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Michigan schools now receive extra funding to support student safety and mental health. But it’s up to parents to ask their local districts how this money is being spent to ensure their children have the needed resources.
As a legislative majority, Democrats this year repealed the retirement tax, expanded the earned income tax credit and bolstered workers’ rights. There is more to do to spur innovation and help families.
Nearly half of the auto company’s non-union U.S. salaried workforce will get an incentive offer to leave their jobs by year-end. It’s the latest cost-cutting move to hit the Big Three’s professional workers.
Indiana leads the Midwest in population growth. Michigan lags. What can we learn from the Hoosier state? That building cities and towns where young people want to live and raise families can bring the economy along with them.
Donald Trump can appear on Michigan’s presidential primary ballot, a state judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting lawsuits that sought to disqualify him because of an insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution. Appeals are planned.
Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate says it’s not ‘feasible’ to fill vacant House seats by the end of February, meaning Democrats will need Republicans’ help to approve legislation well into next year.
Michigan schools do not have enough special education teachers, leaving many students without the services they need. Higher pay may help, as would lowering barriers for college students to teach in the speciality.
