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More Michigan Teachers Per Student Now Than 10 Years Ago

A modest 2% decline in teacher numbers swamped by 8.6% plunge in enrollment

Tom Gantert | July 29, 2021

State’s Initial Epidemic Responses Guided By ‘Worst Case But Possible’ Scenario

The reality fell short

Tom Gantert | July 28, 2021

Legionnaires’ Disease Spike Cited To Justify Extended Lockdowns, But They May Have Triggered It

Argument related to campaign to ban unlimited government by emergency order

Jamie A. Hope | July 27, 2021

88% Of Detroit Third Graders Below Proficient In Reading; New Law Held None Back

Law that bars moving along children who can’t read filled with exceptions

Tom Gantert | July 26, 2021

Politicians Believed ‘Grim’ COVID Messaging Would Be The Most Effective

Telling public you won't die 'if you're lucky' a long way from 'minimization of public panic and fear'

Tom Gantert | July 24, 2021

Benton Harbor Schools Held Back No Third Graders In 2020-21 School Year

District cited in liberal nonprofit’s panic about law to restrict promoting children who can’t read to next grade

Tom Gantert | July 23, 2021

Another Granholm Green Energy Winner That Was A Bust

$50 million taxpayer dollars down the tubes

Jamie A. Hope | July 22, 2021

Liberal Nonprofit News Site Paints Unfair Picture Of Reading Retention Law

ProPublica fails to mention specific exemptions to being held back

Tom Gantert | July 20, 2021

Earlier Poll Anticipated Vaccine Lottery's Underwhelming Results

Downward trajectory of weekly vaccinations not dented by state's prize offers

Jamie A. Hope and Tom Gantert | July 19, 2021

U-M Says ‘No’ To Open Records Law Payroll Request, Michigan Court Of Claims Says ‘Yes’

Records would indicate if university’s state of emergency pay freeze was real

Jamie A. Hope | July 17, 2021

Michigan’s Subsidized Green Energy Adventures Arrived With Headlines, Faded In Silence

Remember Swedish Biogas?

Tom Gantert | July 16, 2021

Former State Health Director Wanted ‘Credible Threat’ Of Police Lockdown Sanctions

‘People who see local violations ... can contact local police’

Jamie A. Hope | July 15, 2021

Detroit’s Unemployment 8.1% Before Epidemic, Spiked To 40.4% In May 2020

ACLU had warned, minorities, disadvantaged ‘bear the brunt of tough public health measures’

Tom Gantert | July 14, 2021

Michigan’s Teacher Pension Fund Earned Just 5.3% Last Year

401(k) investors in a Vanguard stock-and-bond index fund did better

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | July 13, 2021

Granholm-Subsidized Biochemicals Incubator Now Makes Ethanol For Cocktails

‘You have to adapt’ says current owner of company once touted as cutting-edge

Tom Gantert | July 12, 2021

The Quiet Shortfall In Michigan Schools

Tom Gantert | July 10, 2021

Credit Or Blame? Whitmer Boasts On Michigan’s Post-COVID Economic Performance

It’s not good

Jamie A. Hope | July 9, 2021

Whitmer’s Renewables Order Would Cover Whole Regions In Turbines And Solar Arrays

Jamie A. Hope | July 8, 2021

Whitmer’s Tax-And-Borrow Missteps Halted Road Repair Progress

Despite ‘Fix the damn roads’ campaign rhetoric, transportation debt is higher and state road repair dollars fewer

Jamie A. Hope | July 7, 2021

Consumers Energy and DTE Seek Higher Rates, Again

Jamie A. Hope | July 6, 2021

State Report Boasts Lower Michigan Case Rate; Silent On Higher Death Rate

Tom Gantert | July 5, 2021

Michigan's Liquor Taxes Among the Stiffest in the Nation

Olivia Miller | July 4, 2021

Michigan Nonprofits Relieved By Supreme Court’s Donor Privacy Ruling

Key state officers here favor government efforts to seize donor names, addresses

Tom Gantert | July 3, 2021

School Funding Looks Unequal If Major Revenue Sources Not Counted

And one of those sources helped solve major school spending disparities

Tom Gantert | July 2, 2021

New Restrictions On Property Owners Advance Officials’ Pursuit Of ‘Tree City’ Label

Trees that have to go would become a big problem for lot and land owners

Jamie A. Hope | July 1, 2021

Whitmer Blamed Public, 'Variant' For April COVID Spike, State Now Admits Had No Evidence

Governor also resisted hardline lockdowners at CDC

Madeline Peltzer | June 30, 2021

Teacher Went From $61,701 to $81,328 In Six Years, Tells Newspaper Low Pay A Hurdle

Tom Gantert | June 29, 2021

Clearing Up the Record on Michigan Charter Schools

A Response to Misguided Claims in The New Yorker

Ben DeGrow | June 29, 2021

The New Yorker gets it wrong on Michigan charter schools

City Demands Vacation Renters’ Data; Homeowners Question Its Security And More

‘Their rationale makes no sense’

Olivia Miller | June 28, 2021

Workplace Regulators Abuse Power Extending State Emergency Rules Until Christmas Week

Jamie A. Hope | June 26, 2021

Michigan Schools Never Had More To Spend; MSU Prof Calls State Dead Last In Funding

Carefully selected date ranges paint a false picture

Tom Gantert | June 25, 2021

Teachers Who Are Paid $97K Annually Say Low Pay Is A Problem

Tom Gantert | June 24, 2021

Center-Left Interest Group's Whopper On Michigan Teacher Retirement Benefits

Most private sector workers only dream of such security

Tom Gantert | June 23, 2021

CDC Data Suggests Stricter Lockdowns Didn’t Reduce COVID Deaths

Michigan had substantially more deaths than its neighbors despite more significant restrictions

Tom Gantert | June 22, 2021

Study: Michigan Falls Behind In Recovering From Pandemic

Health status, jobs and economy, travel and leisure return rates here all lag

Olivia Miller | June 22, 2021

Michigan’s 100 Year-Plus Teacher Shortage

The topic has been a state media staple

Tom Gantert | June 21, 2021

Whitmer Says 'Science' Governed State Epidemic Responses; Record Suggests Otherwise

Were previously declared vacc-rate reopening thresholds discarded without notice?

Tom Gantert | June 19, 2021

Michigan Company, Lauded As A Face Of Green Energy in 2012, Now Defunct

June 18, 2021

Michigan Capitol Confidential Inaccurately Described Attendance Policies Of Two School Districts

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | June 17, 2021

Heavy Agency Email Chatter Before Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner’s Arrest

Attorney General staffers were monitoring social media posts and complaints critical of their actions

Jamie A. Hope | June 17, 2021

Another School Establishment Ally Understates Michigan Teacher Salaries

This time in a poor district near Flint

Tom Gantert | June 16, 2021

Governor’s Pandemic Response Was Rarely Backed by Science

Michael Van Beek | June 15, 2021

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

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