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Taking Lives Indiscriminately?

Gov. Whitmer suggests COVID an equal opportunity killer; data on victims’ ages indicates otherwise Read more

Governor Boasts 228 New Jobs; Yet Around 800,000+ Jobs Created Most Years

Michigan Lawmakers Approve $1 Billion in New Corporate Subsidies

Their votes can be seen and tracked on a business subsidy scorecard Read more

Nessel Contradicts CDC, Says More People Vaxxed Here Would Have Stopped Variants

But CDC says vaccination no guarantee against COVID strains Read more

State’s Data Show Masks In Schools Don’t Work, Tells Kids To Wear Them Anyway

Age 5-18 COVID transmission rates almost the same regardless of school mask rules Read more

Amid Ongoing Mismanagement, Flint Schools Get $51,000 Per Student From Feds

District pins (latest) audit problems on staff turnover Read more

Environmental Group Says Pipeline Is Unsafe, Its Owner Says Otherwise

Failed Corporate Welfare Flashback: Company Warned, ‘We Have Never Been Profitable’

Newspaper Says Farmington Has Teacher Shortage, But Numbers Are Up As Enrollment Falls

Two-Thirds Of COVID Deaths In This Region Were People Age 70-Plus

Michigan Home, Apartment Owners Have Earned $660 Million From Airbnb

Bipartisan Votes Send New $1 Billion Corporate Welfare Program To Michigan Governor

‘How is it morally fair to collect taxes from the thousands of businesses ... to pay out to larger businesses?’ Read more

State Paid Company To Create Michigan Jobs — Or Move Them Elsewhere

One of Granholm’s failed electric car battery deals Read more

Steady Enrollment, More Teachers: The State of Kentwood Public Schools

Whitmer’s Nonessential Health Care COVID Orders Drove Down Childhood Vaccination Rates

Among required vaccinations for Michigan schoolchildren are polio, hepatitis B, measles, chickenpox and meningitis Read more

Big US Teacher Union Decline Since Supreme Court Ended Government Employee Union Dues Mandates

National Education Association and its Michigan affiliate are losing members Read more

Warren Schools Sue Hazel Park Schools Over Claims of Student Poaching

At stake: a lucrative allotment of state money for each student Read more

In A Long History Of Michigan School Shootings, Oxford Was Different

From masked students shooting up a hallway to a police officer’s accidental firearm discharge Read more

State Health Department Wants $1,000 Penalties For Breaking Its Rules

Agency also determines who conducts quasi-judicial trials Read more

Teacher Shortage Blamed For No Friday Classes In Detroit? Their Numbers Up, Not Down

Ready For Your Annual Inflation-Indexed Michigan Gas Tax Hike?

Nothing ‘transitory’ about these increases, and this could be just the start Read more

School Shootings Database Uses Very Broad Definition

They’re all tragic, but many incidents aren’t the nightmare scenario of a shooter in class Read more

Whitmer Celebrates Promise of 195 Jobs, While Over 800,000 Created In 2019

State Sen. Dale Zorn Praises State Subsidy To Taiwanese Firm

Lawmaker has perfect voting record in favor of laws that authorize state payments to certain corporations Read more

Media Teacher Shortage Claims Abundant, Actual Teacher Shortages Not

East Lansing has 235 teachers today, more than the 224 in 2017-18 Read more

Taking Lives Indiscriminately?

Governor Boasts 228 New Jobs; Yet Around 800,000+ Jobs Created Most Years

Michigan Lawmakers Approve $1 Billion in New Corporate Subsidies

Nessel Contradicts CDC, Says More People Vaxxed Here Would Have Stopped Variants

State’s Data Show Masks In Schools Don’t Work, Tells Kids To Wear Them Anyway

Amid Ongoing Mismanagement, Flint Schools Get $51,000 Per Student From Feds

Environmental Group Says Pipeline Is Unsafe, Its Owner Says Otherwise

Failed Corporate Welfare Flashback: Company Warned, ‘We Have Never Been Profitable’

Newspaper Says Farmington Has Teacher Shortage, But Numbers Are Up As Enrollment Falls

Two-Thirds Of COVID Deaths In This Region Were People Age 70-Plus

Michigan Home, Apartment Owners Have Earned $660 Million From Airbnb

Bipartisan Votes Send New $1 Billion Corporate Welfare Program To Michigan Governor

State Paid Company To Create Michigan Jobs — Or Move Them Elsewhere

Steady Enrollment, More Teachers: The State of Kentwood Public Schools

Whitmer’s Nonessential Health Care COVID Orders Drove Down Childhood Vaccination Rates

Big US Teacher Union Decline Since Supreme Court Ended Government Employee Union Dues Mandates

Warren Schools Sue Hazel Park Schools Over Claims of Student Poaching

In A Long History Of Michigan School Shootings, Oxford Was Different

State Health Department Wants $1,000 Penalties For Breaking Its Rules

Teacher Shortage Blamed For No Friday Classes In Detroit? Their Numbers Up, Not Down

Ready For Your Annual Inflation-Indexed Michigan Gas Tax Hike?

School Shootings Database Uses Very Broad Definition

Whitmer Celebrates Promise of 195 Jobs, While Over 800,000 Created In 2019

State Sen. Dale Zorn Praises State Subsidy To Taiwanese Firm

Media Teacher Shortage Claims Abundant, Actual Teacher Shortages Not

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