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Tourism is big in Frankfort, but the Lake Michigan city is losing its year-round workforce. This year, its new land trust will sell houses for less than cost, hoping the affordability boost will balance the economy.
Michiganders are now keeping 21 percent of their waste out of landfills. The state aims to boost that to 45 percent, but disagreement lingers about how to get there.
Pretrial release should be the default for non-violent offenses. Fixing the state’s pretrial system requires a balanced approach between the presumption of innocence and preserving public safety.
Michigan is producing more engineers and fewer English majors as a shift toward science and technology fields comes as fewer are opting for liberal arts degrees. The shift also shows more women and minorities are graduating with STEM degrees, fields long dominated by men.
For 25 years, Michigan prisoners have not been given a chance to lower their sentences based on good behavior. A prisoner’s life, as much as anyone else's life, has value; they still deserve to be treated as human with mercy and fairness.
