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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES rose in 30 states last month, even as employers in two-thirds of the states stepped up hiring. The trends reflect an increase in job hunters nationwide as an improving economy encourages more people to seek work. The…

OVER THE PREVIOUS week, there were 76 crimes reported by the AAPD. That’s up from 62 crimes reported the week of Aug. 18-25. Fraud and theft/larceny topped the list of crimes reported. Over the past six months, theft/larceny (527 crimes…

THE NATIONAL GROUP Attendance Works released state-by-state school attendance data and data for the nation’s 21 large, urban districts. In the report issued last week, the authors say school absenteeism is a national challenge. Almost a…

All Michiganders should be alarmed about frack waste coming from other states, not just residents who live near the receiving landfill.  Citizens should be alarmed even if the load doesn’t glow, like the one from Washington County,…

by Donna Iadipaolo “Dr. Schlissel was negligent in taking a leadership role on these issues, being proactive to combat a rape culture, as well as investigating student complaints, according to Carty. When some administrators did act, it…

by David Alexander During her comments, AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift continually referred to a “downward spiral into mediocrity” caused by reduced money, saying “Shame on our legislators if they don’t figure this out, and…

ON SEPT. 4,  Michigan’s minimum wage will rise to $8.15 from $7.40. Back on May 28, Michigan legislators passed The Workforce Opportunity Wage Act, under the auspices of which the state’s minimum wage will increase from $7.40 to $9.25 per…

by Holly Eagleson Shockbox helmet sensors are bringing football-safety technology to high schoolers around the country. AS PRESEASON games get under way on gridirons across the country, there’s been unusually positive news about…

AS THE LARGEST city in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy and home of the infamous Eight Mile Road, Detroit might not be the first place that comes to mind if you’re a writer looking for community. But in the wake of a decades-long exodus…

by P.D. Lesko THE U-M FOIA official sent a letter requesting $60 to examine one month of that institution’s FOIA log. This was after I received a handwritten list of FOIAs submitted to U-M that covered a two week period and a letter…