LANSING — As Michigan’s budget stalemate continues in the weeks leading up to Labor Day, one area of consternation between the Democratic-led state Senate and the Republican-controlled state House is how to pay for road repair and maintenance in perpetuity as existing bond funding and ...
Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren't paying attention and wasted class time by repeating questions, ...
LANSING — Many Michigan localities expect to see harm from the loss of public funding, though few are preparing for cuts according to a recent survey from the University of Michigan Center for Local, State and Urban Policy. Released earlier this month, the survey examines city and county ...
LANSING — A new approach to solving Michigan’s housing crisis was pitched on Tuesday, with a $160 million legislative funding request that supporters said would be a bold new strategy for new and rehabilitated attainable dwellings. Dubbed the MI Home Program, the plan would leverage ...
EAST LANSING — In an unexpected “special” Zoom meeting on Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved a plan to build a permanent memorial to honor the victims of the shooting that gripped the MSU community on February 13, 2023, in which three students were killed and five ...
LANSING — The radio is silent in Greg Pratt's van, but that doesn't mean it's quiet as dozens of styrofoam containers filled with food squeal loudly from the trunk with each bump and turn. A former Marine, stay-at-home dad and Lansing resident, Pratt spends at least one night a week ...