News Story

Biden infrastructure law was a $30B push for EVs

What will become of the EV when subsidies dry up? Read more

Commentary

How will a Michigan homeschool registry make students safer?

Politicians who advocate the idea will not answer the question Read more

News Story

Whitmer: Taxpayers should fund community college for all

Price tag: To-be-determined; impact questionable Read more

News Story

Why you can’t buy cars on Sunday in (some parts of) Michigan

Law was passed at the behest of auto dealers; Detroit led effort before Lansing followed suit Read more

News Story

Detroit Achievement Academy wins $500K Yass Prize as finalist

Competition rewards transformational changes in education Read more

Commentary

Whitmer ignores taxpayer in school lunch pitch

State of the State speech gives credit to politicians, not the public, for funding 2.8 million school lunches daily Read more

Pork Stories

Grand Rapids community lodge receives $6M from Michigan taxpayers

Part of a $90M bonanza for Michigan’s second-largest city and its suburbs Read more

News Story

Union membership reaches a 40-year low

The last 15 years have seen the number of government union members drop by 900,000 Read more

News Story

EPA: Wind, solar are intermittent, but electric buses can help

Power the electric grid with this one weird trick Read more

MichiganVotes Bills

Michigan deserves the 3.9% income tax rate

Whitmer should support new bill from Rep. David Martin Read more

News Story

Board approves language for ballot effort restoring local control of solar siting

Appointees of the governor can override local will, per Public Act 233 of 2023 Read more

Analysis

Hawaii offers a case study on the inadequacies of wind and solar

Rolling blackouts could prove deadly in Michigan winters Read more

News Story

Michigan population council: Nobody to blame for poor-performing schools

Michigan schools ‘built for bygone era,’ advisory board warns Read more

Pork Stories

Detroit Auto Show gets $8M boost from Michigan taxpayers

This year’s confab will make one more attempt to revive dying market for electric vehicles Read more

News Story

Why $125M won’t buy many electric school buses

A round of Michigan bus grants in 2022 came to $391K per bus; nationwide average is $360K per bus Read more

News Story

Michigan 2024 budget includes $50M for teacher, admin mentoring

Another $150,000 budgeted for school board training, which is not yet a legal requirement Read more

News Story

State superintendent asks Michigan lawmakers for home school registry

Homeschool registry presented as safety issue, though officials cite no data Read more

News Bite

Whitmer: Don’t expect a tax cut in 2024

Governor speaks on behalf of lawmakers, despite 54-54 tie in the House Read more

Commentary

Bring back the public benefit

If Whitmer is cutting our costs, why are we all paying more? Read more

Commentary

The simple truth that Michigan’s population council can’t tell

Want to make Michigan competitive? Let people keep their money and send less of it to Lansing Read more

News Story

Coming to Michigan in 2024: $125M of electric school buses

Rural districts will receive priority placement Read more

Commentary

Michigan lawmaker admits: Free lunch is taxpayer-funded

Universal school lunch is a bill footed by taxpayers, not a gift given by politicians Read more

News Story

Whitmer climate plan views locals as barrier to progress

In 2024, appointees of the governor will have final say over large-scale wind and solar projects, not local officials Read more

News Bite

Spending on public school in America now exceeds defense budget

In 2021, education spending eclipsed defense spending by $2B Read more

News Story

Michigan makes list of ‘Anti-Free Speech’ states

Amicus brief Missouri v. Biden puts state on collision course with First Amendment Read more

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