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Troy schools spent $14k on ‘whole language’ literacy conference
Troy Public Schools spent more than $14,000 on registration fees and airfare for a 2024 reading conference hosted by a ...
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Michigan House resolves to disclose enhancement grants, recipients
The Michigan House passed a resolution Jan. 29 to identify lawmakers who request “enhancement grants” that are used during ...
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Michigan Senate OKs paid sick leave compromise
The Michigan Senate approved a political compromise last week to tweak paid sick leave and tipped wage rules that will change ...
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Michigan economic development agency gives former member $202M in grants
A Michigan Community Revitalization Program loan for up to $2.4 million was approved for Aria Warren Detroit LLC to ...
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Whitmer wants to tax large companies, pot to fix potholes
Whitmer wants to add the wholesale tax, applied to smoking products like cigarettes, to marijuana. She says that using pot ...
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Whitmer claims credit for helping Michiganders, but her policies raise costs
One of Whitmer’s first efforts as governor was to call for a 45-cent gasoline tax hike to fix the roads. While she said there ...
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Whitmer’s $83.5B budget won’t fix the roads, lawmakers say
Spending on education is a key point of disagreement between Whitmer, a Democrat, and Republican legislators. Whitmer ...
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Michigan’s net-zero dream would raise electric rates, decrease reliability
Michigan’s official policy as laid out in the MI Healthy Climate plan calls for the people, businesses and government ...