Education

Grand Rapids Public School teachers, parents and students are demanding that the district increase transparency and fairly compensate educators. GRPS says it’s already doing that

House and Senate budget leaders say they’re hopeful a budget can be done by the October first start of the fiscal year, but they’re not ready to make any promises in the current environment at the state Capitol

We talk to Director Gleaves Whitney about the details.

The plan would put over $3 billion toward road repairs, limit earmark spending for projects in lawmakers’ districts, and get rid of funding for unfilled positions

Nearly 200 first-year medical students began their professional studies with a white-coat ceremony in Grand Rapids Saturday

We talk to Tomorra Richardson and Paula Brown with Success Starts Early about the details.

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act features cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and those cuts are affecting a West Michigan nutrition education program

The Michigan State Legislature missed its July 1st deadline to pass a K-12 school budget and a new survey shows that parents are frustrated with the delay

Calvin University's Professor of Sociology Kurt Ver Beek has been profiled in a new book.

Harrison Park Academy is celebrating the opening of a new health clinic, more than $2 million in federal funding is headed to West Michigan to restore the rapids while guarding against sea lamprey, Grand Rapids is considering a new noise ordinance in response to complaints about loud protests, and more.