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OPEN MEETINGS:The state’s 28 community colleges want the Legislature to make it easier for their elected trustees to vote remotely at board meetings, but pending Open Meetings Act legislation by a …

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new department focused on lifelong learning, known as MiLEAP, aims to accelerate efforts to improve education in Michigan. Education leaders say they hope it’s not just another layer of bureaucracy.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOUSING: Community colleges are urging the Legislature to make it easier for them to afford to build housing for their students, many of them already hard pressed financially to …

Tax relief, workforce, affordable housing and child care are some of the priorities for business owners in Nebraska as many struggle to hire and retain workers. 

Some states were using welfare program funds intended for low-income parents on scholarships or grants for middle- and high-income students without children. Colleges and universities in at least eight states could lose a total of between $970 million and $1.3 billion in scholarship funding under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that residential natural gas prices this winter will be about 21% lower than 2022.

To start, check off some of the more important things like disconnecting hose lines, draining and winterizing irrigation systems and getting your furnace and chimney cleaned by a professional.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer set an ambitious goal for the state to boost college attainment by more than 10 percent by 2030. There's been some progress, but the plan has a long way to go. When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was elected in 2018, 48.9 percent of residents held some type of college degree or credential, according to state data. Soon after taking office, Whitmer announced her signature Sixty by 30 plan, setting a goal for 60 percent of Michiganders to have a postsecondary degree o...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Ruby Kate (Provo) Tryan, age 102 years, 165 days old of New Port Richey, Fla. (formerly of Ford River, Mich.) went to be

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Rev. Jared Wellman took the stage Sunday morning at Tate Springs Baptist Church, 7,000 miles west of Jerusalem, to talk to his congregation about Israel. “Neutrality isn’t an option,” Wellman told the crowd, to murmurs of “Amen.” He traced the history of aggression and oppression against the Jewish people through ancient Egypt into the Roman Empire and then from Nazi Germany to the attacks on civilians last weekend by Hamas terrori...