About 18% of children in Michigan live in food-insecure homes. Unfortunately, the issues they face could potentially snowball under proposed cuts by congressional Republicans that would make it more difficult for schools to provide universal free meals, according to state officials. GOP ...
Did you bet on March Madness? I did, and many of you did, too. Americans bet billions on NCAA tournaments. We also “spent $60 billion at casinos last year (and) about $12 billion on online sports betting,” notes economist Jason Sorens in my new video. Sorens published a state-by-state ...
In support of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, police agencies throughout Michigan are teaming up with the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning for a high-visibility enforcement effort during April. Throughout the month, police officers across the state will remind drivers ...
The Trump administration is using Humpty Dumpty rules to justify its new tariffs. The anthropomorphic egg famously said in the Lewis Carroll novel “Through the Looking-Glass,” “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” For the Trump team, ...
We’re a little more than a week post-ice storm, and Northeast Michigan and several other areas are still feeling the effects. Some have been without power since last weekend, and there has not been a definite answer for them on when their power will return. (Daily News editor’s note: By ...
As a child I frequently visited relatives in southern Indiana. A great uncle tried to keep me from exploring his cellar (as they were called then) by telling me the boogeyman was down there and would “ get you” if I descended the stairs. It worked. Boogeymen are nothing new. They have ...