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Do kids need mental health days?

And is this a matter for lawmakers in a state that struggles with school attendance? Read more

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Degrowth and decarbonization will harm people

Michigan is caught up in an energy transition frenzy, and 10 million people stand to differ Read more

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How far will a Michigan homeschool registry go?

Different factions of Lansing Democrats have different visions for the extent and reach of homeschool regulation Read more

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Why do West Bloomfield schools fear competition?

Oakland County school district has drifted from its A+ ways Read more

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Michigan’s renewable energy report card

Even by the most optimistic green-energy standards, our state doesn’t make the grade Read more

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Michigan must untether itself from UAW

The state is hand-in-glove with a union that has a wandering eye Read more

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If you seek a pleasant peninsula, U-Haul will take you to Florida

Growing Michigan Together Council did not seek ideas for growing Michigan Read more

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In Detroit schools, nothing succeeds like failure

Conventional schools get more money to do worse, while charter schools do better with less Read more

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What Michigan could lose with National Popular Vote

Beware efforts to turn features of our constitutional system into bugs Read more

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Don’t redirect pension funds

Lawmakers should be wary about lowering pension debt payments Read more

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EVs force technology on drivers

Mass adoption of the EV will create a world more hostile to cash Read more

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Michigan’s school funding amendment is a harmful relic

Anti-Catholic 1970 law holds students back while other states get ahead Read more

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Dickson: Why are we building electrified roads?

The real endgame is not roads that charge cars. Those are meant to draw car-buyers in Read more

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Governments cite debunked ALICE study to justify welfare spending

United Way’s methodology miscalculates and overstates poverty Read more

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How will a Michigan homeschool registry make students safer?

Politicians who advocate the idea will not answer the question Read more

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Whitmer ignores taxpayer in school lunch pitch

State of the State speech gives credit to politicians, not the public, for funding 2.8 million school lunches daily Read more

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Bring back the public benefit

If Whitmer is cutting our costs, why are we all paying more? Read more

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The simple truth that Michigan’s population council can’t tell

Want to make Michigan competitive? Let people keep their money and send less of it to Lansing Read more

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Michigan lawmaker admits: Free lunch is taxpayer-funded

Universal school lunch is a bill footed by taxpayers, not a gift given by politicians Read more

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An invitation to help CapCon find the news

Michigan Capitol Confidential is going local in 2024 Read more

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Whitmer’s population council shoots blanks

Growing Michigan Together report long on groupthink, short on ideas for growing state population Read more

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Taxes matter to Michigan’s population growth

Growth officer and council should take note Read more

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Why you should never believe corporate welfare promises

Planners’ forecast for Ford plant was comically wrong; will anybody be held to account? Read more

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Michigan lawmaker calls for homeschool registry

Foster care is already regulated by the state Read more

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Blaming homeschoolers for foster abuse is a dodge

The state has better tools to protect children and should not be targeting families Read more

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