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Residents have spent years trying and failing to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce laws that could prevent communities of color from bearing the brunt of pollution. They had hope when President Joe Biden took office, but then nothing happened.
Democrats are close to completing one of their education priorities: changing the teacher evaluation system by making evaluations less reliant on how students perform on tests.
A lone Democrat holdout prompts House to abandon plans to eliminate waiting period, approve what abortion rights groups call a ‘watered down’ version of the ‘Reproductive Health Act.’
The state is pumping millions of dollars into the education budget to help school districts fill bus driver vacancies. Even so, pay remains a hurdle, so some districts offer gas cards, rideshares and public transport options.
Republicans join Democrats in approving plan to require some financial disclosure for political candidates and officials. Many acknowledge it doesn’t go far enough, but contend it is a start.
A three-judge panel will decide if electoral maps drawn by the state’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission violate the rights of Black Detroit voters.
More than 100,000 Michigan residents rely on this benefit to keep them out of nursing homes and shorten hospital stays. But proposed federal cuts would roll back this coverage, at a time when there is a worker shortage.
This voting rights bill ensures no military member or family members stationed overseas have to worry about their ballot being returned on time and counted.
