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Nessel Contradicts CDC, Says More People Vaxxed Here Would Have Stopped Variants

But CDC says vaccination no guarantee against COVID strains

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Amid Ongoing Mismanagement, Flint Schools Get $51,000 Per Student From Feds

District pins (latest) audit problems on staff turnover

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Environmental Group Says Pipeline Is Unsafe, Its Owner Says Otherwise

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Newspaper Says Farmington Has Teacher Shortage, But Numbers Are Up As Enrollment Falls

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Whitmer’s Nonessential Health Care COVID Orders Drove Down Childhood Vaccination Rates

Among required vaccinations for Michigan schoolchildren are polio, hepatitis B, measles, chickenpox and meningitis

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Big US Teacher Union Decline Since Supreme Court Ended Government Employee Union Dues Mandates

National Education Association and its Michigan affiliate are losing members

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Warren Schools Sue Hazel Park Schools Over Claims of Student Poaching

At stake: a lucrative allotment of state money for each student

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In A Long History Of Michigan School Shootings, Oxford Was Different

From masked students shooting up a hallway to a police officer’s accidental firearm discharge

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State Health Department Wants $1,000 Penalties For Breaking Its Rules

Agency also determines who conducts quasi-judicial trials

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Be Skeptical When Media Stories Of Teacher Shortages Contain No Numbers

So-called shortage at a Waterford high school is actually a big increase in teacher-student ratio

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Parents, Students Take A Back Seat As School Districts Announce Last-Minute Closures

‘Unprecedented level of fatigue’ in ‘our amazing staff’

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House Democratic Caucus Ducks Vote To Ban Critical Race Stereotyping In Michigan Schools

Very unusual to see a legislative caucus abstain on a proposed law here

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A Seeming Shortage Of Teacher Shortages, Yet More Media Reports Make The Claim

Hard to (again) declare not enough teachers when districts keep adding more per student

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Government Spending In 2021: Money For Everything

In Midland County, that means both a community center and repairs required by dam’s failure

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Four Hospitals That Take Federal Money To Help Low-Income Patients Do Less To Help Than Those That Don't

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Liberty, Prosperity and Humility on Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving Proclamation in George Washington's own words

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Charter School Association: Sports Reporter Shouldn’t Have Taken Unfair Swipe At Charter Schools

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Consumers Energy Admits More Renewables Risk Higher Rates, Pushing Ahead Anyway

Michigan will increasingly rely on electricity produced elsewhere

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State’s Pursuit of Snyder Emails Could Pierce Officials’ Veil of Attorney-Client Privilege

‘Judge, they don’t have the right to privacy in state owned email and servers. They simply don’t.’

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Fenton Woman Says Facebook Hindered Her Search For Missing Brother

After posting COVID-related article, she joined lawsuit against tech company

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Why Won’t U-M Reveal What It Told Whitmer During Devastating First Lockdown?

Mackinac Center asked for records showing university’s advice to governor

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Townships Rolling In Dough, Spending On ‘Nice To Haves’ Not Just ‘Need To Haves’

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Detroit Schools Is ‘Deeply Using’ Critical Race Theory In Its Curriculum

Media says it isn’t being taught in public schools, but Detroit superintendent says it is widely used

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State Gives $2 Million For Battlefield Center Commemorating American Massacre

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Giving Taxpayer Dollars to Some Corporations A Lucrative Business For These Nonprofits

The MEDC, the state’s corporate welfare agency, has local partners

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