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Michigan Media Makes More Scary COVID Claims Not Supported By Data

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Data Doesn’t Support Narrative Of 'School Sports Caused The Surge'

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'COVID Knows No Boundaries' - Michigan Excepted?

This state's coronavirus spike appears to stop at the state line

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Teacher Turnover Might Be Less If Schools Complied With Mentoring and Training Requirements

Audit finds districts can’t show they offered the skills-boosting help they’re supposed to provide

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The New York Times Cheers Whitmer But Clams Up On Her Florida Trip

News outlets across the nation and world ran headlines about governor — with one notable exception

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Lansing District Shuts Down In-School Learning, Gets $113 Million In COVID Stimulus Anyway

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Detroit Cop Claims And Gets Paid For 12-Plus Hours A Day, 365 Days A Year

Seven others paid amount equal to 11-hour days — every day of the year

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Study Finds Devastating Costs, Few Benefits From Michigan’s Extreme Fall-Winter Lockdown

States with less destructive policies also had fewer deaths

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Michigan Health Department Proposes ‘Gender Expression’ Mandates For Child Care

Child’s ‘expressed gender’ would have to be given consideration for sleeping and clothing

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ACLU Warned: Don’t Trade Liberty For Security In Epidemic

Michigan attorney general wants more rigorous police enforcement of face mask, other COVID-19 rules

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Analysis

Officials Take Credit When Pandemic Ebbs, Blame The People For Surges

Beware a government with a ‘vision of sick people as the enemy’ warned ACLU in 2008

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Will Michigan Ever Reopen? No Guarantee Of Reaching Whitmer's Required Vaccine Threshold

Neighbor state officials also tie reopening to matters outside their control

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Michigan Government Orders Toddlers Age 2 to 4 To Wear Facemasks

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Gig Work: Will Regulators Throttle A Fast-Growing Workforce Trend?

Florida and California are studies in friendly vs approaches; Michigan is a mixed bag

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Professor: MSU Segregating Campus By Affinity Groups Violates Civil Rights Act

He’s filed a complaint

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Proposed Michigan COVID Rule Forbids Leaving Shows Or Stadiums Before Getting Permission

‘Safe exit’ procedures raise many questions

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Commentary

Hold Political Opinionmakers Accountable for Fabricated Evidence

Details and evidence are often glossed over

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Whitmer Administration: Face Masks For Everyone; They’ll Let You Know When They Can Come Off

Michigan’s workplace regulators say they will ‘examine the continued need’ for face masks, other rules

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Audit: Evidence Lacking 40% Of Public School Educators Took Required Continuing Ed Courses

Department of Education created verification process only after audit found shortcoming

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Pandemic ‘Put Communities Through Hell’? Not As Measured By Government Pay Hikes

Lobbying group for local officials has made the claim

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Flint’s Bookkeeping Was A Mess Before Water Crisis — And Still Is

Not knowing how much the city has or owes contributes to all kinds of problems

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Senate-Passed Bill Would Prescribe Restaurant Lockdown Metrics In Law

Michigan’s hospitality industry fed up with shifting state standards

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Arrest Of Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Violated Court Guidelines

An alphabet soup of agencies and departments was mobilized to put the owner of Marlena’s Bistro behind bars

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How The Union Contract And Bogus Merit Pay Hurt Teacher Of The Year Finalist

She gets $48,809, which is less than the average teacher pay in the district

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UK Variant In Just 0.02% Of Michigan’s COVID Cases; WaPo Blames It For Current Surge

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