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Today is the day. After months and months of debate, Healthy Michigan is here. That's the official name for the state's newly expanded Medicaid program.…

There are 545 local school districts in Michigan and 56 Intermediate School Districts, or ISDs.Around 50 of those districts were in the red at the end of…

A record number of Michigan schools are struggling to stay in the black.So far, the headlines have focused on the fiscal problems of some of the state’s…

More and more of our local school districts are in financial trouble, and State Superintendent of Schools Mike Flanagan has a couple ideas as to what we…

This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss the proposal to consolidate school districts into county-wide systems, the canceled…

Detroit's pension systems vs. Kevyn OrrDetroit has two pension systems and both have posted fairly strong funding levels. But emergency manager Kevyn Orr…

Lansing is joining with five of its neighbors to create something close to a regional fire department. Fire departments in Lansing, East Lansing, Delhi…

State lawmakers are working on legislation they hope will prevent another crisis like the one in the Buena Vista school district. Students there sat at…

A group that’s against a proposed merger of two cities in West Michigan turned in more than enough signatures today to put the question before…

Getting along with your neighbors isn’t always easy. So Governor Rick Snyder came up with a pretty simple plan to get townships, counties and cities to…