New bipartisan innovation fund proposal reminiscent of past state grant program
The previous program cost more than $274,000 per job per year
Charter school advocate says state education board accusations inaccurate
Advocate responds after resolution calls for more regulation
Auditor blasts People Mover finances
Detroit Transportation Corp. rife with financial issues, according to audit
Paraprofessional in Traverse City gets MEA decertified and replaced
Support personnel of Northwest Education Services get new union
Unemployment agency undercalculated penalties for fraud
Virtually no attempts to recover payments
As union membership plummets, home help care spending in Michigan has skyrocketed
Ten years after SEIU scheme came to an end, spending is up 85%
Whitmer gives the state billions in pork, corporate welfare, not better roads
A slight improvement in roads matched by their continued long-term decline
Statewide bill on short-term rentals not needed, local official says
‘Look to your local ordinance and enforce the same’
Michigan not ‘killing it’ in jobs creation, despite boast from VP Harris
State is in the bottom third for job creation
State handouts to Ford could be jeopardized by company’s investments elsewhere
Company agreed to ‘make best efforts to keep jobs in Michigan’
State budget amendment would require apprenticeships for workers on state-funded projects
No obvious out for those who have already been working
Great Lakes water levels down but within historical averages
No deep conclusions from shallow evidence
Anti-DEI organization launches training option for state-required training
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer added DEI requirement to licensing requirements for physicians, nurses, other professionals
Sen. Stabenow boasts about job growth that mostly reflects recovery from COVID-19 and pandemic policies
Job growth has been slow in Michigan
Officials differ on effects, reasons for homeschool registry
Proponents will ‘want entry into the house,’ state board member says
State ed board cites transparency in call for new charter school regulations
‘It seems to be an overreaction’
Michigan lawmakers send $1.2M to wealthy cities for splash pads
Novi, with per-capita income 61% higher than state average, gets $200,000
DeWitt Schools withdraws plan for pronoun lesson in grades preK-2
One-third of district third-graders not proficient in English
Michigan parents ask U.S. Supreme Court to strike down ban on aid to private education
State constitution makes Michigan an outlier in education choice
Bill in Legislature targets squatting
Sheriffs could immediately remove squatters from homes
Michigan roads, bridges, on path to get worse over 10 years
We’re fixing the roads, Gov. Whitmer says
Whitmer seeks federal emergency laws to cover mild winter
Warm weather casts doubt on Michigan’s future as haven from warm weather
Member of state ed board called for ending charter schools
Board of Ed member who said in 2016, ‘charter schools should end,’ among those voting to have state, school districts, veto new charter schools
Rochester parent takes quest for school records to Michigan Supreme Court
Asks for reversal of Feb. 22 Appeals Court ruling
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