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The state’s auditor general was back in the hot seat Tuesday at the second state legislative hearing on the Flint water crisis. He fielded questions from the six lawmakers on the panel of an audit he performed of the state Department of Environmental Quality’s drinking water division. The committee will …

A Michigan House committee has laid out its education budget recommendations for the coming fiscal year and it includes getting rid of the M-STEP exam. State Representative Tim Kelly, R-Saginaw, is chairman of the committee and says it took way too long for the state to get test results back …

Michigan is a leader in clean energy jobs in the Midwest with more than 87,000 people working in the sector, according to a new report. The Clean Jobs Midwest report, which compares Michigan to 11 other states, shows Michigan leads the Midwest region in clean energy vehicle jobs and is …

While the Michigan Senate cleared a package of bills Tuesday to overhaul Detroit Public Schools and pay down the districts debt over ten years, the chamber still has another DPS issue to address: an emergency spending bill to keep the district open for the rest of the school year. State …

The state Senate Tuesday passed a plan to restructure the Detroit Public School district. The $715 million plan would break the district in two, pay off its debt, and transition from state emergency management to an elected school board. However, a board of state appointees would still oversee the district’s …

The March meeting of the Hancock Public Schools Board of Education got off to a positive start by congratulating the Bulldog’s boys hockey team, fresh off their Division 3 state championship. Superintendent Monica Healy read an email that praised the team for their good behavior at the hotel. Healy said …

At 130 years old, the Keweenaw County Jail is the oldest operating jail in Michigan. But not for much longer. The county board of commissioners recently voted to change the operations of the facility from a jail to a 72-hour lockup. Keweenaw County Sheriff Ron Lahti called it an end …

Houghton-Portage Township Schools are getting a greenhouse and garden. The Board of Education unanimously voted to support the project, which was proposed by Sarah Geborkoff at Monday’s School Board meeting. Geborkoff, a science teacher at Houghton Middle School, says she had the idea years ago and has been planning it …

Governor Rick Snyder has laid out a new action plan to help Flint recover from its water crisis. Highlights of the plan include a pilot project to replace 30 lead service lines out of the gate and plans to partner with the city to remove more lead service pipes. All …

Michigan’s junior U.S. Senator is optimistic work could begin on a new lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste Marie after an Army Corps of Engineers study is released next year. Right now there is one large lock and two small ones, which allow ships to travel from Lake …