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Judge: ‘Governor Can Order Anything, Forever, A Truly Striking Concept In A Democratic Republic’

Appeals court judge dissents

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Should A Past Crime Bar Someone From Becoming A Roofer?

Michigan gets poor grades on licensing laws that keep reformed criminals unemployed

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Not Training Staff On COVID Symptoms And More Earns Speedway Station $6,300 Fine

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Michigan Health Official Calls COVID Survivors ‘Lucky,’ CDC Data Suggests Survival is Commonplace

Projections show that overall, victims have a very high chance of beating the disease

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Jobs Program Creates Jobs at Killer Cost

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

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A Myth Too Politically Useful Not To Repeat: Schools In Poor Michigan Cities Get Less

Two politicians at Whitmer press conference keep it going

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Michigan's Jobless Will Get An Extra $300 Per Week In Federal Unemployment Benefits

Extra amount authorized under Trump executive order

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Most Michigan Schoolchildren To Have One Interaction With A Teacher Most Months

No in-person meetings required; four emails would qualify in two other months

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Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Below Pre-Coronavirus Levels

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Michigan Unemployment Numbers Plummet As $600 Federal Bonus Ends

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Strike! Detroit Teachers Union Demands Teachers Stay At Home

Children may not return to school until number of cases ‘falls to nearly zero’

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Nearly Six Months Into Michigan Emergency, Lockdown Rationales Keep Changing

Normal life and large parts of state economy have been suspended since March 10

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Michigan's Corporate Welfare Programs Are a Bad Investment

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

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Biden Plan Would Let Nation's Worst School District Shut Down Charter Competitors

Detroit school district has long history of underserving the neediest students

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Schools Spend $228 Per Pupil On Supplies; Teachers Claim They Spend, Too

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Epidemiologists To Michigan Supreme Court: Lock Down State Until Vaccine

But that could be years

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What Defines 'State of Emergency?' What The Governor Says It Is

And the governor keeps changing the criteria

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Stores Could Be Committing Coronavirus Crime If Hand Sanitizer Less Than 60% Alcohol

Using 'best efforts' a defense but it's not defined

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Union Contracts Protect Bad Cops, Mayors’ Report Says

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Two Day 1943 Riot Inspired Law Authorizing 159-Days-And-Counting State Of Emergency

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State Will Pay Schools For Unenrolled 'Ghost' Students

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Court Tosses Politicians’ Lawsuit Against Residents For Critical Comments

Action by township board members is a frivolous affront to free speech, circuit court rules

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One Michigan Child Age 5-To-14 Has Died Of COVID-19; Four Of That Age Group Died From Flu

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Teacher Fired For Dissing Liberals, U-M Prof Got Raises After ‘I Hate Republicans’

To save his job, district demanded teacher admit he was wrong

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Fauci Poor-Mouths As 'Government Worker'; His Federal Job Pays $417,608

Average federal worker gets $124,600 in pay and benefits

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