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No ‘Defund The Police’ In Whitmer's State Budget Proposal

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Taxes on Michigan’s Record $1.1 Billion Lottery Ticket Will Fund State Government For Seven Hours

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Ann Arbor Almost Alone In Refusing To Reopen Schools

350 doctors and psychologists there demand schools reopen; evidence ‘undisputed at this point’

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As Fears Of COVID Variant Grows, Number Of Confirmed Cases In Michigan Steadily Decline

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With Federal Aid, Detroit Schools To Get Nearly Double Its Last Budget

Law gives great latitude in how it gets spent

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State to Athletes: You May Remove Your Mask For A Drink Of Water

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A Timeline of Inconsistency

Data don’t justify the governor’s continued restrictions on gatherings

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Three Warren Fire Department Employees Collected More Than $200,000 in 2020

Three others got $190k+

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Lockdowns Crushed Michigan Workers; Only Hawaii Lost A Greater Share of Jobs

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No Proof ‘Pause’ Worked

U-M study exaggerates its own findings

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Whitmer Still Claiming Vaccine Credit From Subsidy For Unbuilt Pfizer Facility

‘Those are not the claims we are making,’ says economic development official

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Government-Issued Super Bowl Party Guidelines: No Cheering Allowed

All that is not permitted is forbidden

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No Face Masks In Indoor Driving Range Stalls? Violation Exposed With Police Escort

'We’re going to get through this, and we’re going to get through it together'

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Nearly 40% Of Michigan Population Could Be Immune To COVID

Figure slightly overstated because some who got vaccinations had probably contracted the virus too

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Social Gathering Limits Extended In Latest Order Despite 'Significant Strides'

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State To Businesses: We Will Allow You To Give Free Water After 10 PM

Thanks for that

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Whitmer Cited Virus Variant To Justify School Sports Lockdown; Silent On It In About-Face

Contact sports were locked down until Feb. 21; now they can reopen Feb. 8

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A License To Go Out Of Business? Michigan Retailers May Need One

Stores must get a city permit to hold a ‘going out of business’ sale

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Government Employees Thrive In Epidemic; Small Business, Wage Earners Crushed

Increasingly rigorous enforcement by increasingly well-paid enforcers is a bad look for a state

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Workers, Businesses Suffered In Pandemic While Government Thrived: Grand Rapids Edition

The city’s top 20 highest paid all got raises, some big

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Whitmer’s Health Department Boss Got Nice Raise While Administering Lockdowns

Private sector lost a million jobs in two months in 2020, Gordon gets $13,000 bump

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Granholm Predicted 62,000 Michigan Battery Jobs — There's Less Than 1,800

She made big boasts on electric vehicle subsidy deals

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Detroit Schools Get Seven Times More Federal COVID Money Than Other Districts

Flint gets even more: $13,407 per pupil; state average is $1,282

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Study Whitmer Cited To Justify Restaurant Lockdown Doesn’t Do It

Report explained how limiting capacity to 20% is sweet spot for reducing virus spread

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All That is Not Permitted is Prohibited

Gov. Whitmer’s strict approach makes well-meaning Michiganders into criminals

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