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Michigan Health Department To Athletes: Never Mind CDC, Wipe Those Surfaces

CDC: ‘Risk is low ... generally less than 1 in 10,000’ Read more

Commentary

Is ‘Vacc to Normal’ Back to Normal?

Gov. Whitmer has not indicated whether she’ll give up unilateral control Read more

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Union President Wants Teachers Paid ‘What They’re Worth’

But union contracts just rewarded a regional teacher of the year with five years of no raises Read more

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2006 Law Requires Annual State Pandemic Plan ‘Effectiveness’ Reports; It Didn’t Happen

Legislators also didn’t explain how to assess a plan’s effectiveness before the fact Read more

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Former Gov. Granholm’s Clean Energy Promises Go National

New secretary of energy’s Michigan schemes were announced with fanfare but failed in silence Read more

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Auditors Find State Overpaid Medicaid Home Health Vendors $39.4 Million

Could be worse: A previous audit found a $160 million loss Read more

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Half Of Michigan's 16-And-Above Population Vaccinated

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Bill Advances To Make State University Funding Follow Students, Not Lobbyists

‘I see a sea of lobbyists here today’ Read more

Analysis

Institutionalized Obfuscation By School Spending Advocates

Ignoring 29% of Detroit school funding lets this official claim institutional racism Read more

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Democrat Testifies: Boosted Unemployment Benefits Still Can Pay More Than Work

Hearing focused on another epidemic sweetener, no work-search requirement to get jobless benefits Read more

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Thank Goodness Michigan Officials Ignored CDC Head's April 12 Call For Lockdown

She was wrong Read more

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Audit: School Districts Failing To Rate Teacher Effectiveness, As Law Requires

State education department says the law should be changed Read more

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Michigan Regulators Want To Make Debunked 'Surface Transmission' Rules Permanent

Never mind that CDC says chances of infection 'less than 1 in 10,000' Read more

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Generalized Teacher Shortages, A Michigan Media Mainstay, Unsupported By Facts

Districts struggle filling some specialties, but overall numbers are up, not down Read more

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Midland's Senior Prom: Stay In Parking Lot Masked At All Times

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Michigan Media Makes More Scary COVID Claims Not Supported By Data

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Data Doesn’t Support Narrative Of 'School Sports Caused The Surge'

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'COVID Knows No Boundaries' - Michigan Excepted?

This state's coronavirus spike appears to stop at the state line Read more

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Teacher Turnover Might Be Less If Schools Complied With Mentoring and Training Requirements

Audit finds districts can’t show they offered the skills-boosting help they’re supposed to provide Read more

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The New York Times Cheers Whitmer But Clams Up On Her Florida Trip

News outlets across the nation and world ran headlines about governor — with one notable exception Read more

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Lansing District Shuts Down In-School Learning, Gets $113 Million In COVID Stimulus Anyway

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Detroit Cop Claims And Gets Paid For 12-Plus Hours A Day, 365 Days A Year

Seven others paid amount equal to 11-hour days — every day of the year Read more

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Study Finds Devastating Costs, Few Benefits From Michigan’s Extreme Fall-Winter Lockdown

States with less destructive policies also had fewer deaths Read more

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Michigan Health Department Proposes ‘Gender Expression’ Mandates For Child Care

Child’s ‘expressed gender’ would have to be given consideration for sleeping and clothing Read more

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ACLU Warned: Don’t Trade Liberty For Security In Epidemic

Michigan attorney general wants more rigorous police enforcement of face mask, other COVID-19 rules Read more

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