Tucked away between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s headline-grabbing spending proposals for education, infrastructure and more on Wednesday lies a potentially historic win for local governments.
Michiganders have seen thousands of new jobs, progress on a lengthy list of road repairs, lower costs for families pinched by inflation, and continued efforts to make the state a safer place to live, work and learn.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week designed to encourage economic development in the state and bring thousands of new jobs to Michigan.
Elk Rapids is surrounded by water. To protect and restore all that, the city is hiring a shoreline management coordinator through a new state program.
A statewide ranking system that assigns letter grades to public schools in Michigan will no longer be used to judge their performance. But there’s still plenty of data available to help parents find the right school.
Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation to create a new state board to keep watch on rising prescription drug costs in Michigan—and set new price limits for Big Pharma.
Suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker said Monday that allegations of sexual harassment against him are “completely false” and the intimate phone call he had with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy is outside the scope of both Title IX and school policy.
Four months in, dozens of survivors of various forms of violence are taking advantage of Michigan’s new Address Confidentiality Program.
Plus: Keep MI beautiful while shopping at these local businesses. Share with a friend Fellow Michigander, It’s hard for small businesses to compete with big box stores—especially on Black Friday. Yet many Michiganders want to support their local shops, while keeping their dollars in their communities. The solution? Small Business Saturday. That’s why this week,…
A man formerly known as a powerful Michigan lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in federal prison for accepting bribes as head of a marijuana licensing board.
