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… 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 …

Payroll deduction of union dues

… 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, …

Senate bills would ban sanctuary cities in Michigan

Municipalities would no longer have the right not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities

… 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 …

Belle Isle gets $10M earmark from state budget

American Rescue Plan is source of the funds

… 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 …

Michigan senator plays coy about homeschool registry bill

Who will sponsor the bill, and what will be in it? Sen. Dayna Polehanki won’t say

… 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 …

Bill would give Michigan public schools veto power over competitors

Some school districts tear down buildings rather than sell to would-be competition

… 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 …

Michigan must untether itself from UAW

The state is hand-in-glove with a union that has a wandering eye

… 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.

Global Detroit gets $5 million from Michigan taxpayers

Legislative advocate cites ‘talent acquisition and retention programs’

… 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 …

House Bill 5025 does not fix any problems, creates new ones

Measure would let school districts block charter schools and others, from using discarded school buildings

… 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 …

If you seek a pleasant peninsula, U-Haul will take you to Florida

Growing Michigan Together Council did not seek ideas for growing Michigan

… 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. …