CHRYSTAL BLAIR Michigan News Connection

Communities across Michigan said promised federal investments tied to clean energy and economic development are disappearing, along with thousands of jobs. Clean energy advocacy group Climate Power ...

Education advocates in Michigan said the state’s new $21.3 billion school budget does not go far enough to meet students’ needs. Critics of the plan contended it once again shifts money away ...

A coalition of justice advocates, which includes formerly incarcerated leaders, said Michigan’s House budget could jeopardize public safety by slashing proven programs. At a recent news ...

Nurses in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula are rallying today in Ironwood against the closure of the Aspirus Hospital obstetrics unit and in support of a fair union contract. The OB unit is ...

A statewide coalition of parents, educators and advocates in Michigan is launching a ballot measure to raise more than $1 billion a year for public education. If approved by voters in 2026, The ...

Residents of Augusta Township are challenging a billion-dollar data center project, armed with a petition drive which could force a public vote on rezoning. The rezoning would shift farmland to ...

More than 20 groups are urging Michigan lawmakers to reject two bills they say would turn the state’s farmland and rural towns into dumping grounds for poorly regulated industrial waste. The ...

Some Michigan lawmakers are backing a bipartisan bill to ban labeling lab-grown substitutes as “meat” and require clear ingredient disclosure. They said it would promote transparency ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed landmark legislation to expand access to essential OB/GYN services across Michigan. Between 2018 and 2022, about 19 mothers per 100,000 live births in Michigan ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is delivering more than $21.9 million to the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, aiming to provide a greener future and cut pollution from port equipment. ...