Good Teacher Not Rewarded By Contract She Helped Negotiate
This year’s winner worked against compensating instructors based on job performance Read more
Schools Get Rich In Poor Neighborhoods
Whitmer’s Black Leadership Advisory Council repeats disinformation about funding Read more
The New Republic Says Unions Are Making a Comeback
But the ancient magazine of political insiders gives no evidence, and Michigan numbers indicate the opposite Read more
Traverse City Public Broadband System Has Way Fewer Customers, Money Than Predicted
Taxpayers and ratepayers are on the hook for this potential boondoggle Read more
‘Economic Development’ Week Skips the ‘Development’ Part
Corporate welfare claims are grand, but the results are practically nonexistent Read more
TV News Crisis: Schools Get More Money and Teachers, But Fewer Kids
Whitmer seeks lavish bonuses to solve phantom staff shortage Read more
Detroit Public School System Flush With Cash
Spending is up 54% per pupil, while COVID infusion totals more than $1 billion Read more
Whitmer Says She’s Working To Cut Costs For Families, But Won’t Sign Tax Cut That Does It
David Jaye Gets the DROP On City Retirement-Padding Schemes
Former state senator takes a lick at triple dippers Read more
Michigan Hair Shampooers Must Get A Cosmetology License That Requires 1,500 Hours of Training
But an EMT who helps critical-care patients needs only 194 hours to get a state license Read more
City Lifts Psychic Ban Without Thinking of Future
State law prohibits Petoskey from licensing fortunetellers Read more
Mayor Has Police Remove Woman From Public Meeting For Criticizing Him
Short-term rentals generate heat in New Buffalo Read more
Lansing Bus System: Free Rides To Vote On New School Levy
Government entities all-in when one of them seeks new taxes Read more
Farmington Schools’ Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Consultant Wants Dissenters Targeted And Pressured
Whitmer’s Support Of Nuclear Power Shows How Renewable Energy Has Fallen Short
Asking feds to help keep Palisades nuclear plant’s reactor in service Read more
Key Senate Committee Proposes School Spending 27% Above 2016
Not enough, says state superintendent, even as statewide enrollment declined Read more
Lucky 8-Ball Says: Signs Point To Legal Trouble for Local Bans Of Fortune Tellers
The heartbreak of an inaccurate Ouija board Read more
Policies In Flux: One Couple’s Tumult With Short Term Rental Restrictions
First there was no ban on their summer rental plan, and then there was Read more
Michigan Schools DEI Director Wants Affinity Spaces With No White People Allowed
Ingham County district risks a civil rights case, say attorneys who examined issue Read more
Hospitals Collect More Fed Drug Purchase Subsidies, Intended Beneficiaries Don’t Get More Care
Studies’ evidence suggest federal program is mostly padding hospitals’ bottom lines Read more
Whitmer’s Pandemic Recovery Boasts Not Supported By Real Employment Numbers
Her lockdowns shuttered twice as many businesses as the median figure for all states Read more
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