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Budget 2021: State of Corporate and Industry Handouts

Lawmakers should cut unnecessary and ineffective subsidy programs

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September COVID-19 Hospitalizations A Fraction Of April

They’re down 85%; Whitmer cites current figure to extend 204-day emergency

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Despite Epidemic, State Of Michigan Rolling In Dough

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Big On Spending, Light On Restoring

Spent $117,198 in seven years studying the Michigan Monkey Flower

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More Great Lakes Spending Hype: It’s A Multiplier!

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WSJ Reports Most COVID-19 Fatalities Lack Life Insurance

Most of the fatalities are older people where coverage is no longer practical

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Flint Started Online School Early, And 55% Of Students Showed Up

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337 Hospitalized In Michigan With COVID-19 On Sept. 25; 3,357 Were Hospitalized on April 20

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Health Officials Say Don’t Play Contact Sports; Whitmer Says Follow The Science, Play Contact Sports

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Corporate Subsidy Agency Claims Giving 18 Firms Average $321 Per Job Saved Those Jobs

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State Health Department Halloween Advisory: Trick Or Treat With Household Members

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Whitmer Declares Small Business Week; 13% Of Owners Don’t Think They’ll Survive Virus, Lockdowns

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Michigan Unions Back In Court To Keep State Employee Dues Flowing

2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocked dues withholding without employee consent and reapproval

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Michigan No. 14 In Closed Businesses Since March 1; Whitmer Declares Small Business Week

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Fossil-Fuel Friendly Group Scores Many Michigan Congressional Democrats 0%

Republicans straggle between Amash and Walberg at 100% and Upton at 61%

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Michigan Coronavirus Deaths Down Dramatically

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Power Play: State Levies Legally Dubious Virus Rule Fines On Business

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Those Who Do Not Learn from History…

Years of bad economic development deals haven't prevented politicians from trying again

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State Uses Unrelated Law To Extract More From Businesses Breaking Pandemic Rules

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Doxxing That Causes Harm Becomes 10-Year Felony Under Michigan House Bill

Posting private or identifying information about an individual with malicious intent

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Law's ‘Immediate Danger’ Justifies Ongoing Emergency, But Not Cancelling Casinos Or Football

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Cancel The Illegal 'Historic Abolitionist' Strike: U-M Grad Employees Return To Work

Demands included 'cut all ties with police' - and letting grad student instructors work from home

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Michigan's Big Ten Campuses Deemed High Risk For COVID-19 Yet Football Continues

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Whitmer's Football Flip-Flops Look Like Politics Not 'Science'

Initially against it, governor reversed course after presidential politics entered the mix

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Recipe For School Budget Trouble: Enrollment Down, Teaching Staff Up, Pension Expense Rising

Bay City officials use the old ‘state funding cuts’ excuse — but their funding went up, not down

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