Consumers, DTE to expand EV charger network in Michigan July 8, 2024 | Kelly House in Michigan Environment Watch
A charter school for the rural poor closes August 12, 2014 | Pat Shellenbarger in Children & Families
A graying population poses challenges for Up North counties March 12, 2015 | Nancy Derringer in Quality of Life High up on Michigan’s Mitten, arthritis is creeping into the fingertips. Michigan leads the nation with the most counties with a median age over 50.
Along Michigan’s back roads, thousands of homeless children August 12, 2014 | Pat Shellenbarger in Children & Families Brenda Greenhoe scours abandoned garages and backwoods lots in rural counties, bringing adrift children to school.
A charter school for the rural poor closes August 12, 2014 | Pat Shellenbarger in Children & Families Is it better to keep low-income students together despite poor test scores? Or do they benefit from learning alongside middle-class children?
Free speech goes begging in Grand Rapids August 7, 2014 | Ted Roelofs in Children & Families Across Michigan, communities are trying to craft restrictions on panhandling that don’t run afoul of First Amendment protections.
A day on the streets with a young panhandler August 7, 2014 | Ted Roelofs in Children & Families The story behind one man's sign.
Down and out in Lake County August 5, 2014 | Pat Shellenbarger in Children & Families Lake County competes for the unwanted title of Michigan’s poorest county. Like many rural areas across the state, Lake residents endure higher poverty, serious health and social ills, and little hope for the future.
Living poor, in a county of wealth August 5, 2014 | Pat Shellenbarger in Children & Families Being poor is tough anywhere. But wanting for basics in Livingston County, the state’s most affluent, carries a different kind of sting.
