Sarah Cwiek

“Literacy is the number one priority of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and State Board of Education,” Michigan’s new Superintendent of Instruction, Glenn Maleyko, said in a statement when the proposed budget was announced.

President Donald Trump is threatening to delay the opening of a nearly-completed bridge between Michigan and Canada unless the U.S. owns at least half of the span. Leading officials say the U.S. already does.

President Donald Trump is threatening to delay the opening of a nearly-completed bridge between Michigan and Canada unless the U.S. owns at least half of the span. Leading officials say the U.S. already does.

Many modern technologies share small but vital components called critical minerals — and China has a near-monopoly on the supply chain for most of them. But what if we got more of those minerals by recycling our old iPhones, computers, and so many other electronics?

It’s the first time in 10 years SEMCOG has done this type of analysis, and the council says there’s been some marginal improvement in overall regional mobility during that time—but not nearly enough.

With the proliferation of data centers, Michigan needs to take more action to meet its own clean energy targets and protect residential ratepayers from increased energy costs. That’s according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

President Donald Trump says his tariffs are the reason the country's trade deficit has decreased and claims he's revived Detroit's auto industry — though companies have had mixed success recently.

Slotkin, a Democrat, introduced her National Housing Emergency Act last week. In addition to declaring a housing emergency, it aims to alleviate a national housing shortage by boosting “domestically produced materials to support the construction and rehabilitation of housing, [and] push states and localities to cut red tape currently standing in the way of building middle class housing.”

The AAP recommends that parents immunize their children against 17 different illnesses between birth and adolescence. As of earlier this week, that number also reflected federal health guidance, but the CDC has now cut that to eleven.

Wayne State researchers said this will be one of the very first randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials using cannabis.