Michigan’s new three-digit hotline has produced a jump in calls by people in mental health distress since it began last summer. But advocates say the next step – continued treatment for those callers – is fraught with delays because of a shortage of trained professionals.
One quarter of Republicans in the Michigan Legislature signed onto a letter asking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president, suggesting Donald Trump could face organized GOP opposition in the state.
Protecting clerks and other election workers is at the top of the secretary of state’s legislative agenda. She’s got support from legislative Democrats.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer must lay out a bold vision to protect our waters, clean up toxic groundwater, keep water services from being privatized and put the onus on chemical companies to show they can operate safely.
Electric vehicles are on the rise in Michigan. But their increased use could mean bad news for Michigan roads if the gas tax remains the main funding source for repairs, a new report found.
Climate change is already affecting the Great Lakes. One group is urging Michigan, other Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces to coordinate efforts to make the Great Lakes basin more resilient to those changes.
Michigan wants to increase renewable energy. Will solar parks spread across hundreds of acres meet less resistance than wind turbines taller than the Washington Monument?
With winter surveys and summer insecticide treatment, Michigan aims to avoid the fate of Eastern states, which lost hemlocks to pests native to Japan. But warming winters are making it harder to stand our ground.
Teachers wanted a voice in setting the state’s education agenda. With the Legislature now under Democratic control, four key panels that control education policy and funding will be led by former teachers.
