SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service dogs. The emotional reunion brought together Chase Benoit, Jared Hansen and the 2-year-old dogs ...
MARQUETTE — House Republicans are pushing to repeal a 2023 law that gives the state siting authority over large renewable energy projects. The law, which went into effect last November, gives the Public Service Commission the ability to issue permits to developers for utility-scale solar, ...
LANSING — There is no doubt that a free and independent press is under brutal assault in the United States. There are threats and online stalking of reporters, banning The Associated Press from official White House events and news conferences because the news agency still calls the Gulf of Mexico by the name “Gulf of Mexico” and the wholesale canceling of most federal government subscriptions to newspapers and other news services. The vice president, unhappy about coverage of the administration, has called out disfavored Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reporters by ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the ...
BARAGA — New grants for colleges and universities are aimed to expand student emergency aid and student services. This year, $7.8 million will become available for initiatives to increase the number of college graduates and skill certificate holders. The money is part of a $45 million ...
Every child deserves a safe place to live and the opportunity to reach their full potential. But housing prices continue to rise and pandemic relief measures that aided families have expired. Homelessness is climbing: the U.S. set a record for homelessness in 2024, with children seeing the largest increase — 39% — of any age group. Three new reports show that we have to do more to protect housing stability for Michigan families. The Ending Homelessness in Michigan 2023 Annual Report counts the total number of people the state’s homeless response system serves during the entire ...
