LANSING – Legislation proposed in the House would allow students to attend any public K-12 school in the state for free and require all public schools to let children from outside the district apply for admission. Rep. Pat Outman, R-Six Lakes, said the proposal would lead students to enroll ...
More than three years after Michigan communities began receiving millions of dollars to fight the opioid epidemic, some have yet to spend a dime. Michigan is set to receive at least $1.6 billion over 18 years from a national lawsuit settlement with drug manufacturers, distributors and ...
ALPENA – On April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. At the exact same time in Alpena, Ella White elementary school fourth grader Corey Brooker watched in anticipation as the shuttle launched, and his dreams took flight from there. When Artemis 2 ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Paramedics and emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, face a harsh reality in Michigan — shrinking revenue has left emergency medical service ...
Ann Arbor’s annual rally highlighting cannabis-focused activism will be back for its 55th year in early April, but organizers of Hash Bash said it will look and feel different than it has in years past, having dealt with multiple threats to its operating permit this year and a potentially ...
This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. No one wants to drive in an ice storm. But one year ago — during the devastating northern Michigan ice storm that knocked down trees, snapped utility ...