The sales of electric vehicles are growing at a steady pace, and now EVs are selling at a faster rate than hybrids.
Electric car-charging stations are popping up across the country's highways and in the cities. Is it a fad, a trend, or a major shift for the car industry? We'll explore that on today's show.
Also, more than half of Detroit’s students are now enrolled in charter schools – and those traditional schools are struggling to keep their doors open. With so many charter schools in Detroit, how do we know the smarter choice?
But first on the show, when it comes to funding for higher education, it's hard to believe that in 2000, all but three of the 50 states contributed more per college student than each student paid.
That came to a screeching halt in Michigan, starting with deep cuts to higher education funding by the Granholm administration. The cuts picked up steam as the economy worsened.
Today, Michigan is among the many states to shift the burden of paying for a college education onto students. We now rank 40th in per-student higher education spending.
Brian Smith joined us today. He wrote about this for MLive.
