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Tips Optional, But Dine-In Service Now Requires Leaving Name, Phone Number

Schools, businesses must turn over names of those ‘with possible COVID-19 exposure’ Read more

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COVID Not The Only Killer: Pandemic’s ‘Excess Deaths’ Could Include Some From Government’s Response

Suspending medical screenings and nonessential treatments also have costs Read more

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Beer, Tattoo Art and Groceries: Is There Nothing the State Won’t Subsidize?

Governments do a lousy job at creating jobs through its handout programs Read more

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Kroger Earned $1.66 Billion In 2019, Getting $1.6 Million Michigan Taxpayer Grant In 2020

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Star Cross Country Runner Repeatedly Tests Negative; Forced To Quarantine and Miss State Meet

His season over after he got too close to a COVID-positive student Read more

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'Second Wave' Underway, But COVID Deaths A Fraction Of First Wave

Case-count figures sound scary, but compared to April, mortality remains low Read more

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‘As Serious As It's Been,’ West Michigan’s Spectrum Health At 78.9% Bed Occupancy

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Whitmer Blames More Cases On Supreme Court Ruling, But Case Counts Up All Over

That 'Michigan supremes did it' narrative won't fly Read more

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State Budget Recovers From Pandemic

Weak case for additional federal coronavirus relief Read more

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295K Fewer Have Jobs In Michigan Compared to Pre-COVID World

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U-M Regent Calls Supreme Court Justices 'Stooges,' Blames Them For COVID Deaths

One of two candidates nominated by Democrats for statewide position in 2018 Read more

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1.5 Million In Michigan Probably Contracted Virus - Not 154,688

Nearly one-in-seven; confirmed cases just 10% of total, per CDC head, researchers Read more

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Top Michigan Health Official Says 'Talking Without A Mask On Increases The Risk'

Dr. Joneigh Khaldun says to limit talking when dining indoors Read more

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Hospitals Predict Crisis, But Current 71% Occupancy Rate Not Abnormal

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Michigan Governor Rated No. 46 By Center-Right Legislator Group

Especially on education policy, Whitmer gets no love from ALEC Read more

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Whitmer Supports Defunding Police 'In Spirit'; Her Last State Police Budget Added $522 Million

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Risk Appears Minimal, But Health Department Locks Down U-M Undergrads Anyway

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Top Epidemiologists: ‘Grave Concerns About Damaging Impacts ...Of Prevailing Policies’

'Most compassionate ... to let those less at risk ... build up immunity through natural infection' Read more

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Free Market Cato Institute Gives Michigan Gov. Whitmer 'F' On Fiscal Policy

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Remember That Promise About Fixing Roads? Michigan Is Spending Less On Them Under Whitmer

As a candidate in 2018, she called Michigan roads dangerous Read more

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‘No Way To Cut State Budget’ — Not Even These Items?

Michigan budget director draws a line Read more

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State Civil Rights Commission’s School Report Raises Questions Whether It’s Serious, Credible

Ideological spin easier to come by than facts and serious analysis Read more

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Courts, Legislature Eye Unconstitutional Property Tax Foreclosure Takings

Governments take and sell tax delinquent property, collect their taxes and fees, pocket the balance Read more

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More People Getting It In Michigan, But Way Fewer Dying From COVID

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House Democratic Leader Misstates Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Emergency Powers Law

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