WASHINGTON — A coalition of advocacy and labor groups says it plans to file suit against the Trump administration Monday over its sweeping efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The National Education Association, NAACP, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal ...
LANSING — The Michigan House gave the greenlight to Republicans’ $3.1 billion road funding plan Wednesday, voting it through the chamber with the support of several Democrats. But there are potholes in House Republicans’ path to getting a longterm solution to road funding into law, an ...
LANSING — Members of the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a 0.2% reduction to the state income tax rate, as Republicans continue to blame Democrats for increased rates in 2024. In 2023, Michigan Treasurer Rachel Eubanks announced the state’s income tax rate would ...
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Michigan Advance DETROIT — Former urologist Zvi Levran, 68, entered a no contest plea to more than two dozen sexual abuse charges in Oakland County Circuit Court. March 18, 2025. Photo by Anna Liz Nichols. After several former youth hockey players came forward with ...
LANSING — Charmeka Newton, a psychologist who has her own practice in Lansing, Michigan, is passionate about serving Black and Hispanic patients. They’re often looking for therapists who will understand how their race, ethnicity and culture may affect them, she said, and she helps provide ...
MADISON — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records, the 300-foot-long ...