In just a year, Michigan State Police write up 6,719 motorists for distracted driving
State’s new law aims to reduce road deaths and injuries
Nessel cites Loper Bright ruling in Civil Rights case
U.S. Ed. Dept. claims Michigan violated rights of kids with disabilities
Michigan lawmaker aims to ban the sale of lab-grown meats statewide
Critic says bill would remove consumer choice
Michigan fines, disciplines at least 132 people under 2020 implicit bias training
Rule breakers fined a collective $75,000 in 2024
State earmarks give Flint nonprofit $2 million over two years
100k Ideas gives marketing ideas to new businesses
Michigan small businesses fear impending minimum wage hike
Law also require all Michigan employers offer paid sick leave
Ascension Genesys Hospital nurse charges Teamsters with additional abuses
Complaint alleges union deducted dues without permission
Minority-owned businesses get $10 million in 2025 budget
Earmarks part of $1B of unvetted spending
Labor Day is a good time for Michiganders to remember their labor rights
CapCon gives brief history of labor law
Funding up, academic performance down in Michigan schools
Only 5% of Detroit 8th graders proficient in math
State taxpayers fund local infrastructure projects
Eight local governments get a piece of 2025 budget
Whitmer claims historic investment in student mental health resources
Governor cut student mental health funding by $300 million
Court nixes Flint hospital’s COVID shield claim in patient death
Hurley Medical Center claimed immunity after death of 91-year-old attacked with IV pole
Troy school district paid literacy consultants $173,000
District didn’t apply for state literacy grant
Reps publicly bash corporate handouts but vote for them
Voting records show two politicians support taxpayer subsidies
Michigan hasn’t defunded education
Lawmaker’s claim is false: Per-pupil funding from state sources increased more than $5,000 from 2012 to 2023
Clinton County Regional Education Agency to funnel $18 million to private organizations
Money part of $1B in hand-picked projects by lawmakers
Salem Township uses public resources to push road millage renewal
Unclear whether advocacy violates Michigan Campaign Finance Act
Michigan judge buries local cemetery ban
Green-graveyard entrepreneurs win as circuit court rules Brooks Township violated constitution
Two state grants pump $3 million into Detroit gym
One grant flows through a regional education agency more than 100 miles away
Michigan mom seeks just compensation in home foreclosure
Manistee County seized and sold home, then kept $102,636 more than owed
Teamsters threatened us for not authorizing paycheck deduction, nurses allege
Grand Blanc hospital employees file unfair labor charge with federal labor board
Whitmer’s ‘kitchen table’ budget stuffed with $1B of pork
Money could have fixed roads and sewers, lawmaker says
Escanaba, promised a $1B investment, carries on despite project cancellation
State officials had pledged $200M in support
Whitmer has supported $16.2 billion in subsidies since 2001
Amount enough to run government without income tax for a year
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