Paulette Parker
Paulette is a blogger for Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity project, which looks at kids from low-income families and what it takes to get them ahead. She previously interned as a reporter in the Michigan Radio newsroom.
Before working at Michigan Radio, she was the news editor of The Washtenaw Voice at Washtenaw Community College. She has an associate degree in journalism from WCC. And she is currently a junior at Eastern Michigan University, pursuing a bachelor's degree in media studies and journalism.
When she isn't working she is spending time with her husband and two young daughters.
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Michigan drivers who fail to stop for a school bus displaying its stop sign could face harsher penalties under new bills in the state Legislature....
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Results for the 2019 M-STEP were released Thursday. That's the statewide test designed to gauge how well students are mastering state standards. It...
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Bills introduced Wednesday in the state House and Senate would extend the statute of limitations in criminal misconduct cases involving public officials...
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This school year, districts in Michigan will start holding back third-graders who are more than one grade level behind in reading. Michigan students...
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. That's after cases of Eastern Equine...
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A Canton, Michigan Republican has announced her campaign for Congress. Whittney Williams is a first-generation immigrant from Taiwan. She would run...
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering whether lake sturgeon should be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act....
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A Southeast Michigan man who was deported to Iraq died Tuesday in Baghdad. That's according to friends and family of the 41-year-old. Jimmy Aldaoud was...
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On Tuesday, voters in Washtenaw County approved a $53 million bond proposal to renovate a school for students with special needs. The High Point School...
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China's currency fell below the level of seven per U.S. dollar on Monday for the first time in 11 years. This comes after threats last week from...