Michigan health department falsely claims COVID vaccines stop transmission
For most of 2022, it’s been common knowledge that the vaccine does not prevent transmission. When will the Michigan health department catch on?
Pfizer admits: Covid vaccine was never meant to stop transmission
‘Moving at the speed of science’ does not excuse Pfizer’s bold claims, which it knew to be untrue
Michigan teachers union makes fake claim of attacks by parents
Seeking to silence school board opponents, Michigan Education Association joins national effort to demonize dissent
Whitmer ties tutoring funds to school districts
After shutting down a tutoring scholarship that would have given funds to families, Whitmer relaunches it, but gives the money to school districts
Dearborn school board meeting shows value of active citizenship
Parents in Dearborn believe in the future and their ability to decide it
Did lockdowns make a difference in Michigan?
After-action report answers few questions asked by public, including: Why were responses different with each wave of pandemic?
Gov. Whitmer has a numbers problem
Twice in one week, Whitmer presented misleading numbers to the public
After audit, Michigan child support system will review vendor access quarterly, require confidentiality agreements
Performance audit found confidentiality agreements lacking for 14% of vendors
During lockdowns, Michigan hired consulting firm that ‘turbocharged’ opioid crisis
McKinsey paid a $573 million settlement for its role in the opioid crisis. Why did the Whitmer administration pay it to advise on COVID-19 decisions?
As ESG faces resistance from states, Michigan should join in
19 states allege consumer fraud; Michigan bill would ban public retirement systems from ESG investing
Michigan school districts face lawsuits alleging retaliation, lack of due process
Parents who speak up may find themselves reported to their employers, law enforcement
Michigan bill would ban public retirement systems from ESG investing
Retirement systems would only be allowed to consider ‘pecuniary’ factors, not ‘ideological objectives.’
Michigan launches ‘new era’ economic development fund, but its history is one of failure
Legislators, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, go all in on select corporate subsidies, attempting to pick winners and losers.
School districts could become dues collectors for employee unions under current legislation
MEA, other unions, could make a collection requirement part of employee contracts
Michigan: If you were essential in 2020, you might be in ‘the useless class’ in 2023
Michigan’s partnership with the World Economic Forum will accelerate Detroit’s decline, using taxpayer money
School officials are to blame for parent uprising
Families raise children, not teachers or bureaucrats
Michigan lags other states in regaining jobs lost due to pandemic-era lockdown
Numbers from Bureau of Labor Statistics show slower recovery in states that had the strictest pandemic lockdowns
In $1B spending spree, Michigan lawmakers gave $13M to two unions
Legislative grants allow lawmakers to direct public money to specific projects in a secretive fashion
Michigan Rep. Lawrence leads Congress in proxy votes
Lawrence has nearly 3X the proxy votes of any other Michigan representative in Congress
Canada, at last, ends vaccine mandate for American travelers
Vaccine status should not affect the movement of people and goods between Michigan and a major trading partner
Government has not ended poverty, but task force wants to try harder
Despite recommendations of poverty task force, growing the state government can’t promise better outcomes
Ottawa County Township moves toward restricting short-term rentals
Park Township discusses banning unlicensed short-term rentals of homes, limiting number of rentals
Despite Biden’s upbeat talk, manufacturing jobs are in a decline
Electric vehicles are not bringing jobs to Michigan
Rail proponents use shaky data to secure millions in funding
Proposed Railway Project Study Uses Questionable Data To Secure Millions in Funding
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