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1 week ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
Michigan's current pandemic plan cites evidence that does not appear to support its lockdown measures, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services updated its pandemic emergency plan in 2024, several years after the last of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdowns came to an end.
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michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
This article contains partially expunged profane, vulgar and obscene language. A Carrollton Public Schools teacher delivered a threatening and profanity-laced speech during a Bay City commissioners meeting earlier this week. Michigan Capitol Confidential confirmed with multiple sources that the speaker is Matthew Sylvester, a history teacher at Carrollton Public Schools.
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2 weeks ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
Attorney General Dana Nessel criticized Consumers Energy on April 1 for seeking a rate hike request shortly after the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $154 million increase it sought in an earlier request. The earlier request, from 2024, was settled on March 21, 2025, Danny Wimmer, press secretary for Nessel, told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email.
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2 weeks ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
More than 10 agriculture professionals alleged bullying, intimidation and harassment by state environmental officials at a recent hearing. Agricultural professionals who have had run-ins with the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy descended on the Capitol on March 18, some with tractors in tow, to air their grievances. The environmental agency has strangled the state’s food and farming industry, according to testimony in the over three-hour hearing of the House Oversight Committee.
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2 weeks ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
As tractors lined the streets around the Michigan Capitol, legislators heard testimony last month that the state’s environmental agency had abused its power and had unnecessarily caused waste to be sent to landfills. A renewable energy company that converts organic waste into electricity left the state in 2023, a witness told lawmakers at a March 18 hearing at the House Oversight Committee, adding that state regulators had pushed the company out of Michigan.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Jamie A. Hope
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2 weeks ago | 
standard.co.uk | Jamie A. Hope
Homes & Property | Property NewsLondon home sellers are liable to be disappointed in the current market, unless they approach their sale with pragmatism and listen to adviceDaniel LynchJamie Hope2 minutes agoSign up for your inside guide to buying, renting and decorating in London from our award-winning expertsI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.
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3 weeks ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
A Michigan Department of Education board member decried the lack of funding in public education during a March 11 meeting. Schools must deal with “significant cuts in funding, which means schools are trying to do at least what they’re doing with less if not trying to do more with less,” said board member Mitchell Robinson. Robinson said school districts have focused on standardized tests and narrowed the curriculum by cutting subjects such as music and social studies.
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4 weeks ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
Michigan has made little progress in passing laws that could constrain a governor’s emergency powers since the state led the nation in embracing destructive policies during the COVID-19 events. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asserted significant control over state government, the economy and social activity over a three-year period. She did not rescind her last order until May 11, 2023. “These executive orders are not a suggestion,” said Whitmer in 2020. “They’re not optional. They’re not helpful hints.
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1 month ago | 
michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope
Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist recently used a statement to celebrate the goal of expanding no-fee prekindergarten. But studies have failed to turn up evidence that early education programs produce better results for students. “This is about investing in our kids’ futures, and we will continue collaborating with all partners to make sure every Michigan family has access to high-quality early education, no matter where they live,” Gilchrist said in the press release. Gov.
