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Be Skeptical When Media Stories Of Teacher Shortages Contain No Numbers

So-called shortage at a Waterford high school is actually a big increase in teacher-student ratio Read more

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Agency Praised For Subsidizing 40 Jobs; In 2019 State Gained More Than 800,000

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Over 400 Employees Leave Beaumont Hospitals Due To Vaccination Mandate

Federal government sending 44 staffers to assist Read more

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Parents, Students Take A Back Seat As School Districts Announce Last-Minute Closures

‘Unprecedented level of fatigue’ in ‘our amazing staff’ Read more

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House Democratic Caucus Ducks Vote To Ban Critical Race Stereotyping In Michigan Schools

Very unusual to see a legislative caucus abstain on a proposed law here Read more

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A Seeming Shortage Of Teacher Shortages, Yet More Media Reports Make The Claim

Hard to (again) declare not enough teachers when districts keep adding more per student Read more

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Government Spending In 2021: Money For Everything

In Midland County, that means both a community center and repairs required by dam’s failure Read more

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Michigan State University Employs Only Three People To Respond to 1,200 Open Records Requests

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Four Hospitals That Take Federal Money To Help Low-Income Patients Do Less To Help Than Those That Don't

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Liberty, Prosperity and Humility on Thanksgiving

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Charter School Association: Sports Reporter Shouldn’t Have Taken Unfair Swipe At Charter Schools

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Consumers Energy Admits More Renewables Risk Higher Rates, Pushing Ahead Anyway

Michigan will increasingly rely on electricity produced elsewhere Read more

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Detroit Schools’ New Adviser: Schools ‘Product Of Interconnected History Of Racism And Bias’

Michigan nonprofit paid $125,000 to bring in the group Read more

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Another Teacher Shortage Report, But Ratio To Students Stable Since 2017

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Tlaib: ‘Corporate Dems’ Resist Biden Welfare Blowout; She Was A 'Corporate Dem' Herself As State Rep

Former state representative helped enact $1.031 billion in cash for favored corporations and developers Read more

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State’s Pursuit of Snyder Emails Could Pierce Officials’ Veil of Attorney-Client Privilege

‘Judge, they don’t have the right to privacy in state owned email and servers. They simply don’t.’ Read more

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Fenton Woman Says Facebook Hindered Her Search For Missing Brother

After posting COVID-related article, she joined lawsuit against tech company Read more

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Maybe Facemasks Not Such A Big Deal?

Everyone masked in local TV vaccination story —except the Saginaw County Health Department director Read more

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Nice Work: $224,000 School Pension Plus $72,000 County Job

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Why Won’t U-M Reveal What It Told Whitmer During Devastating First Lockdown?

Mackinac Center asked for records showing university’s advice to governor Read more

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Townships Rolling In Dough, Spending On ‘Nice To Haves’ Not Just ‘Need To Haves’

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Students All Created Equal, But Some State Universities Get Much More From Taxpayers

U-M getting $13k per student from state vs. less than $4k at Oakland and Grand Valley Read more

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Teacher-Shortage Claims Breaking Out All Over, But Actual Numbers Often Different Story

For example, there are more teachers for fewer students in this Macomb district over three years Read more

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Detroit Schools Is ‘Deeply Using’ Critical Race Theory In Its Curriculum

Media says it isn’t being taught in public schools, but Detroit superintendent says it is widely used Read more

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State Gives $2 Million For Battlefield Center Commemorating American Massacre

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