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CDC Data Suggests Stricter Lockdowns Didn’t Reduce COVID Deaths

Michigan had substantially more deaths than its neighbors despite more significant restrictions

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Michigan’s 100 Year-Plus Teacher Shortage

The topic has been a state media staple

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Whitmer Says 'Science' Governed State Epidemic Responses; Record Suggests Otherwise

Were previously declared vacc-rate reopening thresholds discarded without notice?

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Michigan Company, Lauded As A Face Of Green Energy in 2012, Now Defunct

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Governor’s Pandemic Response Was Rarely Backed by Science

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Heavy Agency Email Chatter Before Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner’s Arrest

Attorney General staffers were monitoring social media posts and complaints critical of their actions

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Michigan Capitol Confidential Inaccurately Described Attendance Policies Of Two School Districts

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Another School Establishment Ally Understates Michigan Teacher Salaries

This time in a poor district near Flint

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These Parents And Children Looking For Alternatives After Virtual Instruction Failed Them

Schools’ poor pandemic performance has changed their relationship with parents and the public

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State Agency’s ‘How To Form A Union’ Adventure Wilted Under Sunshine

Business leader: ‘Can be a labor organizer or .... impartial state regulator’ — but not both

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Link Teacher Pay To Quality? But Annual State-Required Ratings Fail To Separate Best

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Attorney General Wanted Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Arrested Before Going On Fox News

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel: ‘We should just have her picked up before she goes on’

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Michigan School Pension Deficits Eat District Budgets

Thanks to state underfunding, Lansing Schools' pension expense is up despite smaller enrollment and staff

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Secretary Of State Fines Motorists For Delayed Service, Blames Legislators

‘Until the law is changed by legislators, we are obligated to charge them’

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Whitmer Would Pay Schools More To Educate Fewer Students

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Michigan Op-Ed Writer’s Defense Of Whitmer COVID Orders Confuses Cause With Effect

Her over-the-top Washington Post protests further politicize the epidemic

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Granholm Wind Scheme Lauded At First, But Then Fell Into Obscurity When It Failed

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Vaccination Rate Lags Sharply In Detroit

Some national media point finger at lower uptake in conservative Michigan towns, but silent on Detroit

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How Does Michigan’s Tax System Rank?

Not the best, not the worst across the United States

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No State COVID Death Tracking At Nearly 3,500 Care Facilities

State officials play 20 questions-type game with efforts to define nursing home

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Was This State COVID Spending Item ‘Appropriate?’ Auditor General Can’t Say

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Democrat’s Amendment Insinuates Legislative Leaders Affiliate With Domestic Terrorists

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Bad Information About the Prevailing Wage Abounds

Lawmakers should be skeptical of a recent study

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State Spent $13 Billion More Last Year Than A Decade Ago, Even After Inflation

Still, there’s always calls for more

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No Fine For Restaurant Where Whitmer Caught Skipping Social Distance

Health departments report no local restaurants fined as scofflaws

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