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A proposed data center that would be built in downtown Lansing was met with opposition from around 200 concerned residents who showed up to a Lansing city council meeting Monday night.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer is eyeing a $250 per-student funding increase in the money the state gives public school districts. That’s according to a preview of her upcoming budget proposal.
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The Citizens Research Council of Michigan is educating voters about the history of constitutional conventions and the state of Michigan's current governing document.
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Michigan has a shortage of public school counselors, and is next to the bottom nationally in student-counselor ratios. We talk to a Michigan School Counselor Association leader, from Grand Rapids, and to the Michigan Community College Association president.
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Didymosphenia geminata — didymo for short — also has another, much less scientific, nickname: rock snot. It seems to be spreading in Michigan waterways.
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What started 20 years ago as an experiment with one corgi in one Lansing classroom has blossomed into a statewide nonprofit organization.
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The group included two Democrats, one Republican, and one Independent. Everyone across the political spectrum generally agreed that teachers need more help in the form of school counselors and other support staff.
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The lawsuit filed by Right to Life of Michigan and the Pregnancy Resource Center alleges a 2023 state law that expanded the definition of “sex” to protect against discrimination based on terminating a pregnancy infringes on constitutional free speech protections.
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WKAR News was invited inside the Causeway Bay Hotel to speak directly with residents and see how the temporary housing arrangement is working as county leaders consider whether to extend funding.
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From Mason to East Lansing to Munith, pizza shops across Mid-Michigan are stocking up, staffing up and preparing for one of their busiest days of the year ahead of Super Bowl Sunday.
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WKAR News explores the science behind a nearly frozen Grand River and what recent ice jams in communities like Portland reveal about the risks ahead during spring thaw.
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Michigan’s Data Center Divide: News, Guides & Local ImpactMany local communities are considering or putting in place moratoriums on data centers, as it becomes a campaign issue ahead of Election Day in November.