Mackinac Center sues Flint Community Schools
Suit alleges troubled district violated Freedom of Information Act over staff travel records
Trump administration sues Michigan over climate litigation against oil and gas companies
Lawsuit cites Michigan Capitol Confidential story thrice
Michigan schools seek $1.6 billion in new public debt May 6
Residents of 31 school districts will vote on school bonds
Dues-skim union has no bargaining power for home care providers
SEIU can lobby but can’t negotiate contracts for disabled-caregiver stipends, says labor law expert
Michigan cities paid up to $63 million in police settlements from 2022 to 2025
More than $40 million will be paid to six men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 121 years
Grand Ledge may let anyone inspect residents’ pipes
City has used ordinance to inspect thousands of homes, businesses
Two Democratic lawmakers agree: AG Nessel sicced government on business owners during pandemic
Tucker Carlson blasts Michigan’s attorney general over her 2021 arrest of a business owner
Owosso barber still battling $9K in fines from Whitmer lockdown
77-year-old was one of six hairdressers state fined for cutting hair in 2020
Caregivers protest union effort to skim home helpers’ pay
Lawmakers, not unions, approve pay increases for home help workers
Park Township short-term rental owners seek grandfathered properties
Government has allowed short-term rentals despite a 1974 law banning them
Michigan dentist drills into implicit bias training rule
State agency, not lawmakers, created requirement on 400,000 workers in medical and dental fields
State climate conference to tout clean energy plans that will raise electricity costs
Michigan residents must buy 1.95 million more electric vehicles in next 5 years to achieve state goal
EGLE swoops in on Mundy megasite
Great Lakes department alleges wetland violations at site that is getting $259 million subsidy despite having no buyer
Wayne, Oakland counties paid $11,066 for UAE trip
Whitmer brought along 20 people on first journey to Gulf monarchy
Michigan’s updated pandemic playbook heavy on lockdowns, light on proof
Government can’t show its work for emergency plan
Gilchrist-led trip spent $245,000 on 2024 overseas trip
Michigan spent $24,000 sponsoring the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom
Carrollton teacher hopes that Michigan lawmaker ‘chokes on a bag of [expletive] and dies’
Video shows teacher’s tirade during public comment at Bay City Commissioners’ meeting
Consumers Energy requests another rate hike one week after approval of $154 million increase
‘Monopolies are gonna monopoly,’ says Mackinac Center expert
Whitmer seeks $7.8M for road funding solution, six years after pledging to fix the roads
Proposal comes after a $5M study on a vehicle mileage tax
Conservation officers may soon need warrants to enter private land
Bill follows lawsuit against state employees for Fourth Amendment violations
Farmers, builders accuse state environmental agency of bullying and overreach
Tractors circled Capitol as farmers testified
EGLE flap leaves 150,000 tons of waste headed for Michigan landfills
As energy company leaves state, business owners allege bullying, intimidation and harassment by environmental agency
Michigan’s outdated food stamp cards cost poor families $846K in stolen benefits
State hasn’t adopted chipped cards six months after fed’s suggestion
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