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Long Reach: 2007 Michigan Income Tax Hike Has Taken $2,823 From Median Household

Still waiting for that law’s promised rollback

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New Buffalo’s Anti-Airbnb Mayor Is Warned, Cut The Cracks About Illinois People

Southwest Michigan beach town a popular getaway for Chicago area residents

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Lansing School District Set To Receive More than $100M In Federal COVID Money

Science teacher says district doesn’t give her enough for classroom equipment

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Teacher Union’s Legislative Laundry List Long On Members’ Perks But Has Nothing For The Kids

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Teacher And Local Union Official Gets $103K/Year, Says State Should Give Teachers More

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Schools To Get $6.1B From COVID Money; Teachers Union Still Opposes Tax Cut

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With $600 Million From State, GM Must Only Retain Battery Car Jobs For Six Months

Somehow such legal fine-print rarely appears in media reports on these taxpayer handouts

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Stabenow Slams Plan To Store Nuclear Waste Near Michigan, Earlier Opposed Remote Site

Voted no on considering plan for storing Michigan’s spent nuclear fuel in Nevada facility

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Grand Ledge School Board Member Apologizes For School Policies

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Bloomberg News Credits Whitmer For Economic Recovery From Harms Her COVID Policies Created

And it’s easier to paint a positive picture when the worst job losses are ignored

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Debt-Ridden Flint Schools To Give Each Employee $22k In Federal COVID-19 Money

Superintendent says district can’t use $156.1 million from feds to pay off debt

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Wind Energy Developer Compares Opponents To Hitler And The Holocaust

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Fewer Students, More Teachers On Payroll, And Officials Still Claim: ‘Teacher Shortage’

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Bloomberg Claims Michigan No. 1 In ‘Economic Health Improvement,’ So Why Are We No. 40 On Jobs?

Seemingly arbitrary collection of unrelated and problematic statistics tells an implausible story

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Michigan Public School Enrollment Rose In 2021-22 After 11 Years Of Decline

But the actual number of students is still down compared to pre-pandemic 2018-19

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School District Wants $14k To Give Parent Records On Mask Mandates

New legislation would require all public schools post annual curriculum info at no charge

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Teacher Shortage? 2,153 On School Payroll Now Is More Than 2,099 Last Year

MLive news site carrying the teacher shortage narrative

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Whitmer's Proposed Spending Hikes State's General Fund 50% Over Three Years

Post-lockdown employment still down, though

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Disgruntled? Double-Dipping Part-Time School Teacher Was Doing Pretty Well

State law allowed her to return to the classroom while collecting a teacher’s pension

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Whitmer: Truckers’ COVID Blockade ‘Incredibly Damaging To Our Economy’ — Like Lockdowns?

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State Human Services Department: Racism Guides Landlords

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State Is Spending More Under Whitmer — But Not On Fixing Roads

State transportation dollars actually down this year after inflation

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Teacher Warns of 'Pandemic' Shortage of Teachers -- Though His District's Count Is Going Up

Crestwood added plenty of teachers while student population barely grew

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Classes, But Not Sports, Closed In January At Many Michigan School Districts

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U-M More Than Restores Coaches' Pandemic Pay Cuts

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