Whitmer talks about being considered for VP in 2020, vows to finish her 2nd term as governor
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer talks with Michigan Advance at the Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence on May 28, 2024 during the Mackinac Policy Conference. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first…
DNC moves ahead on all-virtual roll call for Biden presidential nomination
President Joe Biden speaks at an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the East Room at the White House on June 18,…
State keeps benefits intended for foster kids. A push is on to end the practice.
Dawson Hayes, 16, of Concord, learned when he was adopted out of foster care that the state was keeping the $16,000 he’d received in federal Social Security benefits. He urged…
New texts allegedly show Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted leading FirstEnergy’s push for House Bill 6
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. (Photo and graphic by WEWS.) Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted allegedly led the charge with now-indicted FirstEnergy executives to pass legislation that was the result…
How important is competitiveness? Consider history of Fall River and New Bedford mills
Border City Mills, a cotton textile company founded in Fall River in 1873. (Digital Commonwealth image) It’s rare for a work of academic history to brim with as much contemporary…
Ohio bill would make it easier to seal non-violent criminal records, but advocates want it expanded
(File photo by Caspar Benson/Getty Images) A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers are trying to make it easier to get non-violent criminal records sealed to help formerly incarcerated Ohioans get…
Has Superman arrived for education?
“Given the intersection of recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and widening learning gaps for students, a Superman may have finally arrived for education.” (Getty Images) In 2010, the…
Potential ballot-initiative wants to put equal rights amendment in Ohio Constitution
A group marches for equal rights. (Getty Images.) A new committee is trying to get an equal rights amendment enshrined in the Ohio Constitution. Ohio Equal Rights is in the…
Federal climate funds to help Ohio cities slash emissions from wastewater operations
The Jackson Pike wastewater treatment plant. (Photo from original Energy News Network article.) Biogas projects at wastewater plants serving Columbus and Cincinnati will offset roughly 50,000 metric tons of greenhouse…
GOP threats to affordable health care must be taken seriously
Demonstrators protest changes to the Affordable Care Act on June 22, 2017, during the Trump administration’s eventually failed effort to overturn it. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images.) Despite being the…