Between 2009 and 2023, 80% of Michigan’s traditional school districts experienced enrollment declines. The reason is no secret: The number of children in Michigan is shrinking, a trend that has major ...

LANSING — The Republican-led House voted Thursday to keep intact portions of existing minimum wage and paid sick time laws rather than let new, more expansive replacements take effect in a month, a ...

Homebuyers are still facing intense affordability challenges. Borrowing costs are hovering close to the highest level in months and purchase prices are continuing to rise. House hunters are pulling ...

For the year, about 48% of Michigan retailers saw an increase in sales from 2023, with 47% reporting a decrease and 5% noting no change. The holiday season in Michigan was good for most retailers, ...

The run of Bobcat Bonnie’s restaurant closings continues. Bobcat Bonnie’s in Wyandotte will close for good on Sunday, owner Matt Buskard announced Wednesday in a social media post. The closing ends an ...

As part of an ongoing branding initiative, corporate host Rocket Companies Inc. on Thursday announced that the late June golf tournament at Detroit Golf Club will be renamed as the Rocket Classic, a ...

GM and Bedrock unveiled their vision in November, toward the end of the last Legislature's two-year term. It gained no traction in what turned out to be a tumultuous few weeks as Republicans and a ...

A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, around the time of the MSP raid of Hongrui, interpreted the state’s Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act to eliminate felony charges on grower ...

After decades of neglect, school facilities are being updated. The district earmarked $700 million of its pandemic relief funds toward building five new schools, including replacing Cody and Pershing ...

Karen McPhee serves on the Launch Michigan Board of Directors, co-chaired the PK-12 Education Workgroup of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Growing Michigan Together Council, served as Education Policy Advisor ...

Michigan’s investments in education expenditures dropped 13% from 2007 to 2021, adjusted for inflation. Meanwhile, the national average for state and local education spending increased by 13%.

To enhance efficient and effective school operations, these administrative burdens should be minimized. Rather than creating new, targeted funding, it is more equitable, efficient, and promising to ...