The court Friday ordered the state canvassing board to certify Unlock Michigan petitions, paving the way for the Republican-led Legislature to repeal an invalidated law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue unilateral emergency orders early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Should farmers get more clout in redistricting? Or churches? Those are among the ideas emerging from a statewide listening tour from a group charged with redrawing Michigan’s political districts.
On June 30, Bridge Michigan business editor Paula Gardner will moderate a Zoom discussion with two business and labor experts on the causes and solutions to the state’s labor pipeline crisis.
More than 1 million state residents care for their relatives, but most are never trained. After losing two parents, a Farmington Hills woman has begun boot camps to teach others.
In some communities around the country, mental health professionals respond to some police calls to help de-escalate situations. Michigan could do the same.