Steel wire manufacturer says tariffs have boosted business for his operations in Michigan: ‘The math has just totally changed’ President Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and other foreign products have been aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing Critics argue the president’s trade strategy is raising costs for consumers and causing uncertainty for small businesses For […]
Michigan voters increasingly say the economy is weakening, according to a new poll by the Detroit Regional Chamber Voters fear that tariffs are to blame for higher costs of staples such as groceries Support for the tariffs and concern about the economy are split among party affiliations Nearly 60% of Michigan voters believe the economy […]
Lawmakers demand answers from a failed, $175 million deal with EV battery maker Gotion Steps are underway to recoup $23.5 million in taxpayer funding, but it’s unclear what the money was spent on. Questions about how the deal unwinds also include whether the state can foreclose and regain the 270 acres it bought.LANSING — Michigan […]
On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the US Forest Service in the past tense. “I absolutely loved my job,” she said. “I didn’t want to go.” Richards, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe […]
LANSING – As educators across Michigan work to improve children’s early literacy skills, local schools and the Michigan Department of Education are celebrating March is Reading Month. Today State Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice visited a second-grade classroom at Parchment School District’s Central Elementary School in Kalamazoo County. He read “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” by […]
The Trump administration has halted a $15 million Social Security study that involved the University of Michigan, whose president warns more cuts are likely that will have “serious repercussions” on the school’s budget. The Social Security Administration announced Friday it was ending cooperative agreements with research centers “addressing DEI in Social Security, retirement, and disability policy.” The Michigan […]
Michigan State University stands to lose as much as $23 million a year in federal grants as a result of President Donald Trump’s steep cuts to the US Agency for International Development. Project leads received a series of termination notices Wednesday for federally funded MSU programs aimed at improving higher education and researching agricultural best […]
Michigan schools that teach sex education would be required to provide instruction about consent, contraceptives and “all legally available pregnancy outcomes” under overhaul legislation introduced this week by House Democrats. The sweeping proposal would also lift a longstanding ban on distributing condoms at schools and require sex ed instruction to be “medically accurate,” age-appropriate, and “trauma-informed” without […]
LANSING — “Dark money” helped Democratic nominees grow their ideological advantage on the Michigan Supreme Court last week, according to a Bridge Michigan analysis of campaign finance records. Groups that do not disclose donors had spent more than $5 million on the races through late October, topping the combined $4 million raised by the four […]
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is nearly four decades old. Hezbollah emerged in response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Since that time, Hezbollah and Israel have repeatedly engaged in battles and conflicts of varying degrees and intensity, most notably in 2006 when Hezbollah is largely viewed as having defeated Israel. Recently, Israel […]