LANSING — When a Washtenaw County student experiencing homelessness faced obstacles to being able to take the SAT because the test site was more than an hour away in Lansing, an increase in one-time federal funding created an opportunity. Washtenaw Intermediate School District Grants & ...
DETROIT — Nearly 500 more students were in attendance on Count Day in the Detroit school district this year compared to last, according to early data. The numbers are crucial for determining how much state funding the Detroit Public Schools Community District will receive. The early data ...
LANSING — After much hand wringing and consternation from lawmakers who feared detrimental effects to Michigan’s cannabis industry, the Michigan Senate voted early Friday morning by a thin margin to pass a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana products sold in the state. The measure is estimated ...
LANSING — The ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Sept. 29 seeking bond hearings for, and the release of, eight Michigan residents currently in immigration detention. The lead defendant in the case is Jose Daniel ...
LANSING — For Michigan’s Democrats in the U.S. House, the federal government shutdown comes down to one issue — health care affordability. In a joint press conference held Wednesday morning, hours after Congress missed the deadline to pass a federal budget, all six of the state’s ...
LANSING — The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have issued new legal guidance to local law enforcement agencies around the state on how to engage with federal immigration authorities — and urging them not to do any of that enforcement themselves. The guidance, ...