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While they aren’t on the same page, on paper, subcommittees in the Michigan House and Michigan Senate are both on board with eliminating the state’s M-STEP standardized test. State Senator Goeff Hansen says it took too long to administer the test last year and by the time testing results were …

Hundreds of nurses rallied on the Capitol lawn Wednesday calling on state lawmakers to pass nurse staffing reforms. The group of demonstrators want a legislative hearing on the Safe Patient Care Act, which they say addresses dangerous understaffing at hospitals in the state. President of the Michigan Nurses Association, John …

The Michigan Senate has cleared legislation that could require kids who aren’t reading at grade level to repeat the third grade. The measure requires students to hit certain reading benchmarks before advancing to the fourth grade. State Senator Phil Pavlov says the Senate made changes to the bill, which passed …