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Governor Rick Snyder Thursday signed legislation that he says strengthens and clarifies the evaluation of teachers statewide. It requires school districts to put in place performance evaluation systems for all teachers and administrators that take into account student growth and assessment data. The new law calls for 40 percent of …

Now that the dust has settled on Tuesday’s special primary elections, one state lawmaker says she still wants to introduce a bill to prohibit lawmakers who are kicked out of office from running again in a special election. However State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons says she may not formally introduce …

A bill to reinstate the law banning sex offenders from being near schools has cleared a Senate committee. In April, a federal judge struck down Michigan’s law prohibiting registered sex offenders from being within 1,000 feet. The judge ruled the law was unconstitutionally vague. So, Senator Rick Jones is sponsoring …