Minimum wage hike, paid sick leave won't be on Michigan ballot       The Michigan House and Senate voted Wednesday in favor of approving the minimum wage hike and paid sick leave initiatives. The move takes the petitions off the November ballot, and squarely under the direction of the Republican-controlled legislature. While the measures are now law, they do not go into effect until March, leaving plenty of time for amending the initiatives, if lawmakers so choose. MORE ►Official ousted after write-in candidate wins recount by 1 vote

Michigan's high schools with the highest average SAT scores in 2018   For the third year in a row, all Michigan juniors took the SAT. And while overall scores dipped slightly in 2018 (from 1007.6 last year to 1000.1), there are plenty of schools in Michigan producing results. In fact, we've compiled a list of the 60 top-performing high schools from data released last week by the Michigan Department of Education. We also included an online database to search the scores of any public high school.  MORE ►Grand Rapids Public Schools excited about possible free college tuition

Game-by-game predictions for the 2018 Detroit Lions   This might be Matt Patricia's first year as the top cheese. But 2018 isn't Kyle Meinke's first cheese-slicing rodeo. Our Detroit Lions reporter has aged like a fine cheddar during his years churning the Lions beat. So, for those of you who just can't wait for the Lions' season opener Monday, Kyle whipped up a lovely hors d'oeuvres platter filled with the predicted results of every game of 2018. (As a side note, take that Green Bay Packers fans. You cheeseheads don't get to have all the cheesy fun.) MORE ►Robinson demoted on first depth chart ►Zettle cut to make room for waiver pickup