Michigan Summer Tutoring Pilot Lifts Young Readers’ Skills
LANSING, Mich. — A small summer experiment in one-on-one tutoring produced measurable gains for some of Michigan’s youngest students, according to an independent evaluation the state released Friday, and it arrives as schools prepare to compete for a much larger pot of tutoring money. The 2026 Summer High Impact Tutoring Pilot reached 92 students at
UP, Northern Michigan Fire Crews Get $2.1M in FEMA Grants
LANSING, Mich. — A dozen fire departments and townships across the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan are getting more than $2.1 million in federal money for breathing gear, trucks, hoses and training. Slotkin and Peters, who represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate, shared the news Thursday. The dollars flow through two FEMA programs, the Assistance
Michigan Launches Tool for New Medicaid Work Requirements
LANSING, Mich. — With federal Medicaid work requirements set to start Jan. 1, Michigan has rolled out an online screener to help Healthy Michigan Plan members figure out where they stand. The state health department, MDHHS, said the Michigan Work and Exemptions Screening Tool, called MI WEST, walks users through a set of questions to
Nessel Vows to Fight Next Consumers Energy Gas Rate Request
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says her office will intervene in a new natural gas rate case that Consumers Energy plans to bring, a move the utility announced only days after state regulators signed off on its last increase. In a notice filed Monday, Consumers said its next request to raise gas
Nearly 790,000 Michigan Voters Have Already Cast Ballots
LANSING, Mich. — With two weeks to go before the Nov. 3 general election, 789,572 Michigan voters had already turned in a ballot as of Tuesday morning, the Secretary of State’s office reported. That count equals 10.7% of the state’s active registered voters. Nearly all of it came through absentee ballots: 789,476 returned by mail,
Michigan Signs 23 BEAD Broadband Grant Agreements
LANSING, Mich. — Two dozen broadband builds funded by the federal BEAD program are now under contract in Michigan, after the state labor and economic opportunity department reported Monday that 23 subgrantees have signed their grant agreements. Together the projects carry a price tag of about $1.447 billion. Federal BEAD dollars cover $916 million, and
Michigan DNR Stocks 7,300 Pheasants as Season Opens
LANSING, Mich. — Bird hunters heading afield in the southern Lower Peninsula this fall will find more ring-necked pheasants than nature alone would supply. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to put close to 7,300 birds onto public hunting ground this fall and winter. Stocking runs in two windows. The first matches the Lower
Michigan School Funding Outpaces Inflation as Scores Slide
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is putting more money into its public schools than it did before the pandemic, even after inflation, but the results students post on state tests keep heading the other way. Senate Fiscal Agency figures put combined local, state and federal school funding at $21.28 billion for 2025-26, measured in inflation-adjusted dollars,
Michigan Farms Can Get Free PFAS Soil and Water Testing
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan farmers worried about forever chemicals on their land now have a state-funded way to find out. On Monday the state agriculture department, known as MDARD, announced a $3.5 million, five-year agreement with Michigan State University Extension to expand PFAS monitoring on farms statewide. Under the program, Extension staff will screen interested
Michigan Opens $5M in Grants for Nursing Home Residents
LANSING, Mich. — Fines collected from nursing homes that fall short of federal standards are being put back to work for the people who live in them. Michigan’s health department, MDHHS, is now taking proposals for $5 million in grants meant to make daily life and care better for residents. The money comes through the