Tom Gantert

6 days ago | michigannewssource.com | Tom Gantert

LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Michigan state legislature is concerned with crowded classrooms in grades K-12 at a time when there are more teachers and fewer students.

1 week ago | michigannewssource.com | Tom Gantert

LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Urban public school districts in the cities of Flint, Benton Harbor, Pontiac, Lansing, Detroit and Grand Rapids have been devastated by a loss of students over the past 25 years. The school districts, faced with schools of choice and charter schools that offer parents more options, are faring far worse than the state average that has seen an overall 17% reduction in student enrollment from 1999-00 to 2024-25.

1 week ago | michigannewssource.com | Tom Gantert

LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The seven northern Michigan counties hit hard by a March 29 ice storm have a combined 1,445 people still without power. The power outage update is as of 10:09 a.m. Thursday, according to the PowerOutage.us website. The counties still without power included Montmorency (444 customers), Oscoda (435), Presque Isle (192), Cheboygan (128), Otsego (125), Alcona (75) and Alpena (46).

1 week ago | michigannewssource.com | Tom Gantert

LIVONIA, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The city of Livonia is promoting a complete renovation of its government buildings at a $217 million cost, which it wants to partially fund with a voter-approved $150 million bond on the ballot.

1 week ago | michigannewssource.com | Tom Gantert

TROY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Troy Public Schools has been an outlier in the state of Michigan in terms of enrollment. The Oakland County school district is one of the few districts to see its enrollment grow from 1999-2000 to 2024-25. But that trend is projected to stop, and there were signs it already has started. The school district received a report that projected its K-12 enrollment would drop by 2029.