… 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 …
… bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctorate from the Detroit College of Law. Dr. William Volz is the distinguished service professor … sits on the board for Michigan Audubon, Henry Ford Health Systems, the Detroit Historical Society and many other organizations. He volunteers with many …
… educational options would place these students at a greater disadvantage. Detroit charter schools give many city residents a learning advantage over students … their local district schools. The top open-enrollment middle schools in Detroit are charter schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s rankings …
… giving a quote for a story in The Detroit News, providing background information … of driving to a studio in Flint or Detroit to do a five-minute interview. Many … whether it be the state Capitol, the Detroit skyline, or the Midland Tridge. … studio for appearances on ABC 12, CBS Detroit, Mid- Michigan Now, WOOD-TV and WXYZ. …
… ineffective, doing nothing for state economies. Michigan should know this better than most states.” James Hohman, Director of Fiscal Policy The Detroit News Don’t separate teacher effectiveness from student achievement “School boards across the state have their work cut out for them. Leading a school …
… took in $29,640 per student. The Detroit Public Schools Community District … $29,502 in COVID aid for each student. Detroit received just under $27,000 per pupil. … the top three elementary schools in Detroit are charter schools, even when compared … than its neighboring schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, …
… members, or one-third, since the right-to-work law went into effect in 2013. The American Federation of Teachers branch, the bulk of which is in the Detroit Federation of Teachers, is down more than 25%. The Michigan public school system added 27,000 employees since 2012, but its largest employee unions …
The Detroit Right To Counsel Coalition is getting $2.5 million … tenants facing eviction.” Detroit’s ordinance, enacted in 2022, … posted dated July 23, 2023. “Detroit is funding the legal aid program … Phillips, project leader for the Detroit Right to Counsel Coalition, … state Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit, and Detroit City Council …
… Michigan’s shortage of housing is largely driven by local zoning regulations that block housing starts and drive up the cost of construction. Metro Detroit, in particular, has some of the strictest zoning rules in the country. State lawmakers have proposed a litany of new legislation that would make …
… has skyrocketed. More than 30% of students across the state missed more than 18 days of school last year and Michigan’s largest school district in Detroit has seen nearly 70% of its students chronically absent.
This article originally appeared in The Detroit News March 24, 2024. School boards across the state have their work cut out for them. Leading a school district is hard enough, and now they must prepare to bargain with teachers' unions over subjects that have been off the table for more than 20 years. …
… by health officials often don't quite add up. A recent article in The Detroit News is a case in point. The headline reads: "Michigan health officials … case surfaced in Washtenaw Country, but the rate there is only 72%. In Detroit it's worse: Only 51% of kids are vaccinated for measles. The article does …
… court ruled at the time. The Flore family was notified in 2023 it will most likely face Nessel in court again due to claims of child abuse. The Detroit News investigated the case against the Flore Family and published a story titled, “Error-filled child abuse investigation reports lead to charges …
… comes to changing their stance on an issue, Derheim gives an example of Detroit sports stadiums, which lawmakers routinely support and economists often criticize. “Until the voters of Detroit decide that subsidizing a stadium is going to make you less likely to vote …
… 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.
… conventional public schools in Detroit despite getting less money. … open-enrollment middle schools in Detroit are charter schools, according … schools on their list are: Detroit Merit Charter Academy Warrendale Charter Academy Detroit Edison Public School Academy Detroit Enterprise Academy University …
… residential development and management company, Edward Rose & Sons, in Metro Detroit. He worked alongside his father, Sheldon, for 30 years before taking the … including the Mackinac Center, to speak with fellow freedom lovers in Metro Detroit. The Friends of Liberty dinners built a strong community, and the Rose …
… “legislators.” This is because two Democratic House members from Metro Detroit resigned their seats after being elected as mayors in last November’s municipal … had drawn more than a dozen state House and Senate districts in Metro Detroit “predominantly on the basis of race,” violating the 14th Amendment of the …
… the benefits) of whatever has been proposed. We were once again successful. Mackinac Center quotes and commentary on the issue appeared in Crain’s Detroit Business, Gongwer, Michigan’s Big Show, and news accounts across the state. Our outreach ensured that media coverage mentioned the immense costs and …
… even those might not be politically feasible. In all, there’s not much value here for policymakers.” Michael Van Beek, Director of Research The Detroit News Hohman: Population council should focus on improving public services “Taking more money from people to give to governments is more controversial …
… financially successful 1984 classic. This was the 2012 remake that turned Detroit into Spokane. The North Korean army replaced the Chinese one as the invading … was one of Moore’s lowest-rated films. “Hung” – An HBO series about a Detroit teacher and basketball coach who made so little money that he became a …
… worries. Odd choice. We are told that the loss of Detroit’s native advantage in building cars, in favor of … vehicles on the public. 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. 14, 2024.
… produces economic forecasts for the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit. In one scenario, America is slow to embrace the EV. Its market share … quickly the industry shifts to electric vehicles and how successfully the Detroit Three automakers make the switch. If the transition to electric vehicles …
Leaders of Flint’s school district have asked state lawmakers to pay off $56 million in debt, according to The Detroit News. The call for a state payoff of district debt comes three years after Flint Community Schools received $156 million in COVID-19 relief funds, or over $51,000 per pupil. Flint …
Advocates of electric vehicles depict he electric school bus as the future of school transportation. An op-ed this week in The Detroit News went so far as to claim these buses “boost learning” among students. But the federal government admits that electric school buses can lose one-third of their range …
… and electrified roads in Detroit. But be careful with attention … electrified road was installed in Detroit last November, it was hailed … electric road projects, like Detroit’s upcoming initiative led by … James David Dickson is a Detroit News columnist and managing … This column ran first in The Detroit News on Feb. 7.
… what people can build, minimum housing sizes, parking spots, requirements that houses look similar to one another, setback limits and more. Metro Detroit has some of the strictest zoning laws in the country. Tourist destinations across Michigan also severely limit where people can build, the types of …
… the age of the fountain. Detroit City Council has approved … Fountain in Hart Plaza, The Detroit News reports. The restoration … NFL Draft takes place in Detroit from April 25 to 27. Detroit hopes to have the fountain … support a fountain in one of Detroit’s neighborhoods instead. "We're …
Sen. Debbie Stabenow boasted on X that Detroit will spend $14 million it received from the federal government … investments in our communities. Great to see Detroit breaking ground on the Chandler Park Fieldhouse!” … including the water park, must pay admission. Detroit is not the only local government that has considered …
A Detroit real estate firm is receiving $6 million from state … decay, as noted by Historic Detroit. The building was last used … housing, according to the Detroit Free Press. The Roxbury Group … bought the property from the Detroit Housing Commission for $350,000 … according to the city of Detroit. These include $7 million …
… Michigan couples were arrested in December 2023 for, in the words of the Detroit Free Press, allegedly conspiring “to adopt dozens of children and then … three-quarters of students in Michigan’s largest public school system, in Detroit, are chronically absent. And fewer than 30% of students statewide score …
… Act 66 of 1953 A May 13, 1953, story in The Detroit News, published the day after Act 66 was passed, … were open on Sundays. “The large majority of Detroit’s new and used car dealers were elated Tuesday … reads. “New and used car sales had been banned in Detroit for the last year and a half, and this has caused …
