Lawmakers react to Trump's order to dismantle U.S. Education Department

Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was highly critical of the move. From where she stands U.S. education has been underfunded. Tlaib talked about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, pushing for programs that support vulnerable children to see more money, not less.

Michigan road repair funding proposal getting push back

Back during the disastrous 2008 recession the auto industry was on the ropes and then Michigan Gov. Granholm and the legislature crafted a MEGA grant tax credit for the automakers and six other major businesses. Under the House GOP Road Fix Package pushed by GOP House Speaker Matt Hall, the MEGA grants would disappear and that "corporate welfare money" would go into the roads.

Ypsilanti apartment standoff leaves residents shaken

The chaos unfolded at a mix of apartments and condos where Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputies and other law enforcement personnel worked to negotiate with a man who had barricaded himself inside one of the apartments at the Roundtree Oaks development.