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

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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

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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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Auditors Find State Overpaid Medicaid Home Health Vendors $39.4 Million

Could be worse: A previous audit found a $160 million loss

Jamie A. Hope | May 3, 2021

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Half Of Michigan's 16-And-Above Population Vaccinated

Tom Gantert | May 2, 2021

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Bill Advances To Make State University Funding Follow Students, Not Lobbyists

‘I see a sea of lobbyists here today’

Dawson Bell | May 1, 2021

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Institutionalized Obfuscation By School Spending Advocates

Ignoring 29% of Detroit school funding lets this official claim institutional racism

Tom Gantert | April 30, 2021

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Democrat Testifies: Boosted Unemployment Benefits Still Can Pay More Than Work

Hearing focused on another epidemic sweetener, no work-search requirement to get jobless benefits

Tom Gantert | April 29, 2021

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Thank Goodness Michigan Officials Ignored CDC Head's April 12 Call For Lockdown

She was wrong

Tom Gantert | April 28, 2021

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Audit: School Districts Failing To Rate Teacher Effectiveness, As Law Requires

State education department says the law should be changed

Jamie A. Hope | April 28, 2021

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Michigan Regulators Want To Make Debunked 'Surface Transmission' Rules Permanent

Never mind that CDC says chances of infection 'less than 1 in 10,000'

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | April 27, 2021

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Generalized Teacher Shortages, A Michigan Media Mainstay, Unsupported By Facts

Districts struggle filling some specialties, but overall numbers are up, not down

Tom Gantert | April 27, 2021

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Midland's Senior Prom: Stay In Parking Lot Masked At All Times

Tom Gantert | April 26, 2021

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Michigan Media Makes More Scary COVID Claims Not Supported By Data

Tom Gantert | April 26, 2021

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Data Doesn’t Support Narrative Of 'School Sports Caused The Surge'

Tom Gantert | April 24, 2021

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'COVID Knows No Boundaries' - Michigan Excepted?

This state's coronavirus spike appears to stop at the state line

Tom Gantert | April 23, 2021

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Teacher Turnover Might Be Less If Schools Complied With Mentoring and Training Requirements

Audit finds districts can’t show they offered the skills-boosting help they’re supposed to provide

Jamie A. Hope | April 23, 2021

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The New York Times Cheers Whitmer But Clams Up On Her Florida Trip

News outlets across the nation and world ran headlines about governor — with one notable exception

Tom Gantert | April 22, 2021

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Lansing District Shuts Down In-School Learning, Gets $113 Million In COVID Stimulus Anyway

Tom Gantert | April 21, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | April 21, 2021

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Study Finds Devastating Costs, Few Benefits From Michigan’s Extreme Fall-Winter Lockdown

States with less destructive policies also had fewer deaths

Jamie A. Hope | April 20, 2021

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Officials Take Credit When Pandemic Ebbs, Blame The People For Surges

Beware a government with a ‘vision of sick people as the enemy’ warned ACLU in 2008

Tom Gantert | April 19, 2021

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Michigan Health Department Proposes ‘Gender Expression’ Mandates For Child Care

Child’s ‘expressed gender’ would have to be given consideration for sleeping and clothing

Tom Gantert | April 19, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | April 19, 2021

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Will Michigan Ever Reopen? No Guarantee Of Reaching Whitmer's Required Vaccine Threshold

Neighbor state officials also tie reopening to matters outside their control

Jamie A. Hope | April 17, 2021

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Michigan Government Orders Toddlers Age 2 to 4 To Wear Facemasks

Tom Gantert | April 16, 2021

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Gig Work: Will Regulators Throttle A Fast-Growing Workforce Trend?

Florida and California are studies in friendly vs approaches; Michigan is a mixed bag

Dawson Bell | April 16, 2021

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Professor: MSU Segregating Campus By Affinity Groups Violates Civil Rights Act

He’s filed a complaint

Jamie A. Hope | April 15, 2021

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Proposed Michigan COVID Rule Forbids Leaving Shows Or Stadiums Before Getting Permission

‘Safe exit’ procedures raise many questions

Tom Gantert | April 15, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | April 14, 2021

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Audit: Evidence Lacking 40% Of Public School Educators Took Required Continuing Ed Courses

Department of Education created verification process only after audit found shortcoming

Jamie A. Hope | April 14, 2021

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Pandemic ‘Put Communities Through Hell’? Not As Measured By Government Pay Hikes

Lobbying group for local officials has made the claim

Tom Gantert | April 13, 2021

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Hold Political Opinionmakers Accountable for Fabricated Evidence

Details and evidence are often glossed over

James M. Hohman | April 12, 2021

Details and evidence are often glossed over

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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

Tom Gantert | April 12, 2021

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Senate-Passed Bill Would Prescribe Restaurant Lockdown Metrics In Law

Michigan’s hospitality industry fed up with shifting state standards

Dawson Bell | April 10, 2021

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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

Jamie A. Hope | April 9, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | April 8, 2021

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UK Variant In Just 0.02% Of Michigan’s COVID Cases; WaPo Blames It For Current Surge

Tom Gantert | April 7, 2021

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Experts Have Answers For Michigan’s COVID Spike, But Nothing Definite

Tom Gantert | April 7, 2021

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Michigan 12th-Most Restrictive State For COVID Policies

Tom Gantert | April 6, 2021

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If Not Numbers, What Drives Whitmer’s COVID Policies?

The same caseloads that triggered November lockdowns get no response in April

Tom Gantert | April 6, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | April 5, 2021

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How To Make A School District Appear Underfunded: Ignore Big Pieces Of Revenue

Michigan’s public school establishment and friends regularly do it

Tom Gantert | April 3, 2021

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Four Years Running, Auditors Ding Benton Harbor Schools On Free Lunch Accounting

Federal government appears no more diligent enforcing its rules

Tom Gantert | April 2, 2021

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Flint Has 29 Cents For Each Dollar Needed To Cover Pension Promises

Annual income: $100 million; total pension promises: $388 million; result: misery

Tom Gantert | April 1, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | March 31, 2021

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Michigan Has More Teachers Per Student Than 13 Years Ago

More favorable ratio challenges often-repeated claims of a teacher shortage

Tom Gantert | March 30, 2021

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Fewer Students And More Teachers Means - A Michigan Teacher Shortage?

That's what they say

Tom Gantert | March 29, 2021

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Michigan Job Losses Nation's 12th Worst Since Pandemic Began

Employment down 6.9% here from Feb. 2020

Tom Gantert | March 29, 2021

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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

Tom Gantert | March 29, 2021

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