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Like Whitmer, Biden clings to COVID emergency powers

Michigan Senators Peters and Stabenow voted no on effort to terminate COVID emergency Read more

Michigan budget includes $40 million for the arts

Edsel Ford House, Grand Rapids, a community center in Midland were among the beneficiaries Read more

Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme fails in federal court

A federal judge ruled the plan an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power Read more

Michigan bill would require corporations to report on number of female board members

Will Michigan get in the business of tracking diversity statistics of individual companies? Read more

Michigan budget delivers $2 million curling center in Traverse City

Traverse City breaks out the brooms for pork project in shuttered Kmart Read more

Michigan Association of School Boards joins coalition against Let MI Kids Learn

Scholarship program is misrepresented as a voucher, but it’s funded by donors Read more

Education Department: COVID, not policy, caused Michigan’s decline in national rankings

State blames drop in NAEP scores on pandemic, not Whitmer policies Read more

Michigan school districts might face higher costs from union-friendly legislation

Proposal would require districts to pay increased costs even if there is no contract Read more

Michigan Secretary of State: Votes will be counted within 24 hours

Biden has tried to lower expectations, saying it would take days to count votes Read more

Okemos equity plan includes safe space for the marginalized

Learning loss from school shutdowns will cost about $5M to remedy, but the district focuses on a social agenda Read more

Mackinac Center: Landlord-tenant rule affects substantive rights of landlords

In effect, local health orders could ban evictions, the Center warns in a public comment on proposed Michigan court rule Read more

Teachers union spends $1M on Michigan governor’s race

Teachers unions dish out cash for Whitmer and school board candidates; media is critical of conservatives who do the same Read more

Whitmer misleads on $400 auto insurance refunds

Whitmer both takes and disavows credit for refunds from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association Read more

Michigan school closures went beyond ‘three months’

At debate with Tudor Dixon, Whitmer misleads on Michigan school closures during COVID-19 Read more

Whitmer’s strong economy claim is false

Michigan’s recovery is among the weakest in the nation Read more

Whitmer’s grocery giveaway is no October surprise

Publicly, Biden says U.S. economy is ‘strong as hell,’ but privately, he approved additional food assistance for needy families Read more

Michigan bill would force prevailing wage on private businesses

Not even Michigan’s old prevailing wage law, which was repealed in 2018, applied to private business Read more

Federal drug pricing program drives up drug prices

A bill in Michigan may make transparency harder in the 340B program Read more

Proposed court rule could deny Michigan landlords standing to evict, critics say

Proposal would make permanent several pandemic-era court rules; public comment is open through Nov. 1 Read more

Detroit teachers have an attendance problem

40% of Detroit teachers were frequently or chronically absent last school year, according to the Detroit Public Schools Community District Read more

Whitmer vetoes emergency powers bills

The eight bills vetoed would have placed guardrails on the Michigan governor’s use of emergency powers Read more

Michigan health department falsely claims COVID vaccines stop transmission

For most of 2022, it’s been common knowledge that the vaccine does not prevent transmission. When will the Michigan health department catch on? Read more

Pfizer admits: Covid vaccine was never meant to stop transmission

‘Moving at the speed of science’ does not excuse Pfizer’s bold claims, which it knew to be untrue Read more

Michigan teachers union makes fake claim of attacks by parents

Seeking to silence school board opponents, Michigan Education Association joins national effort to demonize dissent Read more

After audit, Michigan child support system will review vendor access quarterly, require confidentiality agreements

Performance audit found confidentiality agreements lacking for 14% of vendors Read more