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There are many lessons to learn from the recent gun violence that led to the death of four Oxford High School students, not only the physical injury to many others, but the trauma and emotional…

The struggle to find consistent, quality child care has burdened working families since long before COVID-19 became part of our lives. But with staffing shortages and pandemic-related health scares, the problem has intensified, leaving parents…

“I love you.” I replied to my daughter’s text with a heart emoji. A gun. Is in the school Love you more Mom I am shaking What?? How do you know? We’re in ALICE Training…

If you pay attention to headlines, no doubt you’ve been reading about issues with how Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has carried out its conversations about our state’s new redistricting map. This is a process…

  Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many asking for the science and data used to make policy decisions have faced nothing but roadblocks. The Mackinac Center is one such group. In May of 2020, we sent…

Educators knew. Policymakers often denied or ignored the issue. For a decade across the country, the teacher shortage quietly grew. In Michigan, the shortage was deepened by the lowest inflation-adjusted revenue increase of any state…

  We Michiganders overwhelmingly approved Proposal 2 in 2018 to end rigged elections. While gerrymandering conjures images of squiggly boundary lines, what upsets voters most is political maps that sustain the power of one party…

The public ought to be concerned — deeply concerned — about the operation of its local government when it comes to public health. I serve as the health officer for six counties and two local…

For months, a group of mothers of seriously injured auto crash victims — including myself — have been begging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for a few minutes of her time. Not as Democrats, Republicans or a…