MIDLAND, Mich. — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet of water" by Wednesday. For the second time in less than 24...
Bulldogs Schedule First Football Meeting Ever With Michigan
Athletic director Terry Tumey has added traditional powerhouses Michigan and USC to Fresno State's future football schedules. In addition, the Bulldogs will host Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference in 2025 and play at Georgia Southern in 2028. Fresno State will play at Michigan on Aug. 31, 2024, in...
Candidate: Michigan City Should Be as White "As Possible"
MARYSVILLE, Mich. — A city council candidate in Michigan shocked a public forum when she said she wants to keep her community white "as much as possible." Jean Cramer made the comment Thursday in response to a question about diversity in Marysville, a city in St. Clair County, 55 miles...
Michigan State Says Engler Resignation Effective Immediately
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University's Board of Trustees said Thursday that interim president John Engler's resignation is effective immediately. The board acted a day after Engler said he'd step down next week amid fallout from remarks he made about some victims of former sports doctor and convicted sexual abuser Larry...
More Democrat Governors, More Skepticism of Charter Schools
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was not on the ballot in the Michigan governor's race, but her legacy loomed over the campaign in her home state, which has the country's highest concentration of for-profit charter schools. Republican Bill Schuette, a DeVos ally and the state's attorney general, ultimately lost to Gretchen...
Muslim Candidates Run in Record Numbers But Face Backlash
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long-serving congressman from her own political party. When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democratic primary last month, the first-time candidate...
EPA Needs Fixing. But Scott Pruitt’s Way Is All Wrong.
In 2017, just a few days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a freshman GOP lawmaker with only a few days on the job of his own, proposed House Resolution 861. Its language was ominous: “The Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate on December 31, 2018.” I was in...
Want to Fight Crime, Fresno? Plant Flowers With Your Neighbors.
Neighborhoods struggling with physical decline and high crime often become safer simply when local residents work together to fix up their neighborhood. My colleagues and I at the University of Michigan School of Public Health Youth Violence Prevention Center have spent nearly a decade documenting why. Research from cities across...