Michigan Advance

2 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Jon King

LANSING — Award-winning writer and editor Ben Solis has been named as senior reporter for Michigan Advance. Solis, who has covered state and local government for nearly a decade as a former staff writer with Gongwer News Service and MLive, was a finalist for the Michigan Press Association Richard Milliman Journalist of the Year award in 2022 for his work covering Michigan’s independent redistricting process. He was also named as best writer in the organization’s 2016 Better Newspaper Contest.

3 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Hannah Dellinger

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersAdvocates are calling on Michigan legislators to invest more state dollars into targeted funding for students living in poverty as the Trump administration’s efforts to slash federal education funding could have “devastating” impacts on the most vulnerable students.

5 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Jon King

U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin says legislation she co-sponsored seeks to prevent President Donald Trump from “lining his pockets” with money from cryptocurrency assets. The End Crypto Corruption Act would prohibit the president, vice president, senior executive branch officials, members of Congress, and their immediate families from issuing, endorsing, or profiting from digital assets.

5 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Jon King

The Michigan Advance has been named the Michigan Press Association’s News Media Publication of the Year for 2024, the second straight year the publication has won the organization’s top honor. The awards were announced Thursday evening at the association’s annual gathering in Frankenmuth.

5 days ago | michiganadvance.com | Andrew Roth |Jon King

A fundraiser set to be held Friday night by the Berrien County GOP has drawn criticism for hosting Jan. 6 rioters in a local American Legion hall. The fundraiser, “Battlefield Michigan: Untold Stories from Michigan Freedom Fighters,” will be held at American Legion Post 568 in Stevensville and will feature two men charged, and since pardoned by President Donald Trump, for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol – including former gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley.