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Detroit Police Racking Up A Lot More Overtime During Epidemic

248,767 overtime hours from March 23 to May 31

July 12, 2020

Bill Would Prohibit Tear Gas Use By Police

July 12, 2020

565 Coronavirus Patients in Michigan Hospitals On July 10; Was 2,690 On April 30

Also on July 10, governor imposed statewide face mask requirement

July 11, 2020

Pandemic’s Progress: 13 Michigan COVID Deaths On July 10 Versus 232 On April 21

On July 10, Michigan’s governor imposed a statewide face mask mandate

July 11, 2020

Two Police Departments: Take Face Mask Complaints To Attorney General, Not Us

July 10, 2020

Whitmer: You Must Wear A Mask Even Outdoors If Within Six Feet Of Anyone

July 10, 2020

Retailers To Whitmer: We Aren't Your Face Mask Police

Governor imposes face mask mandate for customers at any business open to public

Tom Gantert | July 10, 2020

Was Not Wearing A Face Mask A Crime In Michigan? Hard To Say

Tom Gantert | July 10, 2020

June Had Lowest Number Of Monthly Deaths In Michigan Since 2013

July 9, 2020

Lansing City Council Member Proposes Cutting Police Budget In Half

Department's officers responded to 84,313 calls in 2019

July 9, 2020

Will Your Kids Return To School In Fall? One-Third of Parents Unsure

Survey indicates support for reopening schools rises with family income

Parker Thayer | July 9, 2020

Acts Of 'Social And Domestic Anarchy' Could Get 20 Years Under This Bill

May riots caused losses of $2.4 million in sponsor's district

July 8, 2020

Whitmer Praises Or Condemns Social Distancing Violators Depending On Who And Why

It looks political

Tom Gantert | July 8, 2020

Politicians’ Extreme Social Distancing Rhetoric Just Party Deep?

Hyperbolic warnings growing thin in light of increasing experience with epidemic

Tom Gantert | July 8, 2020

As Coronavirus Case Numbers Soar, Deaths Plummet

July 7, 2020

State-Approved Bailout For Delinquent Renters Feeds Other Interests, Too

$50 million for tenants and landlords, $10 million for administration, legal aid groups and social welfare nonprofits

July 7, 2020

Bill Would Repeal State Prohibition Of Local Bans On Grocery Bags

Cities could also ban or tax cloth, paper, plastic, cardboard, aluminum, glass or other ‘auxiliary containers’

Parker Thayer | July 7, 2020

Whitmer Permits Fans At High School Sports While Tigers Play To Empty Stadium?

July 6, 2020

Hazel Park Superintendent Talks Years Of Cuts, But Per-Pupil Funding Up

District’s inflation-adjusted state funding higher per student since 2011

Tom Gantert | July 6, 2020

Coronavirus Deaths Plummeted Since Stay-At-Home Order Lifted June 1

July 5, 2020

From A 1776 Philadelphia Hall To A 2020 Michigan Courtroom, This Tussle Goes On

Not just a textbook subject, separation of powers matters to these real Michigan lives and livelihoods

Tom Gantert | July 4, 2020

State Gave Electric Vehicle Company $1.72M in 2015, Now Moving Jobs To California

Tom Gantert | July 3, 2020

Whitmer: Keep In Your Seats While In Bars

Walking around a restaurant or bar is a crime unless ordering or using the restroom

July 2, 2020

State Regulator Claims Alcohol Market Manipulation Makes Us Safer; Data Says Not

No difference in health and safety between heavy control states and those without it

Jarrett Skorup | July 2, 2020

Whitmer Will Make Call On Face Masks In Schools

Mask mandates will vary based on administration’s COVID-19 recovery judgment

July 1, 2020

Revisit Spending Priorities

Lawmakers won't have as much revenue to spend this year

James M. Hohman | July 1, 2020

Lawmakers won't have as much revenue to spend this year

Whitmer Orders Bars To Close - Again

'They are noisy, requiring raised voices and allowing for more projection of viral droplets'

Tom Gantert | July 1, 2020

State Supreme Court Sets Sept. 2 For Oral Arguments On Whitmer Emergency Powers

June 30, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Religious Schools Can Receive Public Funds

Impact unclear for Michigan, which has nation’s most restrictive language

June 30, 2020

Michigan More Sensitive Than Florida To COVID-19?

Whitmer Administration Makes That Claim Despite Far More Michigan Deaths

June 30, 2020

No, New York Times, Michigan Schools In Poor Communities Get More, Not Less

Reality still trumps media and special interest narratives

Tom Gantert | June 30, 2020

Governor Proposes Classifying ‘False, Racially-Motivated 911 Calls’ As Hate Crime

June 29, 2020

Michigan’s No. 10 In State Excise Tax On Liquor Tax — With Other Taxes And Fees That Follow

State government is also the sole wholesaler here of hard liquor

Holly Matkin | June 29, 2020

Costly Drugs For Rare Diseases A Moral Dilemma For Society

A life-and-death issue for some

Parker Thayer | June 28, 2020

Percentage Of Deaths Linked To COVID-19 Dramatically Lower In Michigan

June 28, 2020

Upton Joins The Other ‘Do As I Say’ Politicians On Social Distancing

Posted himself violating executive order on Facebook

Tom Gantert | June 28, 2020

Teachers’ Claims Of Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Goes Against State Law

Detroit Free Press columnist claims Detroit teachers ‘forced to buy their own supplies’

June 27, 2020

New York Times Discounts Michigan’s Consistent Increase In School Funding

Newspaper characterizes $900 million increase above inflation as ‘hollowed out’ funding

Tom Gantert | June 27, 2020

Michigan Columnist Challenges Trump To Increase School Spending; Federal Funding Most Ever

Fiscal Agency records go back to 2000

June 26, 2020

New York Times Says Whitmer Reversed Underinvestment; Her First Budget Had Decade’s First Decline

State spending increased for nine consecutive years but that ended with Whitmer’s first budget

June 26, 2020

Officials Saw Struggle Coming To Process Epidemic Unemployment Claims

There are 11,824 people still waiting months after filing

June 26, 2020

Is Whitmer’s Baseball Order Political Theater?

Rescinds already-rescinded restrictions, and after MLB says ‘play ball’

Tom Gantert | June 26, 2020

Two Michigan Gyms Open Despite Executive Order Lockdown

Federal district judge shot down gym lockdown June 19, appeals court reinstated it June 24

June 25, 2020

Glowing New York Times Portrait Of Whitmer In Epidemic Paints Incomplete Picture

Relevant facts that challenge newspaper’s narrative left out

Tom Gantert | June 25, 2020

23 Michigan House Democrats Buck Whitmer, Nessel On Line 5 Pipeline

Up-north residents who depend on pipeline to heat their homes are concerned

Tom Gantert | June 25, 2020

The COVID-19 Models That Rule Our Lives Got It Wrong

‘Substantially inflated’ death estimates came from flawed assumptions

Dawson Bell | June 25, 2020

Two Months Ago, State Had Far More COVID-19 Cases And Far Fewer Tests

Number of tests not often reported by media

June 24, 2020

GOP Social Distancing Violations ‘Dangerous, Irresponsible;’ Whitmer's Violation Unmentioned

Governor’s spokeswoman calls Senate majority leader’s haircut ‘playing partisan politics’

June 24, 2020

Michigan’s Unemployment Rate, Once Even With U.S. Average, Now Exceeds It By Far

State's unemployment rate hit 21.2% in May

Parker Thayer | June 24, 2020

Still Waiting: Thousands Not Getting Employment Benefits Months After Applying

June 23, 2020

One City, One Decade, One Million Parking Tickets

June 23, 2020

Poor Community, Rich School District

Wealthy community’s school funding less rich

June 23, 2020

Whitmer Cites COVID-19 Pockets To Delay Reopening State

Statewide, new cases and deaths lower this week than previous week

Tom Gantert | June 23, 2020

Facebook Moderator Boasts Deleting Users For MAGA Hat

‘I am going to delete them for terrorism’

Tom Gantert | June 23, 2020

Last Three Months' Jobless Benefits Nearly Match State's 2019 School Budget

June 22, 2020

Federal Judge Blasts Whitmer’s Lockdown Defense

Describes argument to keep gyms closed as not science but ‘trust us, they’re still dangerous’

Tom Gantert | June 22, 2020

Michigan, Other States Want More Flex On Federal Virus Relief Money

This state in line for more than $3 billion

Dawson Bell | June 20, 2020

Federal Court Orders Michigan To Lift Lockdown On Gyms

Court sees no evidence of 'a rational relation between' closing gyms and public health

June 19, 2020

Fed Court: Let Michigan Supremes Decide If Whitmer's Emergency Powers Valid

Current law puts no time limit on assumption of extraordinary powers

June 19, 2020

National Teachers Union Wants Police Out Of Schools

June 19, 2020

Get the Numbers Straight about School Finance

Complete picture, sound math debunk exaggerated talking points

Ben DeGrow | June 19, 2020

Complete picture, sound math debunk exaggerated talking points

Michigan Population Winners And Losers

Surprises include Ann Arbor decline, topped only by last place Detroit

Parker Thayer | June 19, 2020

Whitmer: Attempt To Strip Emergency Powers 'Irresponsible, Dangerous, And Foolish'

Extends her extraordinary powers until end of July or longer

June 18, 2020

No Spike In New COVID-19 Cases After Police Brutality Protests

Tom Gantert | June 18, 2020

Media Anecdotes Galore, But Little Data On Frontline Workers Catching COVID-19

Walmart silent since early April; big New York grocer reports 0.5% rate

Tom Gantert | June 18, 2020

Whitmer Extends Emergency Even As Hospital Occupancy Rates Back To Normal

The rate was 66% on June 15, same figure as 1990 and 2010

June 17, 2020

Lansing Activists Want To Defund Police

But city owes public safety retirees $764 million in benefits

June 17, 2020

Why Can Funeral Directors Only Manage One Home Per County?

Bill seeks to keep rural undertakers from going under

Parker Thayer | June 17, 2020

Michigan Can’t Find $3.5 Million For State Police Body Cams, Spends $15 Million On Tourism Marketing

About $2,200 per officer per year to acquire, operate body cams

June 16, 2020

Union Announces Cost To Reopen US Schools: $116.5 Billion

'...should be provided in addition to other funds'

June 16, 2020

Former Ann Arbor Chief Speaks Out On Police Unions

They exploit a process 'staggeringly favorable to bad cops'

June 16, 2020

State and Local Bailouts Would Reward Fiscal Wastefulness

Congress should avoid bailouts

Michael D. LaFaive and Carol Platt Liebau | June 16, 2020

Congress should avoid bailouts

Completing the Fix for Police Accountability

We must adopt a comprehensive approach to police reform

David Guenthner | June 16, 2020

We must adopt a comprehensive approach to police reform

State Says Michigan Capitol Confidential Wrong, It Did Not Demand Dam Water Be Raised In Lawsuit

Attorney General’s remedy was ‘restoring ecosystem to ... state prior to the Drawdowns’

Tom Gantert | June 16, 2020

Whitmer Won’t Defund ‘All The Police,’ State Police Handle Her Emergency Communications

Wants less law enforcement, criminal justice in budget

June 15, 2020

Cop Or Barber? Clipping Hair In Michigan Requires Three Times More Training

594 hours versus 1,800 hours

June 15, 2020

Township Officials Sue Tax Hike Opponents For Successfully Committing Politics Online

Voters deprived officials of opportunity to spend more

Holly Matkin | June 15, 2020

Police Unions In The Crosshairs

Former chief says they make it 'almost impossible to fire and hold officers accountable'

June 14, 2020

Attorney General Cited ‘Mussels’ 38 Times, ‘Flood’ Once In Suit Over Dam That Failed

Suit filed 19 days before flood, for lowering waters behind dam

June 13, 2020

Misleading Pictures Of Detroit School Funding

It’s not hard to get things wrong when big revenue sources are left out

June 13, 2020

Whitmer Agrees Armed Blacks At Capitol Would Be Killed; These Weren't

June 12, 2020

Wayne Prosecutor Endorsed By Attorney General Nessel Seized Poor Peoples' Cars

Took more than 2,600 cars over two years in aggressive sting operation

Tom Gantert | June 12, 2020

Whitmer's 114 Coronavirus Executive Orders Bring 22 Lawsuits So Far

More of both seem likely

June 11, 2020

Governor's ‘Trying To Save Your Life’ Standard Places Few Limits On State Epidemic Orders

Telling diners they can remove their mask before they eat

Tom Gantert | June 11, 2020

Police Chief: 'Nothing More Debilitating' Than Unions Interfering With Firing Bad Officers

Minneapolis Police Chief pulling out of union negotiations

June 10, 2020

It's A Crime In Michigan To Cut Hair Without A License Even For Free

June 10, 2020

Whitmer Partners State With ‘Science-Backed’ Buddhist Tradition

State constitution encourages religion but bars support for a particular sect

Tom Gantert | June 10, 2020

Executive Order Suspending Evictions Doesn’t Let Renters Off The Hook

People who rent out property wish the state told tenants they still must pay

Dawson Bell | June 10, 2020

Voter Cleanup - Missed One? Sheriff Gets Ballot Application For Dead Person 20 Years Gone

2018 law requires state to match voter records against Social Security master files

June 9, 2020

Does Defund The Grand Rapids Police Mean Take Their Pensions Too?

Police and firefighters have been promised a combined $530.7 million in pensions by the city

June 9, 2020

Whitmer Skirted Her Own Executive Orders Twice Before Blowing Them Up

Nothing ambiguous or confusing in executive order against joining crowds in public

Tom Gantert | June 9, 2020

90 Days, 113 COVID-19 Executive Orders

June 8, 2020

Court Rejects Whitmer’s Effort To Impose Severe Lockdown Penalties On Businesses

‘There is simply no room ... for adding additional penalties’

Tom Gantert | June 8, 2020

Whitmer Admits Social Distancing Violation; Thousands Face $1,000 Fines

Democrats censured elected lockdown protestor for same offense in April, mayor said then Republican 'put residents at risk of death'

Tom Gantert | June 7, 2020

Fewer New Michigan COVID-19 Cases Since George Floyd Protests Began

June 6, 2020

Supreme Court Justice on Owosso Barber: 'Decisions Made According To The Rule of Law, Not Hysteria'

Tom Gantert | June 6, 2020

Backlog Of Used Beverage Containers Headed To Michigan Stores

‘Grocers are really worried about being inundated’ by unwashed bottles as ban on bottle and can redemption ends

Dawson Bell | June 6, 2020

Michigan County Had Highest Unemployment In U.S. In April

June 5, 2020

Will Michigan Remain In State Of Emergency Until COVID-19 Vaccine Released?

No answers from Whitmer on end date - and the law is silent too

Tom Gantert | June 5, 2020

Science? Data? Judgment? Something Else? Continued Hair Salon Lockdown Raises Questions

Governor's re-opening plan splits state in regions, so why keep barbers in 'safe' areas closed?

June 4, 2020

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