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Incoming House speaker wants $2.8B shift to fix local roads
House Speaker-elect Rep. Matt Hall, R-Richland, pitched a $2.8 billion plan Friday to fix the roads and bridges. The lawmaker ...
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Michigan’s education department says it can’t evaluate virtual learning
Four years after an audit recommended that the Michigan Department of Education evaluate virtual learning in public schools, ...
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Federal bailout gives $635 million to carpenters union pension plan
The federal government is spending $635 million in taxpayer funds to bail out a multiemployer pension fund for a Detroit carpenters union. Pension experts warn that the bailout comes with little or no ...
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Troy School district rejects mother’s request to watch dyslexic child’s classroom
A Michigan school district has denied a mother’s request to observe the classroom time of her dyslexic child, a move she says ...
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Legislature extends tax breaks for data center that brought only 2.6% of promised jobs
When Michigan approved subsidies for a data center in Grand Rapids in 2015, the data storage company Switch promised it would create 1,000 jobs. A 2022 state report said Switch had created 26 jobs or ...