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Penn State-USC game time, TV channel announced for top-15 matchup in Los Angeles
Next Saturday is shaping up to be an exciting day of college football with a host of ranked matchups, rivalry games and important conference matchups on the schedule. And as Penn State heads west for the first time in Big Ten play, the Nittany Lions will be involved in one of the marquee matchups.
Volunteers and MSU students turn Lake Erie’s plastic pollution into art
MONROE — Efforts to keep Lake Erie’s shoreline clean remains a concern with The Cleanup Club and the colorful pieces of plastic collected will be used in a student eco-art workshop at Michigan State University. On a recent Saturday morning, club volunteers and MSU students gathered at Monroe’s Sterling State Park to remove...
Here’s where candidates for the Detroit school board stand on the issues
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Nearly two dozen people are running for three seats on the Detroit school board during a pivotal time for the school district.The Detroit Public Schools Community District is struggling with high rates of chronic absenteeism among students, low academic achievement, enrollment declines, and issues of climate and culture within school buildings.The 16 candidates who answered questions for Chalkbeat Detroit’s voter guide have plenty of ideas for addressing these issues and more.There will be 22 candidates on the ballot. One of...
What lower mortgage rates mean for Metro Detroit
The interest rate cut that Metro Detroit home buyers were waiting for finally arrived, but experts say it will take a bigger drop to revive the sluggish market.The big picture: Local home sales fell more than 11% in August compared with the same time last year, probably due to the wait-and-see strategy many buyers and sellers adopted on interest rates.Zoom in: Mortgage rates are hovering around 6% after this month's interest rate cut, and Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com, tells Axios that she doesn't expect them to drop below that level this year.Data: Freddie Mac; Chart: Axios VisualsHow it...
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