Michigan

The Michigan Department of Education this week will host the first of two virtual job fairs to combat widespread teacher shortages, where districts statewide can list openings and interact online with candidates.

For years, residents of remote Beaver Island more than 30 miles offshore from the mainland in northern Lake Michigan have said they want better Internet access.

In her State of the State address this week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to call for state legislation to address smartphone distractions in schools, but local control remains important to many superintendents.

A nearly 25,000-square-foot addition to the university's Transportation Research Institute will include three battery laboratories, auxiliary support areas, a substation and a facility for battery cell abuse testing.

The new bill introduced to Michigan's House of Representatives will require Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers to wear body cameras.

A new crime victim rights web page launched by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel aims to educate crime victims of their rights and guide them through the legal process after a crime is reported.

The city that has played a key role in the production of gasoline-powered vehicles is making plans to add the first electric vehicles to its municipal fleet and new charging stations for residents.

Through a contribution from AT&T, a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Mich., has received $50,000 to supply laptops to students who are facing financial barriers to higher education.

According to city officials, the Chevy Blazer PPV is one of the first electric police pursuit vehicles to be placed in service in a local department in the state of Michigan.

Tens of millions of dollars promised to Michigan for electric vehicle charging programs are among the federal grants in peril after President Trump ordered agencies to "immediately pause" payments.

The city police department will install the automatic readers starting this summer. They will be active when patrol vehicles are in use and plate numbers will be stored in a system that aggregates registered driver names.

The U.S. Department of Commerce will provide the funding via the CHIPS Incentives Program, to Hemlock Semiconductor. It will enable construction of a new manufacturing plant and create nearly 200 manufacturing jobs.

The Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority is now using an artificial intelligence system to respond to some calls that come in through a non-emergency line.

The time it takes the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to respond to calls for police service will slow in the foreseeable future as budget cuts eliminate six deputy positions.

The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office is seeking official approval to purchase 62 new Taser 10 devices for use by patrol officers at a total cost of $289,721.

State officials said the legislation will allow school buses to be equipped with cameras to track violations for failure to stop, putting money from such violations back into the school districts.

A $100 million grant for a University of Michigan supercomputing and artificial intelligence lab, set up in partnership with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is expected to create 200 jobs over 10 years.

The national laboratory most famous for developing the atomic bomb will work with the university on national security AI challenges and multidisciplinary research projects involving high-performance computing.