Data centers, solar farms, megasites for manufacturing. Some of Michigan’s biggest news headlines point to game-changing economic trends like these with the potential for huge statewide impacts. But behind these headlines is another story,…
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Michigan has everything it needs to be the best state in the country again. We’ve got smart kids, committed teachers and parents who care deeply about whether schools are actually preparing their children for…
Nothing shatters you like receiving a devastating medical diagnosis for your child. Our family began walking this journey at my 19-week ultrasound. We’d gone into the procedure excited to learn the sex of our…
Oftentimes, living in a quaint, small town comes with little worry. When you get up in the morning, you expect your clean water will run so you can brush your teeth. You expect that…
The Flint water crisis is still with us. More than a decade later, residents are finally receiving compensation for harms caused by lead-poisoned water. A civil case against the Environmental Protection Agency is moving…
As I’ve done since I was a kid, in January I braved the cold and walked the floor of the Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place. This time, I left with a simple takeaway:…
The right of students to literacy is in crisis. Reading skills are at historic lows. Last year, for instance, we learned 1 out of 3 high school seniors cannot determine the meaning of a word…
Michigan’s economic future depends on decisions made today about workforce talent, innovation and prosperity. Few investments advance all three as powerfully and as measurably as our state’s 15 public universities. A newly released, independent…
Prior to January of 2025, identifying the urgency with which we needed to reduce carbon emissions and propose alternate ways of decarbonizing were commonplace. At least on the left. But I haven’t heard much…
If you’ve read the news about schools in Michigan lately, you’ve probably seen two big claims. First, that too many Michigan fourth-graders can’t read well. And second, that if we want to fix this, we…