Why does Rep. Tim Kelly really believe he got his U.S. Department of Education appointment nixed in the face of a controversial blog post he made years ago? The term-limited chair of the House Education Committee and the K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee shares his thoughts on the subject. Where is the A-F school grading proposal in the Legislature? The teacher prep bills? Kelly goes though those bills and responds to various pieces of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer's education plan as explained by Whitmer herself at Friday's press conference.

Also, MIRS courts reporter Lisa Roose-Church addresses the key question in the trials on Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon and Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells – Will the preliminary exams be done before the Aug. 7 primary election?