How Michigan schools can produce financially responsible graduates
The public education system should teach the skills that develop ‘competent citizens’
The public will be heard: a lesson from Patmos Library
What did we learn from a failed millage for a West Michigan library?
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ESG standards have left some businesses, individuals, without banking services
MSU strays from CDC guidelines, will require COVID vaccinations again in 2022-23
CDC says people who have had COVID have some immunity against severe illness
Whitmer’s tax holiday for school supplies is just another gimmick
After vetoing multiple tax relief proposals, Whitmer floats a tax holiday she knows will not pass
For Rochester schools’ diversity vendors, equity is good business
FOIA lawsuit against Rochester Community Schools has yielded a list of authors, but requested classroom materials denied so far
Michigan bill would ban cellphones on school buses, in class
House Bill 6171 would require every Michigan school district to ban cellphones. Why?
WEF comes to Michigan, but who will go to Davos?
Who will Michigan send to Davos, and what will they bring back?
EVs and solar panels have moral and environmental trade-offs, too
Slave labor and dirty environmental practices make green energy far from clean
The move toward ESG investing is not the free market at work
Government tilts the scale toward the alternative approach toward investing
Have gun, will audit: With 87K new IRS agents, how many will be armed?
Among the duties of an IRS criminal investigation special agent: ‘Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary’
Sen. Stabenow slams Big Pharma, Big Oil, but takes their donations
Over the decades, the companies Stabenow blames for high prices have been big-dollar donors to her campaigns
Michigan charter schools allege sneak attack, sue feds over grants
Lawsuit claims U.S. Education Department is trying to lessen charter schools’ access to grant monies, not facilitate it
With 87K new IRS agents, middle class can expect more audits
Joint Committee on Taxation says nearly 60% of the new taxes will come from people making $50K or less
Lenawee County commissioner listed himself as beneficiary in Phoenix Project
Publicly, David Stimpson said he wouldn’t benefit. But in documents to the feds, he listed his companies as beneficiaries
Two years later, Michigan has 125K fewer jobs than it did before lockdowns
1 in 3 Michigan businesses faced a government-mandated closure in 2020
Students at Michigan colleges receive varying state support
UM-Ann Arbor gets $13,000 per in-state student; Oakland University gets about $10,000 less
Are Michigan’s corporate giveaways masking the state’s real problem?
Why do Michigan’s biggest companies require state subsidies to expand here?
Michigan government lacking in transparency
The Mackinac Center supports the right of the people to know what their governments are doing
Grand Blanc schools: Cameras in classrooms would violate student privacy
School cellphone policies will be more strictly enforced as parents call for more classroom access
Voters approve $30M in debt for Holland broadband proposal
Past public internet projects have left taxpayers on the hook
CPAC scorecard: Michigan lawmakers least conservative in Midwest
How do your lawmakers rate?
Whitmer admits: 25,000 auto jobs in Michigan were projected, not created
Whitmer’s claim of 25,000 new auto jobs has been fact-checked and found wanting, by a multitude of sources
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Forced to fail: How Michigan’s lockdowns ruined an Oxford gym
One in three Michigan businesses faced a government-ordered closure in 2020, and some never recovered.
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