Michigan Advance

2 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Kyle Davidson

Kicking off the third annual MI Healthy Climate conference, focused on advancing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to reach 100% carbon neutrality by 2050, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist continued to call for climate action amid an uncertain federal landscape. While climate change denial may be at its peak within American culture, those committed to climate action must also be at the peak of their strength, Gilchrist said. “Republicans at the federal and the state level are attacking climate action.

2 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Kyle Davidson

The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a long running case challenging the University of Michigan’s ban on firearms on campus, denying the petition on Monday. In Joshua Wade v. University of Michigan, the Michigan Court of Appeals previously ruled that the University’s ban was in line with other policies permitted by the Second Amendment which ban firearms in “sensitive places” like schools.

3 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Anna Liz Nichols

In a state where political control of statewide offices can flip every two or four years, elected leaders in Michigan need to get over the wants of their respective parties in favor of the needs of the people, Detroit mayor and independent candidate for governor Mike Duggan told reporters in Lansing Monday.

3 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Kyle Davidson

Members of the University of Michigan Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution to establish a mutual defense compact with other universities in the Big Ten Academic Alliance according to results posted on Monday. The faculty Senate voted 92.8% in favor of the resolution, which was introduced at its meeting last Thursday, and was voted on by faculty members through the weekend. It calls on university President Santa J.

3 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Kyle Davidson

During her 2025 State of the State Speech, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave her support for cell phone restrictions in Michigan schools, with state Rep. Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester Hills) reintroducing his plan to keep school children off their phones and focused on lessons that same day. However, members of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday will hear testimony on a different proposal crafted by its chair, state Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).