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Flint Started Online School Early, And 55% Of Students Showed Up

Tom Gantert | September 28, 2020

337 Hospitalized In Michigan With COVID-19 On Sept. 25; 3,357 Were Hospitalized on April 20

Tom Gantert | September 26, 2020

Health Officials Say Don’t Play Contact Sports; Whitmer Says Follow The Science, Play Contact Sports

Tom Gantert | September 25, 2020

Corporate Subsidy Agency Claims Giving 18 Firms Average $321 Per Job Saved Those Jobs

Tom Gantert | September 25, 2020

State Health Department Halloween Advisory: Trick Or Treat With Household Members

Tom Gantert | September 24, 2020

Whitmer Declares Small Business Week; 13% Of Owners Don’t Think They’ll Survive Virus, Lockdowns

Tom Gantert | September 24, 2020

Michigan Unions Back In Court To Keep State Employee Dues Flowing

2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocked dues withholding without employee consent and reapproval

Dawson Bell | September 24, 2020

Michigan No. 14 In Closed Businesses Since March 1; Whitmer Declares Small Business Week

Tom Gantert | September 23, 2020

Fossil-Fuel Friendly Group Scores Many Michigan Congressional Democrats 0%

Republicans straggle between Amash and Walberg at 100% and Upton at 61%

Holly Matkin | September 23, 2020

Michigan Coronavirus Deaths Down Dramatically

Tom Gantert | September 22, 2020

Power Play: State Levies Legally Dubious Virus Rule Fines On Business

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

State Uses Unrelated Law To Extract More From Businesses Breaking Pandemic Rules

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

Doxxing That Causes Harm Becomes 10-Year Felony Under Michigan House Bill

Posting private or identifying information about an individual with malicious intent

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

Law's ‘Immediate Danger’ Justifies Ongoing Emergency, But Not Cancelling Casinos Or Football

Tom Gantert | September 19, 2020

Cancel The Illegal 'Historic Abolitionist' Strike: U-M Grad Employees Return To Work

Demands included 'cut all ties with police' - and letting grad student instructors work from home

Dawson Bell | September 18, 2020

Michigan's Big Ten Campuses Deemed High Risk For COVID-19 Yet Football Continues

Tom Gantert | September 17, 2020

Whitmer's Football Flip-Flops Look Like Politics Not 'Science'

Initially against it, governor reversed course after presidential politics entered the mix

Tom Gantert | September 17, 2020

Recipe For School Budget Trouble: Enrollment Down, Teaching Staff Up, Pension Expense Rising

Bay City officials use the old ‘state funding cuts’ excuse — but their funding went up, not down

Tom Gantert | September 16, 2020

State Takes On First $800 Million In New Road Repair Debt

First installment on $3.5 billion of 'bonding' will cost taxpayers $565 million in interest

Tom Gantert | September 15, 2020

COVID-19 Hospitalization Cases Now 2,100 Less Than On April 30

September 14, 2020

Official Michigan Regional Virus Risk Map Out Of Date

‘Map colors reflect official risk levels...’ - not anymore

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2020

District Alleges Teacher Shortage, Fires Pro-Trump Teacher Over ‘Liberals Suck’ Tweet

Teacher was twice rated ‘highly effective’ by district

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2020

Left-Wing Group Funneling Money To Lansing Voter Outreach, Triggers Election Law Complaint

‘Targeting a demographic to increase turnout’ is flip side of targeting ‘to suppress the vote’

Tom Gantert | September 12, 2020

Those Who Do Not Learn from History…

Years of bad economic development deals haven't prevented politicians from trying again

Michael D. LaFaive | September 11, 2020

Years of bad economic development deals haven't prevented politicians from trying again

Michigan Woman Could Be Key To Changing Federal Labor Law

Dawson Bell | September 11, 2020

Not '100% Safe': State Medical Director Tells Parents To Cancel Play Dates

'...be creative and have video conference calls with your children’s friends...'

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Five Times More Whitmer Executive Orders Than Ohio

But Florida's governor has issued even more

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Michigan Averaged 125 COVID Deaths A Day In April; It’s Down To 4.9 In September

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Whitmer Hints She Won’t Lift State Of Emergency Until Coronavirus Vaccine Available

That could mean another two years or longer of lockdowns and restrictions

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Liberal Group Gives City Of Lansing $443,000 For Voter Outreach

Funders and founders a who’s who of the moneyed left

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

State School Board Member Claims Teachers And Students Dying; Data Doesn’t Support It

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

Michigan Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge To Whitmer's Emergency Powers Sept. 9

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

Southfield Schools: Too Dangerous To Teach Classes, But Do Send Kids For $150 Per Week Daycare

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

$600 Weekly Fed Unemployment Boost Also Boosted Michigan Income Tax Collections

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

More Charters A ‘Complete Assault On Public School System’? Not Quite

Results of 2011 expansion not what school choice opponents said

Tom Gantert | September 7, 2020

Could Be More Lockdown Fallout: Opioid Overdoses Up 22%

‘I’ve seen far too many people die’ of overdoses, says state’s chief doctor

Tom Gantert | September 5, 2020

Whitmer's Back-and-Forth on Football Raises Questions On The 'Science' She Cites

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

Governor Allows High School Swim Team Members To Remove Mandated Masks 'When Swimming'

Other athletes must mask-up even on the field

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

Saginaw County Stops Requiring Union-Scale Wages On Government Projects

After state prevailing wage law was repealed, local versions became hard to administer

Dawson Bell | September 3, 2020

In UP, One Confirmed COVID Case In The Hospital; Its Bars Still Closed For Indoor Service

Tom Gantert | September 2, 2020

Backed By Police Unions in 2018, Whitmer Silent On Police Union Reforms

Police collective bargaining contracts implicated in departments’ failure to dismiss bad actors

Tom Gantert | September 1, 2020

New Study Shows 21st Century Jobs Fund a Bust

These programs should be repealed and their administrative agencies shut down

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 31, 2020

These programs should be repealed and their administrative agencies shut down

Face Mask Mandates For Some But Not Others Among Inconsistencies In Epidemic Orders

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

Whitmer's 'Enhanced' Executive Order Penalties Appear Outside The Law And Constitution

State sidestepping state of emergency law by pulling sanctions from a different law

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

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

Whitmer's Latest Order: Two-Year-Olds Must Mask Up On The Bus

August 6, 2020

Governor’s High Threshold Suggests Reopening Will Be A Long Time Coming

No end in sight for Michigan lockdowns under this standard

August 6, 2020

Oakland Officials Order All Office Workers To Mask-Up

Did county miss Executive Order bit about 'open to the public' offices only?

Tom Gantert | August 6, 2020

11 Lansing Bus Drivers Were Paid More Than $100,000 In 2019

It’s a union thing

Sandy Malone | August 6, 2020

Teachers Union: Vast Majority Of Students Should Stay Home In Detroit Until Pandemic Is Over

They would cancel in-school classes for coming school year, and maybe next year too

August 5, 2020

State Trooper Funerals Draw Thousands, But Not Now

COVID-19 restrictions limit fallen officer’s funeral to 100

August 5, 2020

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