by Sophie Boudreau | Apr 18, 2024 | EDUCATION COMMUNITY
Privatization of driver’s education means that only 38 Michigan high schools offer affordable in-school driving classes for students. New grants would help expand access. Andy Nester has spent three decades as a teacher and coach at Kearsley High School in Flint.... by Michigan Advance | Apr 11, 2024 | GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
BY KEN COLEMAN, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit brought by 11 Republican state legislators who sought to challenge the constitutionality of election laws that were approved by Michigan voters in recent years. Jane Beckering of... by Kyle Kaminski | Apr 5, 2024 | ELECTION POLITICS
Michigan Democrats are drawing a clear contrast between President Joe Biden’s effort to lower costs and create jobs and ex-President Donald Trump’s “record of failed policies.” MICHIGAN—This week marks exactly seven months until the presidential election, where... by Michigan Advance | Mar 15, 2024 | STATE LEGISLATURE
BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—Sunshine Week, which acknowledges the importance of transparency in government, is underway in Michigan. And a group of lawmakers who are exempt from public records requests discussed their intention Wednesday to... by Kyle Kaminski | Mar 7, 2024 | ELECTION POLITICS
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is urging clerks not to fall prey to a right-wing scheme that seeks to cancel thousands of voter registrations nationwide—including in Michigan. MICHIGAN—Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is working to reinstate the voter...