Whitmer Claims Credit For 15,000 New Auto Jobs, But Fed Data Shows We’ve Lost That Many
First round of pandemic lockdowns slammed the industry hard Read more
Conventional School Interests Warned Lifting Cap On Charters Meant A 'Wild West' Expansion
There are 38 more now than the 256 Michigan charters of 10 years ago Read more
Michigan School Revenues Up 47% Over Two Years
Feds pouring in $7.9 billion this year Read more
Local United Way Raises Money For School Supplies State Already Must Provide
With $6.1 billion in federal COVID funds pouring into Michigan public schools money is no obstacle Read more
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds State Health Department’s School Mask Mandate Authority
Turns back a raft of constitutional violation claims Read more
School and Road Funding Up $2.3 Billion; Teachers Union Head Says Michigan Not Taxed Enough
Media Heavy Breathing Aside, 100% Of Very Few Juvenile COVID Cases Is Still Very Few
Beware reports with percents only and no actual numbers Read more
Kent County Health Department Order Could Devastate Organized Sports
10-day quarantine for any player contact with COVID-positive teammate Read more
Michigan Households Paid Nation’s 10th-Highest Electricity Cost In May 2021
Big utilities CMS Energy and DTE took profits of $752 million and $1.37 billion in 2020 Read more
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
Population Fell In Post-Bankruptcy Detroit, City Revenue Rose
The school district saw a modest enrollment increase after its 2016 bailout Read more
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
Credit Or Blame? Whitmer Boasts On Michigan’s Post-COVID Economic Performance
It’s not good Read more
School Funding Looks Unequal If Major Revenue Sources Not Counted
And one of those sources helped solve major school spending disparities Read more
Michigan Schools Never Had More To Spend; MSU Prof Calls State Dead Last In Funding
Carefully selected date ranges paint a false picture Read more
CDC Data Suggests Stricter Lockdowns Didn’t Reduce COVID Deaths
Michigan had substantially more deaths than its neighbors despite more significant restrictions Read more
No Fine For Restaurant Where Whitmer Caught Skipping Social Distance
Health departments report no local restaurants fined as scofflaws Read more
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