Via #JonKingNews our colleague for #MichiganAdvance, Enbridge files for appeal of judge's shutdown order.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/07/07/tribal-leaders-environmental-advocates-decry-enbridge-appeal-of-line-5-ruling/

Michigan voter reforms have made it a model for strengthening democracy, report says 

"While some states have struggled to implement meaningful reforms—and many have moved in the wrong direction by restricting access to the ballot box — Michigan has proved that transformational change can be accomplished in just a few short years"

#USPol #Politics #Voting #Elections #Michigan #News #VotingReform #Democracy #Democrats #MichiganAdvance

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/06/15/michigan-voter-reforms-have-made-it-a-model-for-strengthening-democracy-report-says/

Michigan lawmakers, AG unveil bills to crack down on targeted hate violence

House Bills 4474-4477 would enact the Michigan Hate Crime Act and the Institutional Desecration Act, update sentencing guidelines and make it easier to prosecute individuals who target others for their ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.

#News #USPol #Politics #Michigan #MI #MichiganPolitics #MichiganAdvance #DanaNessel

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/04/26/michigan-lawmakers-ag-unveil-bills-to-crack-down-on-targeted-hate-violence/

What’s in the Senate Dem bills aimed at facilitating Michigan’s clean energy transition?

"Included in the seven-bill package from Democrats, who control the Legislature, are measures that would update standards for renewable energy, establish a standard for clean fuel, create plans to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings"

https://www.michiganadvance.com/2023/04/18/whats-in-the-senate-dem-bills-aimed-at-facilitating-michigans-clean-energy-transition/

#Michigan #MichiganAdvance #Dems #Democrats #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange #Renewables

"The Detroit City Council Reparations Task Force heard ideas from the public during its first meeting on Thursday in downtown Detroit."

"They included remedies designed to address home mortgage foreclosure, various tax credits, repaying city retirees who took pension losses during the city’s 2013 bankruptcy process, as well as direct cash payments to African American city residents"

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/04/14/detroit-reparations-task-force-hears-public-proposals-during-first-meeting/

#Michigan #Detroit #News #MichiganAdvance #Reparations #DetroitCityCouncil #Michigander

A personal reflection from #MichiganAdvance editor #SusanJDemas on last week’s mass shooting at Michigan State.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/19/susan-j-demas-what-we-owe-our-children-after-the-horror-at-msu/

As a #Michigan #Parent and school board trustee, this upsets me. “For students from low-income backgrounds, Michigan ranked as the 11th worst state in fourth grade reading. These students saw a decrease of almost eight points while higher income students saw a decrease of fewer than two points over the same period. The report states that ten points on the NAEP is equal to about one year of instruction.” #Reading #ReadingSkills #MichiganAdvance
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/01/11/report-michigan-stuck-in-bottom-10-states-for-4th-grade-reading-test-scores

On #WisconsinExaminer commentary page today from #SusanJDemas of #MichiganAdvance: conservative journalists drinking the red wave Kool-Aid...
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/11/18/republicans-served-up-red-wave-kool-aid-pundits-drank-it-up/