A public school interest group pushing for a 2026 ballot initiative to raise taxes on high-income earners in Michigan held a virtual event July 21 to rally support. At least one expert in education ...

A teacher-preparation program that received $38 million from Michigan taxpayers in years past may receive another $40 million in the upcoming budget. Rep. John Roth, R-Traverse City, requested a $40 ...

The Michigan Education Association lost members again in 2025, according to the union’s latest federally required LM-2 filings. The teachers union had roughly 130,000 working members and $132 million ...

A 28-year veteran of the state health department has filed a lawsuit in the Wayne County Circuit Court claiming the state ...

In 2024-25, nearly all of Flint Community Schools’ students in grades three through eight — 90% — were not proficient in ...

The city of Grand Rapids owns, rents, or leases about 727 vehicles, according to a 12-page document obtained through a records request. Every month, the city pays about $1.2 million, including costs ...

The American Federation of Teachers-Michigan recently promoted a union event featuring the Metro Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, a group whose ideology includes voting rights for illegal ...

Michigan taxpayers have dumped billions of dollars into the automotive industry for nearly 30 years but the state has lost 287,300 manufacturing jobs over that time. Michigan’s manufacturing workforce ...

When Michigan approved subsidies for a data center in Grand Rapids in 2015, the data storage company Switch promised it would create 1,000 jobs. A 2022 state report said Switch had created 26 jobs or ...

Big changes could come to the state government in the wake of a ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims that some legislative ...

A small number of companies that still collect on tax credits from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority are expected to receive $533.1 million more from the state than they owe in taxes this year, ...

Buying legal marijuana in Michigan will likely cost about 24% more starting next year, thanks to a tax hike meant to fill potholes. Michigan’s political leaders have agreed not to shut down the state ...