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GOP Social Distancing Violations ‘Dangerous, Irresponsible;’ Whitmer's Violation Unmentioned

Governor’s spokeswoman calls Senate majority leader’s haircut ‘playing partisan politics’

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Still Waiting: Thousands Not Getting Employment Benefits Months After Applying

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One City, One Decade, One Million Parking Tickets

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Poor Community, Rich School District

Wealthy community’s school funding less rich

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Last Three Months' Jobless Benefits Nearly Match State's 2019 School Budget

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Federal Court Orders Michigan To Lift Lockdown On Gyms

Court sees no evidence of 'a rational relation between' closing gyms and public health

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Fed Court: Let Michigan Supremes Decide If Whitmer's Emergency Powers Valid

Current law puts no time limit on assumption of extraordinary powers

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National Teachers Union Wants Police Out Of Schools

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Whitmer: Attempt To Strip Emergency Powers 'Irresponsible, Dangerous, And Foolish'

Extends her extraordinary powers until end of July or longer

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Whitmer Extends Emergency Even As Hospital Occupancy Rates Back To Normal

The rate was 66% on June 15, same figure as 1990 and 2010

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Lansing Activists Want To Defund Police

But city owes public safety retirees $764 million in benefits

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Michigan Can’t Find $3.5 Million For State Police Body Cams, Spends $15 Million On Tourism Marketing

About $2,200 per officer per year to acquire, operate body cams

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Union Announces Cost To Reopen US Schools: $116.5 Billion

'...should be provided in addition to other funds'

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Former Ann Arbor Chief Speaks Out On Police Unions

They exploit a process 'staggeringly favorable to bad cops'

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Whitmer Won’t Defund ‘All The Police,’ State Police Handle Her Emergency Communications

Wants less law enforcement, criminal justice in budget

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Cop Or Barber? Clipping Hair In Michigan Requires Three Times More Training

594 hours versus 1,800 hours

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Police Unions In The Crosshairs

Former chief says they make it 'almost impossible to fire and hold officers accountable'

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Attorney General Cited ‘Mussels’ 38 Times, ‘Flood’ Once In Suit Over Dam That Failed

Suit filed 19 days before flood, for lowering waters behind dam

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Whitmer Agrees Armed Blacks At Capitol Would Be Killed; These Weren't

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Whitmer's 114 Coronavirus Executive Orders Bring 22 Lawsuits So Far

More of both seem likely

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Police Chief: 'Nothing More Debilitating' Than Unions Interfering With Firing Bad Officers

Minneapolis Police Chief pulling out of union negotiations

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It's A Crime In Michigan To Cut Hair Without A License Even For Free

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Voter Cleanup - Missed One? Sheriff Gets Ballot Application For Dead Person 20 Years Gone

2018 law requires state to match voter records against Social Security master files

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Does Defund The Grand Rapids Police Mean Take Their Pensions Too?

Police and firefighters have been promised a combined $530.7 million in pensions by the city

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90 Days, 113 COVID-19 Executive Orders

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