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Lansing City Council Member Proposes Cutting Police Budget In Half

Department's officers responded to 84,313 calls in 2019

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Will Your Kids Return To School In The Fall? One-Third of Parents Unsure

Survey indicates support for reopening schools rises with family income

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Acts Of 'Social And Domestic Anarchy' Could Get 20 Years Under This Bill

May riots caused losses of $2.4 million in sponsor's district

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Defund Corporate Welfare Agency for Better Public Health

Higher taxes won't be as effective at eliminating smoking habits

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Whitmer Praises Or Condemns Social Distancing Violators Depending On Who And Why

It looks political

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Politicians’ Extreme Social Distancing Rhetoric Just Party Deep?

Hyperbolic warnings growing thin in light of increasing experience with epidemic

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As Coronavirus Case Numbers Soar, Deaths Plummet

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State-Approved Bailout For Delinquent Renters Feeds Other Interests, Too

$50 million for tenants and landlords, $10 million for administration, legal aid groups and social welfare nonprofits

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Bill Would Repeal State Prohibition Of Local Bans On Grocery Bags

Cities could also ban or tax cloth, paper, plastic, cardboard, aluminum, glass or other ‘auxiliary containers’

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Whitmer Permits Fans At High School Sports While Tigers Play To Empty Stadium?

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Hazel Park Superintendent Talks Years Of Cuts, But Per-Pupil Funding Up

District’s inflation-adjusted state funding higher per student since 2011

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Coronavirus Deaths Plummeted Since Stay-At-Home Order Lifted June 1

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From A 1776 Philadelphia Hall To A 2020 Michigan Courtroom, This Tussle Goes On

Not just a textbook subject, separation of powers matters to these real Michigan lives and livelihoods

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State Gave Electric Vehicle Company $1.72M in 2015, Now Moving Jobs To California

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Whitmer: Keep In Your Seats While In Bars

Walking around a restaurant or bar is a crime unless ordering or using the restroom

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State Regulator Claims Alcohol Market Manipulation Makes Us Safer; Data Says Not

No difference in health and safety between heavy control states and those without it

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Whitmer Orders Bars To Close - Again

'They are noisy, requiring raised voices and allowing for more projection of viral droplets'

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Revisit Spending Priorities

Lawmakers won't have as much revenue to spend this year

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Whitmer Will Make Call On Face Masks In Schools

Mask mandates will vary based on administration’s COVID-19 recovery judgment

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State Supreme Court Sets Sept. 2 For Oral Arguments On Whitmer Emergency Powers

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Religious Schools Can Receive Public Funds

Impact unclear for Michigan, which has nation’s most restrictive language

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Michigan More Sensitive Than Florida To COVID-19?

Whitmer Administration Makes That Claim Despite Far More Michigan Deaths

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No, New York Times, Michigan Schools In Poor Communities Get More, Not Less

Reality still trumps media and special interest narratives

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Michigan’s No. 10 In State Excise Tax On Liquor Tax — With Other Taxes And Fees That Follow

State government is also the sole wholesaler here of hard liquor

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Governor Proposes Classifying ‘False, Racially-Motivated 911 Calls’ As Hate Crime

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