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
Study Finds Devastating Costs, Few Benefits From Michigan’s Extreme Fall-Winter Lockdown
States with less destructive policies also had fewer deaths Read more
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
Will Michigan Ever Reopen? No Guarantee Of Reaching Whitmer's Required Vaccine Threshold
Neighbor state officials also tie reopening to matters outside their control Read more
Gig Work: Will Regulators Throttle A Fast-Growing Workforce Trend?
Florida and California are studies in friendly vs approaches; Michigan is a mixed bag Read more
Professor: MSU Segregating Campus By Affinity Groups Violates Civil Rights Act
He’s filed a complaint Read more
Proposed Michigan COVID Rule Forbids Leaving Shows Or Stadiums Before Getting Permission
‘Safe exit’ procedures raise many questions Read more
Whitmer Administration: Face Masks For Everyone; They’ll Let You Know When They Can Come Off
Michigan’s workplace regulators say they will ‘examine the continued need’ for face masks, other rules Read more
Audit: Evidence Lacking 40% Of Public School Educators Took Required Continuing Ed Courses
Department of Education created verification process only after audit found shortcoming Read more
Pandemic ‘Put Communities Through Hell’? Not As Measured By Government Pay Hikes
Lobbying group for local officials has made the claim Read more
Flint’s Bookkeeping Was A Mess Before Water Crisis — And Still Is
Not knowing how much the city has or owes contributes to all kinds of problems Read more
Senate-Passed Bill Would Prescribe Restaurant Lockdown Metrics In Law
Michigan’s hospitality industry fed up with shifting state standards Read more
Arrest Of Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Violated Court Guidelines
An alphabet soup of agencies and departments was mobilized to put the owner of Marlena’s Bistro behind bars Read more
How The Union Contract And Bogus Merit Pay Hurt Teacher Of The Year Finalist
She gets $48,809, which is less than the average teacher pay in the district Read more
If Not Numbers, What Drives Whitmer’s COVID Policies?
The same caseloads that triggered November lockdowns get no response in April Read more
Cities’ Clever And Prohibitive Fees Are Killing Michigan’s Open Records Law
Freedom of Information Act on life support as municipalities clamp down on access Read more
How To Make A School District Appear Underfunded: Ignore Big Pieces Of Revenue
Michigan’s public school establishment and friends regularly do it Read more
Four Years Running, Auditors Ding Benton Harbor Schools On Free Lunch Accounting
Federal government appears no more diligent enforcing its rules Read more
Underfunded? Detroit, Benton Harbor, Flint Schools Got Far More Than State Average
The average district got $10,687 per student last year, but Flint got $26,916 Read more
State’s Private Sector Workers Lost Income In 2020; Public Sector, Not So Much
That’s what an ongoing Michigan Capitol Confidential survey keeps finding Read more
Legislator Calls For Funding All College Students Equally
State university lobbyists say we’ve never done it that way; call for more money instead Read more
Work-From-Home Challenges City Income Tax Reach
Stay-at-home orders meant fewer workers commuting into cities that tax income Read more
No Rush For Government-Owned Traverse City Internet
Out of 3,200 potential customers, only 12 signed up in February Read more
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