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While Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has said her COVID-19 policies are based on science, many decisions were made on the fly, with some influenced by anecdotes and public pressure

These Parents And Children Looking For Alternatives After Virtual Instruction Failed Them

Schools’ poor pandemic performance has changed their relationship with parents and the public

Dawson Bell | June 15, 2021

State Agency’s ‘How To Form A Union’ Adventure Wilted Under Sunshine

Business leader: ‘Can be a labor organizer or .... impartial state regulator’ — but not both

Dawson Bell | June 14, 2021

Link Teacher Pay To Quality? But Annual State-Required Ratings Fail To Separate Best

Tom Gantert | June 12, 2021

Attorney General Wanted Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Arrested Before Going On Fox News

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel: ‘We should just have her picked up before she goes on’

Jamie A. Hope and Tom Gantert | June 11, 2021

Michigan School Pension Deficits Eat District Budgets

Thanks to state underfunding, Lansing Schools' pension expense is up despite smaller enrollment and staff

Jamie A. Hope | June 11, 2021

Whitmer Would Pay Schools More To Educate Fewer Students

Tom Gantert | June 10, 2021

Secretary Of State Fines Motorists For Delayed Service, Blames Legislators

‘Until the law is changed by legislators, we are obligated to charge them’

Jamie A. Hope | June 10, 2021

Michigan Op-Ed Writer’s Defense Of Whitmer COVID Orders Confuses Cause With Effect

Her over-the-top Washington Post protests further politicize the epidemic

Tom Gantert | June 9, 2021

Granholm Wind Scheme Lauded At First, But Then Fell Into Obscurity When It Failed

Tom Gantert | June 8, 2021

Vaccination Rate Lags Sharply In Detroit

Some national media point finger at lower uptake in conservative Michigan towns, but silent on Detroit

Tom Gantert | June 7, 2021

No State COVID Death Tracking At Nearly 3,500 Care Facilities

State officials play 20 questions-type game with efforts to define nursing home

Olivia Miller | June 5, 2021

How Does Michigan’s Tax System Rank?

Not the best, not the worst across the United States

Olivia Miller | June 5, 2021

Was This State COVID Spending Item ‘Appropriate?’ Auditor General Can’t Say

Jamie A. Hope and Tom Gantert | June 4, 2021

Democrat’s Amendment Insinuates Legislative Leaders Affiliate With Domestic Terrorists

June 4, 2021

State Spent $13 Billion More Last Year Than A Decade Ago, Even After Inflation

Still, there’s always calls for more

Jamie A. Hope | June 3, 2021

No Fine For Restaurant Where Whitmer Caught Skipping Social Distance

Health departments report no local restaurants fined as scofflaws

Jamie A. Hope | June 2, 2021

Granholm Green Energy Handout: A Glowing Promise And Cattle Feed

After getting millions from taxpayers, Alpena biogas refinery now makes a livestock ingredient

Jamie A. Hope | June 1, 2021

See You In Court: Contractors Sue Township Over Unlawful Union Contracting Privilege

Officials thumb noses at 2015 ban on special treatment for unions in government contracts

Dawson Bell | May 31, 2021

Media Group Gets Teacher Data From Union, Not State, Publishes Different Numbers

Tom Gantert | May 29, 2021

Whitmer Says She Would Use Emergency Law To Impose Her Non-Emergency Policies

Abuse fears are why Supreme Court took away open-ended 1945 emergency law powers

Tom Gantert | May 28, 2021

State Health Department Budget Up 25%, Still Failed To Track COVID Nursing Home Deaths

Blaming taxpayers' ‘chronic underinvestment’ won’t wash this one

Tom Gantert | May 28, 2021

Billboard: Whitmer Dissed People With ‘One Rule For Others And A Different One For Themselves’

Tom Gantert | May 28, 2021

Bad Information About the Prevailing Wage Abounds

Lawmakers should be skeptical of a recent study

Michael D. LaFaive | May 27, 2021

Lawmakers should be skeptical of a recent study

It's Made No Biofuel For Six Years, But Feds Still Pumping This Granholm Energy Handout

State-taxpayer subsidized ‘alternative energy capital of the world’ project now making molasses to feed livestock

Jamie A. Hope | May 27, 2021

Studies Can’t Prove Lockdowns Didn’t Work - Or That They Did

Did the costs outweigh the benefits?

Olivia Miller | May 27, 2021

This District Has A Student Shortage, Not Teacher Shortage

Enrollment at Oak Park schools down 25% in four years but number of teachers stays nearly the same

Tom Gantert | May 26, 2021

Residents Testify Local Airbnb Bans Take Away Freedom And Income

Bill to permit restrictions but not bans approved by a House committee

Olivia Miller | May 26, 2021

Number Of Michigan Teachers Rises Even As Enrollment Declines

Yet media often tells a teacher shortage story

Tom Gantert | May 25, 2021

Michigan’s Highest-Profile Lockdown Scofflaw: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Also the highest-ranking violator, with a growing record

Tom Gantert | May 24, 2021

State Uses $11M From Prisoners’ Phone Call Charges To Cover Other Prison Program Costs

Jamie A. Hope | May 22, 2021

State Pension Underfunding Enough To Give Pontiac Teachers $11,000 Bonuses

There are no bonuses; that's how much more district paid pension fund in 2020 vs. 2010

Jamie A. Hope | May 21, 2021

The Old ‘Teachers Out-Of-Pocket For School Supplies’ Canard Resurfaces

Constitution, law, courts all affirm: Taxpayers cover these costs, not teachers or parents

Tom Gantert | May 20, 2021

Media’s Flint Police Narratives Misleading And Often Wrong

Police pay not unreasonably low, especially where $28,834 is median household income

Tom Gantert | May 19, 2021

Michigan's Public School Funding Higher Than Ever

Tom Gantert | May 18, 2021

Pipeline Shutdown Supported By Progressives Could Cost 23,000 U.P. Households Their Heat

Potential fuel shortages hit northern families where they live

Jamie A. Hope | May 18, 2021

Michigan School Pensions Still Underwater, Democrat's Bill Would Sink Them Lower

Double pension credits for some who collected paychecks during pandemic

Tom Gantert | May 17, 2021

Michigan Officials Ignored CDC Head's Urging To Lock Down In April, COVID Plummeted

Tom Gantert | May 15, 2021

Whitmer Lifted Outdoor Mask Mandate, Tigers May Break Other Rules Saying No Mask Needed

Michigan agencies create regulatory swamp of epidemic mandates, restrictions

Tom Gantert | May 15, 2021

Union Complains About New Teachers’ Low Pay - In Contracts It Negotiated

It’s a trade-off: Pay starts low and rises quickly as seniority builds

Tom Gantert | May 14, 2021

Michigan Mask Mandate Ends Saturday For The Vaccinated

Tom Gantert | May 14, 2021

A Bizarre Media Hit Piece on Airbnb

MLive implies service was complicit in shooting at short-term rental

Jarrett Skorup | May 14, 2021

A Bizarre Media Hit Piece on Airbnb

Teacher Describes Sacrifices In Union Video; Her Pay Up 27% In Six Years

Tom Gantert | May 13, 2021

School District’s Use Of Sign-Waving Children To Electioneer For Tax Hike Probably Not Illegal

District silent so far on whether teachers and students were taken out of class for this

Dawson Bell | May 13, 2021

Michigan Teachers Union Video Disses Profession, Misinforms On Pay

Tom Gantert | May 12, 2021

State Claims Business Groups Involved In Permanent Mask Mandates They Strongly Oppose

Workplace regulators want masks, health monitoring, social distancing and remote work going forward

Dawson Bell | May 12, 2021

Whitmer’s Overall Approval Under 50% But Still Not Horrible

And 51-49 approve her epidemic performance

Jamie A. Hope | May 11, 2021

Cost Of School Pension Underfunding In 2021: 42% Of Teacher Payroll Expense

Politicians overpromised, managers filled gap with rosy scenarios, taxpayers on the hook

Dawson Bell | May 11, 2021

Three States Will Refuse Federal Benefit That Makes Staying At Home Pay More Than Working

A Michigan Democrat explained the problem

Tom Gantert | May 10, 2021

Whitmer’s Private Jet Trip During Pandemic Flies In Face Of Her Carbon Order Claims

Do what I say ...

Jamie A. Hope | May 10, 2021

Wind, Solar Firms Picked For Granholm’s Governor Mansion Soon Went Broke

Detroit Free Press reported the installation meant she’s not kidding on renewables

Tom Gantert | May 10, 2021

Cities Across Michigan Are Banning Airbnb — This Bill Would Stop Them

It would allow short-term rentals to be regulated but not banned

Dawson Bell | May 8, 2021

Michigan Health Department To Athletes: Never Mind CDC, Wipe Those Surfaces

CDC: ‘Risk is low ... generally less than 1 in 10,000’

Tom Gantert | May 7, 2021

Metrics for Michigan: Slow Rolling to Normal

Governor’s plan may mean restrictions last far longer than those in other states

Michael Van Beek | May 6, 2021

Governor’s plan may mean restrictions last far longer than those in other states

Union President Wants Teachers Paid ‘What They’re Worth’

But union contracts just rewarded a regional teacher of the year with five years of no raises

Tom Gantert | May 6, 2021

2006 Law Requires Annual State Pandemic Plan ‘Effectiveness’ Reports; It Didn’t Happen

Legislators also didn’t explain how to assess a plan’s effectiveness before the fact

Dawson Bell | May 5, 2021

Is ‘Vacc to Normal’ Back to Normal?

Gov. Whitmer has not indicated whether she’ll give up unilateral control

Michael Van Beek | May 4, 2021

Gov. Whitmer has not indicated whether she’ll give up unilateral control

Former Gov. Granholm’s Clean Energy Promises Go National

New secretary of energy’s Michigan schemes were announced with fanfare but failed in silence

Tom Gantert | May 4, 2021

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