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School Sports Reopening Group’s Fall Campaign: Pull Kids From Schools With COVID Mandates

Organizers: ‘There are many other options out there and together we can make it work!’ Read more

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Agencies Use Questionable Legal Reviews To Inflate Charges For Open Record Law Requests

Almost half of one $12,000 charge went to attorneys Read more

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Fewer Children In Michigan Schools But Bigger Staffs

More adults for fewer kids Read more

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Public Health Officials Oppose Placing Limits On Their Power

Restraints will bring ‘suffering and death’ Read more

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More Michigan Teachers Per Student Now Than 10 Years Ago

A modest 2% decline in teacher numbers swamped by 8.6% plunge in enrollment Read more

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State’s Initial Epidemic Responses Guided By ‘Worst Case But Possible’ Scenario

The reality fell short Read more

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Legionnaires’ Disease Spike Cited To Justify Extended Lockdowns, But They May Have Triggered It

Argument related to campaign to ban unlimited government by emergency order Read more

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88% Of Detroit Third Graders Below Proficient In Reading; New Law Held None Back

Law that bars moving along children who can’t read filled with exceptions Read more

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Politicians Believed ‘Grim’ COVID Messaging Would Be The Most Effective

Telling public you won't die 'if you're lucky' a long way from 'minimization of public panic and fear' Read more

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Benton Harbor Schools Held Back No Third Graders In 2020-21 School Year

District cited in liberal nonprofit’s panic about law to restrict promoting children who can’t read to next grade Read more

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Another Granholm Green Energy Winner That Was A Bust

$50 million taxpayer dollars down the tubes Read more

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Population Fell In Post-Bankruptcy Detroit, City Revenue Rose

The school district saw a modest enrollment increase after its 2016 bailout Read more

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Liberal Nonprofit News Site Paints Unfair Picture Of Reading Retention Law

ProPublica fails to mention specific exemptions to being held back Read more

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Earlier Poll Anticipated Vaccine Lottery's Underwhelming Results

Downward trajectory of weekly vaccinations not dented by state's prize offers Read more

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U-M Says ‘No’ To Open Records Law Payroll Request, Michigan Court Of Claims Says ‘Yes’

Records would indicate if university’s state of emergency pay freeze was real Read more

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Michigan’s Subsidized Green Energy Adventures Arrived With Headlines, Faded In Silence

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Former State Health Director Wanted ‘Credible Threat’ Of Police Lockdown Sanctions

‘People who see local violations ... can contact local police’ Read more

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Detroit’s Unemployment 8.1% Before Epidemic, Spiked To 40.4% In May 2020

ACLU had warned, minorities, disadvantaged ‘bear the brunt of tough public health measures’ Read more

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Michigan’s Teacher Pension Fund Earned Just 5.3% Last Year

401(k) investors in a Vanguard stock-and-bond index fund did better Read more

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Granholm-Subsidized Biochemicals Incubator Now Makes Ethanol For Cocktails

‘You have to adapt’ says current owner of company once touted as cutting-edge Read more

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The Quiet Shortfall In Michigan Schools

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Credit Or Blame? Whitmer Boasts On Michigan’s Post-COVID Economic Performance

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Whitmer’s Renewables Order Would Cover Whole Regions In Turbines And Solar Arrays

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Whitmer’s Tax-And-Borrow Missteps Halted Road Repair Progress

Despite ‘Fix the damn roads’ campaign rhetoric, transportation debt is higher and state road repair dollars fewer Read more

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Consumers Energy and DTE Seek Higher Rates, Again

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