Lucas Henkel is a Reporter and Strategic Communications Producer for COURIER based in mid-Michigan, covering community stories and public policies across the country.
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Michigan teacher resorts to ‘old school’ methods to combat rising AI use among students
Kelley Cusmano, a high school English teacher in Metro Detroit, discusses how she’s helping students learn without AI.
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MEA worries constitutional convention is Republicans’ plan to lock MI into vouchers
The Michigan Education Association has joined a coalition of organizations encouraging Michiganders to vote against the constitutional convention question this fall.
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Former MI Teacher of the Year is transforming students into future leaders
High school students in Kelley Cusmano’s leadership class in Metro Detroit are learning skills to strengthen their communities in and out of the classroom.
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Pine River Middle School English teacher wins the ‘Oscar of Teaching’ award
After being named the 2025-26 Milken Educator Award, Stephanie Johnson of LeRoy says she’s donating her prize money to create a scholarship for local students.
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“I’m so proud that we stood up”: Upper Peninsula tribe halts data center plans after community pushback
Chippewa communities in the eastern Upper Peninsula are working together to keep data centers off tribal land—and they’re succeeding.
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Michigan mom says Rx Kids made all the difference to her family
Nyah Phillips of Inkster explains how a cash prescription program for parents helped her growing family—and why she’s fighting alongside other Michigan moms to expand it statewide.
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Sec. Jocelyn Benson says she’ll be a ‘governor who gets it,’ vows to protect reproductive health care in Michigan
In an exclusive interview, Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson said she’ll protect access to reproductive care—and make sure those rights are real for Michiganders across the state.
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Michigan parents to Whitmer: Don’t sign us up for Trump’s vouchers
Over 60% of Michigan voters already rejected a Betsy DeVos voucher scheme. Now, Trump’s trying to bring it back—and Michiganders are telling Whitmer to make sure he keeps his hands off the Mitten’s schools.
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Michiganders are losing a lot more money to online scams than we thought
A new report reveals that Michiganders are losing $1.7 billion annually to online fraud—and Meta is banking on it.
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Sen. Mallory McMorrow proposes parent-approved safeguards to keep Michigan kids safe online
In an exclusive interview, McMorrow told The ‘Gander how she’s fighting alongside Michigan parents to create guardrails that prevent Big Tech companies from profiting off of kids’ online data.
