Cleary is skipping letters of recommendation, admissions essays, a lengthy application form, and application fees for Livingston County graduates with at least a 2.0 GPA.

The numbers of school libraries and librarians in Michigan have declined sharply over the past two decades, but two Michigan state senators have introduced bills they will hope will restore them.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer will consider whether to act under a rarely used state law to dismiss public officials for misconduct.

MSU board agreed to censure some of its members at a meeting last night.

A group of 2,000 documents was being transferred Friday, but the transfer of all 9,000 documents will take about a month, MSU spokesperson Emily Guerrant said.

MSU retained law firm Miller and Chevalier to look into allegations against Board Chair Rema Vassar. The firm substantiated multiple misconduct claims against Vassar and Trustee Dennis Denno.

How the Board of Education is reacting to restructuring of the Michigan Department of Education, the history of one of the first African Americans to settle in the Lansing area and an artifact from his life, and a series on how opiate settlement money is being spent across Michigan.

The state also saw a decline in high school drop outs.

The dispute exploded recently after the board rejected a negotiated settlement over a pair of union grievances.

Senate Bill 567 would re-tool early elementary reading assessments to screen for signs of dyslexia, while companion bill SB 568 would boost instruction about spotting the learning disability in teacher education programs.