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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Doulas are helping Michiganders have safe, supported abortions
Jex Blackmore, co-founder of Hydra Mutual Aid Fund in Detroit, explains how a group of trained Michiganders is helping disperse crucial reproductive health information.
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3 ways Trump’s war picked Michiganders’ pockets this summer
As the Trump administration struggles to find common ground with leaders in the Middle East, Michiganders are bracing for an expensive summer season.
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Federal funding cuts cause Planned Parenthood of MI to close its education department
Michiganders continue to lose access to valuable sexual health resources one year after Republicans voted to pass the Trump Administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
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‘Our kids need support’: Michigan teacher fights for mental health funding and resources in local schools
Kelsey Wiley, a high school English teacher in Metro Detroit, discusses how she’s fighting for expanded mental health support in schools across Michigan.
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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.
