Tag: Michigan

A flag outside Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., flies at half-staff Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. On Tuesday, a 15-year-old student opened fire at the school, killing two teenagers and wounding several others. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)

Beltway Confidential

False: There haven’t been 10 other school shootings this year like the one in Kentucky

Siraj Hashmi · January 25, 2018 7:03 pm

A new poll from the American Federation for Children shows that school choice is highly prized by parents and voters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

To celebrate school choice, expand federal support for charter schools

Nina Rees · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon announced she would resign Wednesday amid an ongoing scandal involving one of the school's medical doctors. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State president announces resignation in wake of Larry Nassar scandal

Associated Press · January 25, 2018 2:33 am

Porshe Loyd uses bottled water to wash her three-week-old son, LeAndrew, in a baby bather in the kitchen sink at their home in Flint, Mich., on Jan. 28, 2016. Improperly treated water leached lead from pipes into drinking water after Flint switched from Detroit's water system to the Flint River in 2014 to save money while under state financial management. (Todd McInturf/The Detroit News via AP)

Energy and Environment

EPA’s Scott Pruitt declares ‘war on lead,’ three years after Flint water crisis began

Josh Siegel · January 23, 2018 5:01 am

An investigation was launched by the FBI after a man reportedly threatened to gun down employees at CNN's Atlanta headquarters. (Bloomberg/Michael A. Schwarz)

Man arrested after threatening to gun down CNN employees in Atlanta

Diana Stancy Correll · January 23, 2018 3:42 am

Kid Rock donates over $100,000 from merchandise sold while teasing Senate run to GOP voter registration initiative

Mandy Mayfield · January 22, 2018 5:02 pm

More companies will set up more business in the U.S., because it's now easier to compete by doing so thanks to the new tax law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Tax cuts drive business back to the Motor City

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2018 5:01 am

Red-state Democrats in Congress usually are some of the most bipartisan, but in the era of Trump, things have changed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Salena Zito: Red-state Democrats posture for donors instead of working for voters

Salena Zito · January 14, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration is now allowing states to institute work requirements for Medicaid. Despite what critics say, such requirements ensure that Medicaid will actually help the working poor. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Champion the working poor with work requirements for Medicaid

Hadley Heath Manning · January 13, 2018 1:57 am

Drivers have accused Ford of "knowingly installing emissions-cheating software devices" in F-250 and F-350 Super Duty truck models, although the company marketed the trucks as "the cleanest super diesel ever." (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

Truck owners sue Ford, saying trucks cheated emissions tests

Josh Siegel · January 10, 2018 10:34 pm

Increases in minimum wage in 18 states at the start of 2018, mostly in left-leaning states, follow years of pushing by liberal activists for higher rates after similar efforts stalled in Congress. (iStock)

Minimum wage increases in 18 states put economic claims to the test

Sean Higgins · January 2, 2018 11:16 pm

Lake Superior State University's "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness" has been an ongoing tradition since 1975. Check below to see this year's list. (via Facebook)

Red Alert Politics

College banishes 14 words and phrases to start the New Year, including ‘nothingburger’ and ‘covfefe’

Lauren Cooley · January 2, 2018 7:48 pm