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Underfunded? Detroit Is State's 15th Best Funded Larger School District

Gets less from some sources and more from others

Tom Gantert | August 29, 2020

MEGA Mistake: Big Corporate Welfare Program Still a Waste

State economic development incentives often don’t result in much development.

Michael D. LaFaive | August 28, 2020

State economic development incentives often don’t result in much development.

Former Crain's Detroit Business Publisher Calls Rand Paul 'Bed-Wetting Snowflake'

Tom Gantert | August 28, 2020

Hasn't Opened Yet, And Traverse City's Government Broadband Needs Surprise Loan

Private sector competition is ‘not going to just roll over’

Dawson Bell | August 28, 2020

Perpetual State Of Emergency? Michigan One Of 15 States That Don’t Rule It Out

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Cancel The Narrative: Schools Serving Michigan’s Poor Among State's Highest Funded, Not Least

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Whitmer's Idea Of Bullying: Is It Small Business Politely Pleading To Reopen?

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Superintendent Gets $240K, School District Out Another $100K In Pension 'Catch-Up Costs'

Past pension underfunding takes amount equal to 40% of school payrolls

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Michigan Hospitals Less Full Than Nonpandemic Years

Keeping occupancy down one of the rationales of ongoing lockdowns

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Ex-ACLU Head Plays Race Card On Detroit Schools

Yet, Detroit receives thousands of dollars more per student than the average Michigan school district

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Word ‘Epidemic’ Missing From Law Whitmer Bases Unilateral Governance On

‘Epidemic’ does appear in the emergency law that limits how long she can go solo

Tom Gantert | August 25, 2020

Union ‘Safety Strike’ Tells Detroit Teachers To Stay Home, But Will Students Show Up Remotely?

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Judge: ‘Governor Can Order Anything, Forever, A Truly Striking Concept In A Democratic Republic’

Appeals court judge dissents

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Should A Past Crime Bar Someone From Becoming A Roofer?

Michigan gets poor grades on licensing laws that keep reformed criminals unemployed

Parker Thayer | August 24, 2020

Not Training Staff On COVID Symptoms And More Earns Speedway Station $6,300 Fine

Tom Gantert | August 22, 2020

Michigan Health Official Calls COVID Survivors ‘Lucky,’ CDC Data Suggests Survival is Commonplace

Projections show that overall, victims have a very high chance of beating the disease

Tom Gantert | August 22, 2020

Jobs Program Creates Jobs at Killer Cost

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 21, 2020

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

Michigan's Jobless Will Get An Extra $300 Per Week In Federal Unemployment Benefits

Extra amount authorized under Trump executive order

Tom Gantert | August 21, 2020

A Myth Too Politically Useful Not To Repeat: Schools In Poor Michigan Cities Get Less

Two politicians at Whitmer press conference keep it going

Tom Gantert | August 21, 2020

Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Below Pre-Coronavirus Levels

August 20, 2020

Michigan Unemployment Numbers Plummet As $600 Federal Bonus Ends

August 20, 2020

Strike! Detroit Teachers Union Demands Teachers Stay At Home

Children may not return to school until number of cases ‘falls to nearly zero’

August 20, 2020

Most Michigan Schoolchildren To Have One Interaction With A Teacher Most Months

No in-person meetings required; four emails would qualify in two other months

Tom Gantert | August 20, 2020

Nearly Six Months Into Michigan Emergency, Lockdown Rationales Keep Changing

Normal life and large parts of state economy have been suspended since March 10

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | August 19, 2020

Michigan's Corporate Welfare Programs Are a Bad Investment

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 18, 2020

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

Biden Plan Would Let Nation's Worst School District Shut Down Charter Competitors

Detroit school district has long history of underserving the neediest students

August 18, 2020

Schools Spend $228 Per Pupil On Supplies; Teachers Claim They Spend, Too

August 18, 2020

Epidemiologists To Michigan Supreme Court: Lock Down State Until Vaccine

But that could be years

Tom Gantert | August 18, 2020

What Defines 'State of Emergency?' What The Governor Says It Is

And the governor keeps changing the criteria

August 17, 2020

Stores Could Be Committing Coronavirus Crime If Hand Sanitizer Less Than 60% Alcohol

Using 'best efforts' a defense but it's not defined

August 17, 2020

Union Contracts Protect Bad Cops, Mayors’ Report Says

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | August 17, 2020

Two Day 1943 Riot Inspired Law Authorizing 159-Days-And-Counting State Of Emergency

August 16, 2020

State Will Pay Schools For Unenrolled 'Ghost' Students

August 15, 2020

Court Tosses Politicians’ Lawsuit Against Residents For Critical Comments

Action by township board members is a frivolous affront to free speech, circuit court rules

Dawson Bell | August 15, 2020

One Michigan Child Age 5-To-14 Has Died Of COVID-19; Four Of That Age Group Died From Flu

August 14, 2020

Fauci Poor-Mouths As 'Government Worker'; His Federal Job Pays $417,608

Average federal worker gets $124,600 in pay and benefits

August 14, 2020

Teacher Fired For Dissing Liberals, U-M Prof Got Raises After ‘I Hate Republicans’

To save his job, district demanded teacher admit he was wrong

Tom Gantert | August 14, 2020

Law Whitmer Cites For Unilateral Emergency Powers Used Just Once Before In 43 Years

Other governors have used less undemocratic 1976 emergency law dozens of times

August 13, 2020

School District And Superintendent Both Get More —But Not Enough, He Says

Wayne County district gets $862 more per student more than in 2010; his after-inflation hike since 2014 is 4.6%

August 13, 2020

Virus Killed 2,021 In Nursing Homes; Whitmer Defends Not Letting Them Bar COVID Patients

Average age of Michigan coronavirus fatalities is 75.4 years

August 13, 2020

Whitmer’s Unilateral Governance Opposed By More Than Just Trump Supporters

About two dozen lawsuits filed against Michigan governor by a variety of interests

August 12, 2020

Schools May Be Empty But State Superintendent Says Send Money Anyway

Wants funding to be based on same student counts - even if there are no 'live' students

August 12, 2020

State Offers Corporations $593,913 On Average To Create A Single Job

New Mackinac Center study questions the return from corporate handouts

August 12, 2020

112 Outbreaks In Nursing Homes, 5 In Bars - So Lock Down The Bars?

Michigan governor defended placing virus patients in nursing homes, and just closed inside service at bars

August 11, 2020

Did Michigan See 7,431 People Die In April, Or 13,011? Watch Those Revisions

For just COVID-19 the state initially reported 2,386 April deaths; revisions now indicate there were 3,232

Tom Gantert | August 11, 2020

Whitmer Speaks At Event That Appears To Violate Her Own Orders

Tom Gantert | August 10, 2020

No COVID Patients In Delta County, Yet Gladstone Tavern Closed On Whitmer’s Order

‘I’m not sure what science class she took,’ says business owner

Holly Matkin | August 10, 2020

Salon Owner Reported For Facebook Post, Gets State Inspection

Small town entrepreneur learns value of keeping quiet

Dawson Bell | August 8, 2020

New Mandate: Two Weeks Of Self-Lockdown After 15 Minutes With Person Who Has Sore Throat

Applies to any one of 'principal' COVID-19 symptoms including severe headache, vomiting and fever

August 7, 2020

President Of Second-Largest Teachers Union Doesn’t Rule Out A Virus Epidemic Strike

Teacher strikes are illegal in Michigan

Tom Gantert | August 7, 2020

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