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The University of Michigan apologized to students and staff after cutting off online services to the campus Monday because of a "significant security concern." Classes started on time.

The State Board of Education introduced a resolution Tuesday that would recommend 12 schools across Michigan drop Native American mascots, team names and other imagery.

Two think tanks, including the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, filed suit Friday to block the Biden administration's scaled-back plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans.

The Senate version of a bill allowing public universities to sell alcohol in their stadiums during sporting events passed the House, 85-23 Tuesday, with mixed support from Democrats.

Seniority would play a role in deciding which classes K-12 instructors can teach, while discipline would become a subject of collective bargaining under legislation that passed the House Tuesday afternoon on a strictly party-line vote.