Charter school advocate says state education board accusations inaccurate
Advocate responds after resolution calls for more regulation Read more
Auditor blasts People Mover finances
Detroit Transportation Corp. rife with financial issues, according to audit Read more
Paraprofessional in Traverse City gets MEA decertified and replaced
Support personnel of Northwest Education Services get new union Read more
Unemployment agency undercalculated penalties for fraud
Virtually no attempts to recover payments Read more
As union membership plummets, home help care spending in Michigan has skyrocketed
Ten years after SEIU scheme came to an end, spending is up 85% Read more
Whitmer gives the state billions in pork, corporate welfare, not better roads
A slight improvement in roads matched by their continued long-term decline Read more
Statewide bill on short-term rentals not needed, local official says
‘Look to your local ordinance and enforce the same’ Read more
Michigan not ‘killing it’ in jobs creation, despite boast from VP Harris
State is in the bottom third for job creation Read more
State handouts to Ford could be jeopardized by company’s investments elsewhere
Company agreed to ‘make best efforts to keep jobs in Michigan’ Read more
State budget amendment would require apprenticeships for workers on state-funded projects
No obvious out for those who have already been working Read more
Great Lakes water levels down but within historical averages
No deep conclusions from shallow evidence Read more
Anti-DEI organization launches training option for state-required training
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer added DEI requirement to licensing requirements for physicians, nurses, other professionals Read more
Sen. Stabenow boasts about job growth that mostly reflects recovery from COVID-19 and pandemic policies
Job growth has been slow in Michigan Read more
Officials differ on effects, reasons for homeschool registry
Proponents will ‘want entry into the house,’ state board member says Read more
State ed board cites transparency in call for new charter school regulations
‘It seems to be an overreaction’ Read more
Michigan lawmakers send $1.2M to wealthy cities for splash pads
Novi, with per-capita income 61% higher than state average, gets $200K Read more
DeWitt Schools withdraws plan for pronoun lesson in grades preK-2
One-third of district third-graders not proficient in English Read more
Michigan parents ask U.S. Supreme Court to strike down ban on aid to private education
State constitution makes Michigan an outlier in education choice Read more
Bill in Legislature targets squatting
Sheriffs could immediately remove squatters from homes Read more
Michigan’s largest debt declines
Gov. Whitmer asks to put less into the pension system Read more
Michigan roads, bridges, on path to get worse over 10 years
We’re fixing the roads, Gov. Whitmer says Read more
Whitmer seeks federal emergency laws to cover mild winter
Warm weather casts doubt on Michigan’s future as haven from warm weather Read more
Member of state ed board called for ending charter schools
Board of Ed member who said in 2016, ‘charter schools should end,’ among those voting to have state, school districts, veto new charter schools Read more
Rochester parent takes quest for school records to Michigan Supreme Court
Asks for reversal of Feb. 22 Appeals Court ruling Read more
Anti-eviction advocacy group in Detroit due to get $20M from taxpayers
State budget provides $2.5M; the rest comes from federal budget Read more
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