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ACLU Flip-Flops On Vaccine Mandates

Civil liberties group opposed mandates before the current politicized epidemic

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Scary Headlines Aside, COVID-19 Is Not Overwhelming Michigan Hospitals

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MSU Sued For Mandating Vaccination For Individuals Who’ve Already Had COVID

Group contends natural immunity superior to vaccination, and getting both can cause problems

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Michigan Attorney General Posts Photo Of Herself Violating CDC Face Mask Guidelines

Dana Nessel and Congresswoman Haley Stevens both appear maskless

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Conventional School Interests Warned Lifting Cap On Charters Meant A 'Wild West' Expansion

There are 38 more now than the 256 Michigan charters of 10 years ago

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Northern Lower Peninsula Health District Imposes School Mask Mandate

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Park Board Member Denied New Term After Supporting Diversity, Equity Spending

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A Bad Look For A County Health Department

Science is politics, policy is spin, ignorance is useful

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Detroit Public Schools Debt Was Homegrown, Not A Product of State Management

In 3.5 years, it went from zero operational debt to $327.3 million

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Michigan Supreme Court Looks At Intrusive Police Fingerprint Collecting

A Mackinac Center amicus brief backs ACLU's complaint, along with Cato Institute and others

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Michigan School Revenues Up 47% Over Two Years

Feds pouring in $7.9 billion this year

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Masks in School and Misplaced Priorities

Children are more at risk from fatal accidents than from COVID-19

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Local United Way Raises Money For School Supplies State Already Must Provide

With $6.1 billion in federal COVID funds pouring into Michigan public schools money is no obstacle

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Traverse City’s Government Broadband Scheme Falling Short, Yet Marquette Wants To Do The Same

Residents’ electric bills go up when municipal utilities’ broadband adventures can’t meet their debts

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Grand Ledge Schools Get Heat For Hiring MSU Critical Race Theory Advocate

‘Schools are manifestations of the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchal educational enterprise’

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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds State Health Department’s School Mask Mandate Authority

Turns back a raft of constitutional violation claims

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State's Outdated Messaging On Vaccine Effectiveness Hides Recent Trends

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School Mask Agony: Two Public Education Systems, Two Policies, One Shared Building

It’s happening in Midland and illustrates parents' challenges

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Could Be Worse: Study Finds Michigan’s Regulatory Burden On Business Less Than Nearby States

Mercatus Center finds this to be the least-bad Great Lakes state

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Health Department Issues Scary Kids-In-COVID-Ward Headlines From Elsewhere; Just 12 In Hospital Here

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Michigan's ‘Are Vaccines Working?’ Report Covers Period When Vast Majority Of Residents Were Not Vaccinated

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Don’t Forget The Other Taxpayer Dollars Detroit Schools Collect: Debt Relief

Two legal entities, one created by a state bailout to repay old debt, the other to operate classrooms

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Schools Serving Michigan’s Poor Cities Get More Taxpayer Dollars, Not Less

Benton Harbor schools received twice as much per student in 2019-20 as those serving its affluent neighbor St. Joseph

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School and Road Funding Up $2.3 Billion; Teachers Union Head Says Michigan Not Taxed Enough

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Just In Time For 2021 Inflation Spike, Michigan Gas Tax Getting Cost-Of-Living Increase

Levy was approved in 2015 when annual price increases were still modest

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