie by 40 percent. The goal is to protect Lake Erie and Michigan’s small farms.
Michigan struggles to keep up as costs mount to clean up sites. But Lansing lawmakers aren’t considering options to raise more money for long-term contamination sites, making them likely to cost millions annually for generations.
Michigan confirms salmonella cases in Kent, Oakland, Wayne, Marquette and Kalamazoo counties. Cantaloupes have been linked to hundreds of cases in the United States and Canada since Oct. 16.
‘Opportunities have been forever eradicated’ for victims Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre and Justin Shilling, as the classmate who murdered them is sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Kevin Guskiewicz is trading Tar Heels Carolina blue for Spartans green and white. He will be MSU’s next president and he has his work cut out for him as the school navigates multiple scandals.
The 9-year-old says students who went through pandemic learning face intense emotions, from anger to sadness to joy. Movement exercises like yoga and calming practices like mindfulness help students focus in school.
Michigan State University’s next leader will come from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. MSU leaders hope he’ll bring stability to a school rocked with several scandals.
