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Proposed Michigan COVID Rule Forbids Leaving Shows Or Stadiums Before Getting Permission

‘Safe exit’ procedures raise many questions

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Whitmer Administration: Face Masks For Everyone; They’ll Let You Know When They Can Come Off

Michigan’s workplace regulators say they will ‘examine the continued need’ for face masks, other rules

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Audit: Evidence Lacking 40% Of Public School Educators Took Required Continuing Ed Courses

Department of Education created verification process only after audit found shortcoming

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Pandemic ‘Put Communities Through Hell’? Not As Measured By Government Pay Hikes

Lobbying group for local officials has made the claim

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Flint’s Bookkeeping Was A Mess Before Water Crisis — And Still Is

Not knowing how much the city has or owes contributes to all kinds of problems

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Senate-Passed Bill Would Prescribe Restaurant Lockdown Metrics In Law

Michigan’s hospitality industry fed up with shifting state standards

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Arrest Of Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Violated Court Guidelines

An alphabet soup of agencies and departments was mobilized to put the owner of Marlena’s Bistro behind bars

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How The Union Contract And Bogus Merit Pay Hurt Teacher Of The Year Finalist

She gets $48,809, which is less than the average teacher pay in the district

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Experts Have Answers For Michigan’s COVID Spike, But Nothing Definite

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If Not Numbers, What Drives Whitmer’s COVID Policies?

The same caseloads that triggered November lockdowns get no response in April

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Cities’ Clever And Prohibitive Fees Are Killing Michigan’s Open Records Law

Freedom of Information Act on life support as municipalities clamp down on access

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How To Make A School District Appear Underfunded: Ignore Big Pieces Of Revenue

Michigan’s public school establishment and friends regularly do it

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Four Years Running, Auditors Ding Benton Harbor Schools On Free Lunch Accounting

Federal government appears no more diligent enforcing its rules

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Underfunded? Detroit, Benton Harbor, Flint Schools Got Far More Than State Average

The average district got $10,687 per student last year, but Flint got $26,916

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State’s Private Sector Workers Lost Income In 2020; Public Sector, Not So Much

That’s what an ongoing Michigan Capitol Confidential survey keeps finding

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Legislator Calls For Funding All College Students Equally

State university lobbyists say we’ve never done it that way; call for more money instead

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Work-From-Home Challenges City Income Tax Reach

Stay-at-home orders meant fewer workers commuting into cities that tax income

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No Rush For Government-Owned Traverse City Internet

Out of 3,200 potential customers, only 12 signed up in February

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University of Michigan Works To Conceal Records It Must Disclose Under Law

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State Experts Have A New Plan — It Includes Lockdowns

State plan deviates from official Centers for Disease Control recommendations

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Lawsuit: U-M Defies Open Records Law To Hide Pay Rates

University also defies series of Michigan court precedents favoring openness

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She Fled Communism For Freedom, Now Faces Jail For Not Closing Restaurant

Polish immigrant takes a stand

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Open-Records Law Reveals: Cops Take Cars From Little Guys; School Pay Tricks; Much More

Government likes secrecy and Michigan officials get more clever at ducking records requests

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State Agencies And Local Governments Get Creative Dodging Open Records Requests

‘Freedom Of Information' law? ... Make Sure You Bring A Lawyer And Checkbook

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Farmington Hills Mayor Pushes Government Broadband Effort

Says it’s needed to attract young families

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