By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“If we lose our roadless forests, we lose part of our heritage as Michiganders.”
- Calvin Floyd, a conservation advocate for Environment Michigan, on the U.S. Forest Service’s plans to rescind a 25-year-old rule that protects national forest land.
Michigan Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit) speaks alongside U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers at a “Democrats for Rogers” event in Detroit, Mich on Aug. 20, 2026 (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
DETROIT — Standing on the front lawn of a home in a Detroit neighborhood, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers brought together a group of Democrats who on Thursday said they would vote for the former congressman instead of Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
Overlook from the Trap Hills within the Ottawa National Forest, Western U.P. (Laina G. Stebbins/Michigan Advance)
By Jon King
Thousands of acres of currently protected national forest land in Michigan could be opened to road construction and logging under a proposal from the U.S. Forest Service to rescind a 25-year-old rule.
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By Ben Solis
Michigan’s initiative to offer free pre-kindergarten for all is paying off, state educators said Wednesday, as the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential, also known as MiLEAP, touted nearly 53,000 applications on file since June.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What agency did John F. Kennedy propose while talking to students on the steps of the Michigan Union on October 14, 1960 as he campaigned for president?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Thursday's answer: Harrison in Clare County. was named in honor of President William Henry Harrison, who served just 32 days in 1841 after catching a cold during his inauguration, which turned into pneumonia and killed him.
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