Jacob Kanclerz - Capital News Service

LANSING — Only 30 percent of Michigan veterans apply for health care benefits and only 19 percent use them. Michigan lags behind other states where veterans enroll at a rate of 40 percent and use their benefits at a rate of 25 percent.

LANSING — Under Michigan’s new revenue-sharing system for municipalities, most local governments will lose a third of their share, and some townships won’t get anything at all.

LANSING — Michigan residents will lose $53 million in potential health insurance rebates that instead will go to insurance companies, if the state gains permission to let them do so.

LANSING — Some legislators and educators are considering revising Michigan’s requirements for high school graduation to better accommodate all students’ learning interests.