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A new Michigan law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Thursday aims to ensure that foster youth receive an education that builds toward a high school diploma.

Some discovered too late that the work they completed in residential facilities didn’t count because the education programs weren’t accredited.

Children in foster care graduate in four years at half the rate of other students, in part because many take unaccredited classes. Now, lawmakers are under pressure to reform the system.

"They hit him with full speed and left him there to die," said the sister of a man who police say was protecting a woman who was being harassed when the suspect followed him to a CVS and ran him over.

Second grader gets cooking to help local foster kids Harper Schlagheck, 8, of Bloomfield Hills, used some of her COVID-19 quarantine time to prepare meals for local foster children. Photo provided by Robert Schlagheck Advertisement BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Harper Schlagheck, 8, of Bloomfield Hills, is part of a family that emphasizes the importance of service to others. She talks a lot about how she wants to “make others feel loved.” But it was just recently that her mom and dad found out their...