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150% In November, we released our “Context and Performance” report card for public high schools throughout Michigan. This is the Mackinac Center’s latest annual school report card. High school grades were calculated using the past four years of student academic achievement at each school, providing a more stable measure of school success. Star International Academy, a public charter school in Dearborn, was the top-scoring school in the state in 2014. This shouldn’t be a surprise — Star International was No. 1 on the Center’s 2012 report card, too. While there are a number of oth...

The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved criminal justice reform bills that would end automatic driver's license suspensions for unpaid fines and fees not related to dangerous driving, a practice that advocates say traps people in poverty. Other criminal justice bills passed by the Senate on Thursday would eliminate mandatory jail time for some misdemeanor offenses and remove a barrier to occupational licenses for people with criminal records. Some of the bills will go back to the House for concurrence on minor changes before they are sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Organizations from the A...

Michigan lawmakers pass bills to curb license suspensions for unpaid fines and fees Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press © Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press Kamal Lukata Anderson of Detroit in front of his home on Thursday, February 27, 2020.Anderson is one of many that have had to deal with suspended drivers license and court cost. He had his license suspended back in 1994 and it took him years to get things back on the right track. The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved criminal justice reform bills that would end automatic driver's license suspensions for unpaid fines and f...