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Michigan Capitol Confidential Removes Story Citing CDC Data On Pneumonia Deaths

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Federal Cash Floodgates Opened Wide To Michigan In 2020

Total state government spending went from $57.8 billion to $67.0 billion in one year Read more

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Michigan Supreme Court Takes Away Whitmer’s Unilateral Emergency Powers

She’ll need legislative consent now; one-person governance ends Read more

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Unfair Playing Field? Flint Schools Get 50% More Than Average

State’s Civil Rights Commission joins the interests promoting the underfunded narrative Read more

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Budget 2021: State of Corporate and Industry Handouts

Lawmakers should cut unnecessary and ineffective subsidy programs Read more

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September COVID-19 Hospitalizations A Fraction Of April

They’re down 85%; Whitmer cites current figure to extend 204-day emergency Read more

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Despite Epidemic, State Of Michigan Rolling In Dough

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Big On Spending, Light On Restoring

Spent $117,198 in seven years studying the Michigan Monkey Flower Read more

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More Great Lakes Spending Hype: It’s A Multiplier!

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WSJ Reports Most COVID-19 Fatalities Lack Life Insurance

Most of the fatalities are older people where coverage is no longer practical Read more

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Flint Started Online School Early, And 55% Of Students Showed Up

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337 Hospitalized In Michigan With COVID-19 On Sept. 25; 3,357 Were Hospitalized on April 20

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Health Officials Say Don’t Play Contact Sports; Whitmer Says Follow The Science, Play Contact Sports

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Corporate Subsidy Agency Claims Giving 18 Firms Average $321 Per Job Saved Those Jobs

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State Health Department Halloween Advisory: Trick Or Treat With Household Members

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Whitmer Declares Small Business Week; 13% Of Owners Don’t Think They’ll Survive Virus, Lockdowns

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Michigan Unions Back In Court To Keep State Employee Dues Flowing

2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocked dues withholding without employee consent and reapproval Read more

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Michigan No. 14 In Closed Businesses Since March 1; Whitmer Declares Small Business Week

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Fossil-Fuel Friendly Group Scores Many Michigan Congressional Democrats 0%

Republicans straggle between Amash and Walberg at 100% and Upton at 61% Read more

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Michigan Coronavirus Deaths Down Dramatically

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Power Play: State Levies Legally Dubious Virus Rule Fines On Business

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Those Who Do Not Learn from History…

Years of bad economic development deals haven't prevented politicians from trying again Read more

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State Uses Unrelated Law To Extract More From Businesses Breaking Pandemic Rules

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Doxxing That Causes Harm Becomes 10-Year Felony Under Michigan House Bill

Posting private or identifying information about an individual with malicious intent Read more

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Law's ‘Immediate Danger’ Justifies Ongoing Emergency, But Not Cancelling Casinos Or Football

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