Michigan Capitol Confidential
WEBA Michigan News Source. News Story Michigan 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
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WEBMichigan Capitol Confidential is the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports with a free-market news perspective. As news coverage in our state dwindles, it is important to have outside scrutiny of our elected officials and government bureaucracies.
Michigan Capitol Confidential
WEBMichigan’s spending bonanza must end, economic expert says. State will have $350 million left in fiscal year 2024-25 Read more. News Story.
After getting $824M in state aid, GM to cut 900 jobs at Orion …
WEBDec 12, 2023 · General Motors Corp. will lay off 900 workers from Orion Assembly in January 2024. The company received roughly $824 million in corporate welfare from Michigan lawmakers less than two years ago, in January 2022.
Michigan mom seeks just compensation in home foreclosure
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Four years after the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ruled that counties can’t keep excess profits from tax foreclosures, one Michigan mom is fighting for $102,636 in home equity seized by Manistee County. Chelsea Koetter, a single mother of two boys, fell behind on her property taxes in 2018 and underpaid what she owed in 2021.
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.
Escanaba, promised a $1B investment, carries on despite project ...
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Michigan state government gives large subsidies to select corporations in the hope of creating new jobs — $4.4 billion in 2023 alone — but in the case of a paper mill in Escanaba, big promises led to a bigger disappointment for local residents. “Today’s approvals will help us continue to grow our economy and compete for every good-paying job,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in December ...
The CapCon Guide: What to know about right-to-work in …
WEBApr 22, 2023 · Since the repeal of Michigan’s right-to-work laws, many people have been confused about the effect the repeal will have on their workplace. They have been left wondering whether they can be forced to join a union, and whether they must pay for a union’s political activities.
Educator behind embattled reading theory to keynote Troy School ...
WEBDec 8, 2023 · Lucy Calkins, the education professor whose work was disowned by Columbia Teachers College earlier this year, is set to appear as a keynote speaker at a Troy School District conference this weekend, called the Midwest Literacy Coaching Mini-Institute.. Some parents in the Southeast Michigan community say their school district needs to update its curriculum to embrace phonics, the reading ...
Michigan prison stays cost $48K per year; here’s how that breaks …
WEBJul 2, 2023 · On average, it costs Michigan $48,000 per year, per prisoner, to keep some 32,778 people incarcerated (as of June 16). Here’s how those costs break down, per the Michigan Department of Corrections. 70%: Facilities, staffing, utility payments, supply and operational costs
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