Michigan's early childhood agency announced a pilot program giving higher wages to child care workers in hopes of keeping ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared March as Reading Month in Michigan in a press release on Sunday. She highlighted her continued focus on literacy supporting readers through the new Every Child Reads ...

Detroit-based advocacy group Mothering Justice Action Fund hosted its annual State of the Mama event on Thursday night  “These are not abstract policy conversations. These are our realities,” said ...

Michigan State University’s Rx Kids assistance program, which provides cash for mothers and babies, became available Monday ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlined a broad array of policy goals in her State of the State speeches over the years. How many materialized?

The deadline for Democrats and Republicans to file to seek the governor's office is 15 Tuesdays before the August primary election (April 21, 2026) and for candidates filing witho ...

Emily Orta was a seemingly healthy 14-year-old soccer player in Adrian when her life changed in seconds. In the middle of a shooting drill, her heart stopped. She wasn’t breathing. “It was a complete ...

ICE detention centers have a reported history of poor conditions, abuse and medical neglect, which may have contributed to detainee deaths.

That was the tension at the center of Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter’s State of the County address Thursday night at Oakland University’s Oakland Center, where he laid out an agenda built ...

The State Department is planning to revoke more passports from people with large amounts of outstanding unpaid child support. Individuals who owe more than $100,000 will be among the first groups ...

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is participating in a trade mission to Germany, her office announced Friday, marking her second trip to Europe of the first seven weeks of the new year. In ...

One of the central messages of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s final State of the State address was that kids in Michigan are struggling mightily to read at grade level. Michigan currently ranks 44th in ...