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Michigan lawmakers agree that cell phones are a real problem in schools. They even have support from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But many Michigan students are still heading back to class this year—phone in hand.

Michigan’s next governor isn’t for sale… right? Then why are Amazon, Walmart, and Big Tobacco quietly pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race?

Kyle Kaminski breaks down how Michigan’s biggest utilities—like DTE and Consumers Energy—have been buying off state lawmakers at the state Capitol.

Mike Duggan says he’s running for governor as an independent. His donor list says otherwise. 👀

Concrete over kids? That’s how this year’s state budget fight is playing out—and so far, students are losing.

They said they’d release the Epstein files. Now, President Donald Trump and Michigan Republicans are burying them. We’ve got the receipts. 👀

Michigan principals—like JoLynn Clark in Frankenmuth—say that state budget delays are forcing public schools to consider cutting staff, canceling courses, and increasing class sizes.

Catherine Hunt relies on Medicaid for survival—and to hold down a full-time job. If Republicans gut funding for the program, she’ll have no choice but to move into a nursing home, she said.

First it was Harvard. Now, it’s the University of Michigan. President Donald Trump is using accreditation and federal funding threats to target colleges and universities. He’s calling it his “secret weapon.” And it’s not just international students who will pay the price.

You do not want to know why the Trump administration is holding onto billions of dollars for schoolchildren 🫣