Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to announce a plan during her State of the State speech Wednesday to provide prekindergarten education for all 4-year-olds in Michigan in an attempt to help families with rising costs.
A new battery job training program from Henry Ford College is enticing students with the prospects of making $30 an hour after graduation.
The corridor will stretch nearly 900 miles from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Quebec City, and will feature EV charging stations about every 50 miles.
State lawmakers earmarked $4.5 million to forgive medical debt. Those funds have gone on to help erase about $450 million in debt for 180,000 Michiganders.
Despite record funding for public schools in Michigan, teacher salaries aren’t keeping pace with the rate of inflation.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democratic leaders have wasted no time outlining their highly anticipated priorities for the session.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday signed a bill to repeal a controversial state law which for years has punished Michigan students who fall behind more than one grade level in reading and writing by forcing them to repeat the third grade.
If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gets her way, Michigan children could start getting one-on-one tutoring in reading before spring break.
A package of legislation introduced this week by nine Republican lawmakers in the Michigan Senate would make it easier for Michiganders to own and carry guns, but polling shows that’s the opposite of what voters are trying to accomplish.
Michigan Attorney General Nessel has thrown her support behind legislation designed to protect victims from having their personal information released in court.
