… economics at the University of Detroit-Mercy and was previously the … Studies from the University of Detroit. Veryser has served as Chairman … articles have appeared in The Detroit News and The Intercollegiate …
… cohort on government aid. During the COVID-19 pandemic, states did not have to verify the eligibility of Medicaid recipients. That has changed. The Detroit News reported this month that 540,000 people were purged from Michigan’s Medicaid rolls just since the start of 2024. In recent years, Michiganders …
… which she repeated in each of her hundreds of orders, also never made sense. Whitmer found a 1945 statute enacted in response to an urban riot in Detroit that had not been used in 50 years. She claimed it granted her the authority to do whatever she wanted for as long as she said there was an emergency. …
… never finished, and after accruing $100 million of cost overruns on the second attempt, Wayne County has taken possession of a new jail. As the Detroit Free Press’s JC Reindl reports, the March 18 handoff of the keys to the Wayne County Jail starts a six-month clock for various entities — the sheriff’s …
… local taxpayers to build another elementary school. In so doing, it rejected a $1.7 million offer to buy and renovate the century-old building. The Detroit News reports that Roosevelt Elementary is the oldest school building in Oakland County. House Bill 5025, the legislation Finkelstein supported in …
… of money or closing schools to stay afloat,” according to a recent Fox2 Detroit story. The TV station adds that the number of school buildings in Michigan … are opting out of the services conventional school districts offer. The Detroit News reported in December that Michigan public schools have lost 131,000 …
… generated positive ripple effects throughout the economy. Subsidizing railroads "will be of great service to the entire population of Michigan,” the Detroit Free Press argued on Jan. 13, 1838. “It will create new life in every kind of business ... and will place Michigan on a footing with any of the new …
… needs a day off, the parent is the best judge. James David Dickson is a Detroit News columnist and managing editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential. Email him at dickson@mackinac.org. This column ran first in The Detroit News on March 13.
… natural gas liquids are refined into propane and used in the Upper Peninsula, while other products are routed for processing at oil refineries in Detroit and Toledo, Ohio. The remainder crosses the St. Clair River for processing in Sarnia.”
… just moved from Inkster to Detroit’s west side. We were too late … the neighborhood option, Detroit Mumford, was a non-starter. … became home. Commuting from Detroit every day, sometimes requiring … a three-decade veteran of Detroit Public Schools. He knew what … if competition is good for Detroit schools and Pontiac schools, …
… Policy, July 12, 2011), https://www.mackinac.org/15396. 7 Beth LeBlanc, “Whitmer signs laws boosting teacher union rights at bargaining table” (The Detroit News, July 26, 2023), https://perma.cc/VV2Z-BK3Z. 8 Audrey Spalding, “Roadblocks to Reform?: A Review of Union Contracts in Michigan Schools” (Mackinac …
… upon repeal of the 2011 reforms. Detroit Public Schools’ bargaining agreement … challenging. [‡] “Agreement between the Detroit Public Schools Community District and the Detroit Federation of Teachers, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023” (Detroit Public Schools Community District, …
… later, the sponsors of the two bills, Sens. Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton, and Jonathan Lindsey, R-Allen, wrote a letter to Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit, urging the chair of the civil rights committee to request a hearing on the bills. The Senate Republicans webpage cites the Center for Immigration …
… at a popular park in the Detroit River is getting a $10 million … resulted from the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing in 2013. … was in disrepair, as the Detroit Free Press recounted in a … and later departure of the Detroit Grand Prix. The island hosted … The race moved to downtown Detroit in 2023. The move was a financial …
… this going beyond registration.” As Jennifer Chamber reported in The Detroit News: Polehanki said a bill calling for homeschool registration is "probably" … receiving an education at all. Polehanki repeated that claim. From the Detroit News story: Polehanki recalled asking state Education Department officials …
… sell. Lawmakers enacted it after the Detroit school district used a restriction … attempt to keep a charter school, Detroit Achievement Academy, from purchasing … a significant political effort. Detroit Achievement Academy founder Kyle … 100-year-old building, once sold by Detroit Public Schools, that had sat empty …
… side of either the law or common sense. The Detroit Three’s partner in Michigan is a union president … won’t end any better. James David Dickson is a Detroit News columnist and managing editor of Michigan … dickson@mackinac.org. This column ran first in The Detroit News on Feb. 27.
… 2024 state budget is Global Detroit, which received $5 million … the front page of Global Detroit’s website. “The #1 (and only) growing population source in Detroit is immigration,” the site adds, pitching Global Detroit as “part of the solution.” … revenue from DTE Energy. Global Detroit reported $860,203 in employee …
… existence to school officials in Detroit who tried to prevent a charter … using their former buildings. Detroit Prep was a successful and … building, once owned by the Detroit school district, was in the … But there was a problem. Detroit school district officials … schools, to serve children in Detroit. The district views other …
… website, it would cost 57% more to rent a 26-foot truck to move from Grand Rapids or Lansing to Miami than to move from Miami to either city. For a Detroit-to-Miami move with the same pick-up day, the price difference is 37%. There are wide gulfs in price between other Michigan and Florida cities, too. …
… because they’re too busy looking for workarounds. James David Dickson is a Detroit News columnist and managing editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential. Email him at dickson@mackinac.org. This column first ran on Feb. 21 in The Detroit News.