Sarah Cwiek

The SOS Maternity program looks to tackle maternal and infant mortality from multiple angles, both medical and structural.

The Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program has chosen four projects to fund for its inaugural round, with each getting $1.25 million over three years.

A coalition of K-12 school leaders have sent a letter requesting a series of changes to state education funding to Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate.

The Board passed a resolution that says the financial data most charter schools make public isn’t as comprehensive as that offered by traditional public school districts.

The five-year, $9.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health will fund study, called “Genetic Variation in Cancer Risk and Outcomes in African Americans.”

The Association of Black Judges of Michigan said that the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has “over the past 15 to 20 years prosecuted Black judges at a disproportionately higher rate than White Judges.” A review meant to address concerns of possible racial bias began this week.

Health and environmental groups are joining a Sierra Club lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrongly found that southeast Michigan now meets federal ozone standards.

Some items in the plan have long been part of the agency’s mission. But others reflect emerging concerns, including a new focus on cybersecurity at the region's ports.

As part of the CHIPS and Science Act, the federal government will choose 20 regional tech hubs across the country in an effort to boost high-tech manufacturing supply chains. Five Michigan regions have submitted applications.

The University of Michigan is denying allegations from striking graduate student instructors that the university falsified grades for some students.