Michigan English teachers use 1619 Project in professional development seminar
‘Teaching race in America’ is the theme of the Aug. 9 seminar at Oakland University
Ann Arbor hopes to create solar-powered utility
Ann Arbor says its sustainable utility would run on solar power and battery storage
Michigan legislature ducks action on energy reliability
Michigan lawmakers were shocked, shocked by mass power outages, but they have done nothing about the problem
Biden wants to juice EV demand by killing the gas engine
In Michigan, Whitmer wants 2M EVs on the roads by 2030; In Washington, Biden wants to stop sales of gas engines “as soon as 2035”
Biden signs bill terminating COVID emergency
Congress votes to end emergency a month ahead of scheduled lapse, and White House agrees
Michigan teacher relieved to learn she won’t be pushed back into union
Know your Janus rights: Government employees are exempt from forced unionization
Testimony reveals that National Popular Vote has many critics in Michigan
On an Elections Committee stacked 6-2 for Dems, written testimony comes out even
Why the Mackinac Center sued over Biden’s student loan pause
Student loan pause not only costs taxpayers $5B per year, it is unconstitutional
A picture is worth three words: Character is destiny
Photo of 2001 swearing-in ceremony captures troubled state of Michigan in 2023
Michigan suffers from low income, high costs
State government policies have made things worse
When workers in Michigan had a choice, they left unions
Union numbers and former members tell the story Democrats will not
Michigan lagged in economic performance in the 4th quarter of 2022
Slow growth continued in the fourth quarter of 2022
The UAW lost members in Michigan last year
As right-to-work law is repealed, tens of thousands will be forced back into unions
Dollar’s primacy in danger as China, Brazil ditch Uncle Sam
The yuan’s rise threatens America’s power, but lawmakers are fixated on TikTok.
Rural Michigan counties saw most population growth in 2022
Meanwhile, state’s most populated counties lost residents
EV batteries can’t survive a scratch — Reuters
If cost and range anxiety weren’t enough of a problem, EV collisions will be costly
Right-to-work repeal could make Michigan’s job slump worse
Whitmer orders more bloodletting to cure state’s anemic post-shutdown recovery
Lansing’s friends-and-family plan will hasten exodus from Michigan
A Michigan run for the few will continue to lose people. Both young and old people flee the state
Between Lansing runs, senator sat on board of nonprofit that got $5M earmark
Singh ran for state senate seat while sitting on board of nonprofit that received workforce grant
Peters, Stabenow split on ending COVID-19 emergency
Michigan delegation votes 8-7 against terminating emergency; bill will head to Biden’s desk
Know your Janus rights: Government employees still can’t be forced to pay unions in Michigan
Across America, a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Janus vs AFSCME, protects right-to-work for government employees
Nessel tries to raise taxes through ‘interpretation’
Law’s framers challenge attorney general’s effort to redefine 2015 tax-cut provision
Peters, Stabenow join successful Senate vote to repeal Iraq War authorization
Senate votes 66-30 to repeal 2002 bill authorizing war in Iraq; effort will head to Republican-led House
Wayne State prof calls murder of conservative campus speakers ‘admirable’
Professor suspended from $140K/year job after remarks school president calls ‘reprehensible’
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