How did Michigan do it?
Michigan gets an F for transparency, experts say. A new order from the governor will improve openness, but the state still has a ways to go.
“We believe that women in Michigan … have an affirmative right to make their own healthcare decisions, including whether or not they choose to have an abortion,” Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist told The ‘Gander.
Before you head to the polls to decide which candidates are best to lead Michigan into a brighter future, it’s important to understand the basics of how to make your voice heard—including some key steps you need to take and deadlines you have to meet to cast your vote this year.
Michigan’s Bureau of Elections recommended that the state’s election board give final approval to a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution.
Michigan has joined six other Midwestern states in teaming up to accelerate the development of hydrogen as a clean-energy alternative for automobiles and factories that rely largely on climate-warming fossil fuels, governors said Monday.
Michigan is home to roughly 46,000 people of Ukrainian heritage, according to estimates from the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan. Members of the state’s Ukrainian community and other supporters have held rallies across the state to express solidarity with Ukraine.
“Had there been a searchable registry for convicted child abusers, I know this would have never happened to Wyatt,” his mother, Erica Hammel said.
Whitmer’s plan comes at a time when schools are struggling to retain teachers fleeing the profession after years of low pay, pandemic burnout, and most recently, the ongoing culture war over how race is taught in classrooms.
Michigan’s economy has improved at one of the best rates in the country. But what’s being done about inflation and gas prices?