Colin Jackson
Reporter, Michigan Public Radio Network-
Michigan's reading scores have failed to recover from the pandemic and are falling behind other states. The governor's Every Child Reads Champions Council will be made up of people with backgrounds in education, community organizing, and business. -
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers recommended both Republican Congressman John James and businessman Perry Johnson advance, but that pastor Ralph Rebandt should not. -
A ballot initiative to ban Michigan’s public utilities and large government contractors from political giving has submitted signatures to go before voters this November. -
A new bill in Congress would stop the U.S. Postal Service from allowing the mailing of handguns by anyone other than a federally licensed firearm dealer. -
Chedrick Greene joined the Michigan Senate after winning a special election earlier this month to serve out the remainder of a term in a seat left vacant last January. -
For Republican House Speaker Matt Hall, the bills are part of his party's plan to shrink Michigan's budget and trim excess spending from state programs. -
The Michigan House of Representatives voted Tuesday to erase the state’s clean energy standards. Under the current law, Michigan needs to rely entirely on clean energy by the end of the next decade. -
State of Michigan emergency resources are now helping out after a water main broke over the weekend in Oakland County.Officials say a 42-inch water line broke Sunday morning, causing flooding and interrupted service in parts of Oakland County. -
The same day its former leader was charged with 16 felonies, a nonprofit meant to attract international business to Michigan demanded the state reinstate its funding. -
The Attorney General's office says Fay Beydoun used more than $1 million of state grant money for her own purposes.
