New state funding of $40 million has been allocated to increase dual enrollment of high school students in college courses, especially for districts with economically disadvantaged students.

We should demand that our elections be accurate. We should ask tough questions when warranted. Accountability and scrutiny are strengths of our system, not challenges to overcome. But we also have to ...

Flanked by state attorneys and staff, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel remarks on the release of a 105-page report into the state’s failed Flint water crisis prosecution. (Kelly House/Bridge ...

Environmentalists fear the Porcupine Mountains, shown here, could be harmed by a copper mining proposal near the border of Wisconsin. (Photo via Shutterstock) The Michigan Strategic Fund approved the ...

After 18 years on the Mason City Council, Elaine Ferris faces recall in November over a vote she says was intended to protect her city from data center development, not invite it. Mason, in Ingham ...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, left, says she wants to audit all oil pipelines in the state and replace any, including Line 5, that are hazardous. Republican candidate John James, ...

John Boyer grew up on his family’s 131 acres of rolling fields of corn, oats and wheat in East Jordan. The farm changed ownership outside the family several times over the decades before being ...

I built my career studying public education in Michigan. Nothing scares me more for its future than vouchers. For 30 years, some Michigan lawmakers have pushed the agenda of school choice and ...

What happened to summer, Michigan? School buses are beginning to make the rounds again, which means it’s time for new Pink Pearl erasers, mechanical pencils that double as shivs and the almighty ...

Every day, more than 2 million Michiganders rely on Medicaid to see a doctor, fill a prescription, get their child a checkup or access mental health care. Most of them never think about what makes ...

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed are competing in Michigan’s closely watched US Senate race. (AP photos) As voters consider who should fill Michigan’s open US Senate seat, there are ...