Parties pick MSU Board of Trustees candidates amid Nassar scandal   Republicans and Democrats nominated their candidates to fill a pair of openings on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. This year's election has taken on significant interest in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. Current board members have received low marks from students and faculty for their handling of the crisis. Candidates for other education positions opening across the state also were unveiled this weekend, including, University of Michigan, Wayne State University and State Board of Education. MORE

See per-pupil spending, revenues in every Michigan school district   Where does money for your local school district come from? And how can revenue at neighboring district sometimes be so different? Schools get most of their revenue from the state's per-pupil foundation grant, which was a minimum of $7,511 in 2016-17. However, public schools spent an average of $10,209 during that school year. Check out our online database that provides the revenue and expenditure numbers of every Michigan public school district and charter school. MORE ►Reports slams 'diversion' of school aid funds to higher education ►Michigan's 50 largest charter schools ►Enrollment trend of your Michigan school district

Alan Trammell honored, takes place among Tigers legends   The Detroit Tigers certainly are adept at coming up with reasons for us to care about the Boys of Summer during this somewhat lost summer for this year's boys. (Yeah, they lost again Sunday, dropping three of four over the weekend to the hated White Sox.) Sunday, it was Alan Trammell's turn to take the stage once again, as the newly enshrined Hall of Famer took his place among the franchises' best. The Tigers formally retired Trammell's No. 3 jersey in a pre-game ceremony at Comerica Park. MORE ►Trammell's jersey retirement ceremony in pictures