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WEBPrint Edition. Michigan Capitol Confidential’s free newspaper is published quarterly by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization devoted to analyzing Michigan public policy issues. Each newspaper contains analysis of important state legislative policy issues that did not ...
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WEBMichigan fines, disciplines at least 132 people under 2020 implicit bias training. Rule breakers fined a collective $75,000 in 2024 Read more.
Whitmer has supported $16.2 billion in subsidies since 2001
WEBAug 9, 2024 · In all, Whitmer has supported $16.2 billion in business subsidies since her first election in 2001 to the Michigan House of Representatives. That is more than the entire amount raised annually by Michigan’s income tax, which brings in just $12.3 billion per year, noted James Hohman, fiscal policy director at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Michigan lawmaker calls for homeschool registry
WEBDec 16, 2023 · Michigan lawmaker calls for homeschool registry. State Rep. Matt Koleszar, D-Plymouth, has floated the idea of a homeschool registry in Michigan. (State of Michigan) Rep. Matt Koleszar, D-Plymouth, posted on X on Dec. 5 that homeschooled children in Michigan should be required to register with the state. “Michigan is one of only 11 states ...
State superintendent asks Michigan lawmakers for home school …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Michigan state superintendent Michael F. Rice has called on lawmakers to require homeschool and private school parents to register their children with the state.
Whitmer creates second Michigan education department
WEBJul 13, 2023 · In a flying LEAP, governor expands mandate of state education system. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created a second department of education in Michigan Wednesday. In addition to the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan will now have a Department of LEAP: Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. Whitmer calls it MiLEAP.
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WEBMichigan hasn’t defunded education. Lawmaker’s claim is false: Per-pupil funding from state sources increased more than $5,000 from 2012 to 2023 Read more. News Story.
Michigan school closures went beyond ‘three months’
WEBOct 27, 2022 · After schools decided to offer in-person, on-line instruction only, or a hybrid approach for the 2020-21 school year, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, an executive branch agency, once again ordered schools shut November 15, for three weeks. High schools and colleges were forbidden from holding in-person classes.
Lawsuit alleging 26K dead on Michigan voter rolls will go on
WEBAug 29, 2022 · A federal lawsuit alleging that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has refused to remove 26,000 dead people from Michigan's Qualified Voter List will proceed, after a judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case. The Public Interest Law Firm filed the case against Benson, in her official capacity, in November 2021.
After decade-long saga, Wayne County to move to new jail
WEBMar 23, 2024 · A decade after admitting defeat on a Fail Jail that was started and never finished, and after accruing $100 million of cost overruns on the second attempt, Wayne County has taken possession of a new jail.. As the Detroit Free Press’s JC Reindl reports, the March 18 handoff of the keys to the Wayne County Jail starts a six-month clock for various entities — the sheriff’s Office ...