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School curricula to stay hidden from parents, high court rules
Oct 7, 2024 · Michigan parents can’t request some school curricula under public record acts after the Michigan Supreme Court chose not to hear an appeal from a lower court.
Michigan House approves bills to resurrect dues skim for home …
Sep 27, 2024 · Michigan home health care providers could see smaller paychecks after the state House approved bills aimed at resurrecting the dues skim practice voters rejected by wide margins twelve years ago.
Workers at Mt. Clemens tooling company are on the way to …
Oct 4, 2024 · Workers at a hydraulic tooling company in Mt. Clemens are one step closer to decertifying their union after submitting enough signatures to the National Labor Relations Board to trigger a vote on representation.
The UAW’s strike on General Motors might haunt workers
Dec 3, 2024 · The United Auto Workers at General Motors received a 33% pay raise as a result of last year’s strike, but GM announced another round of layoffs on Nov. 15.
Federal bailout gives $635 million to carpenters union pension plan
Nov 22, 2024 · 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 accountability and no indication that it won’t happen again.
Michigan’s education department says it can’t evaluate virtual …
Nov 25, 2024 · Four years after an audit recommended that the Michigan Department of Education evaluate virtual learning in public schools, it still hasn’t done so, according to the Michigan auditor general. The department says it does not have the authority to do the evaluation.
Report: Michigan should subsidize electric vehicles from cradle to ...
Dec 5, 2024 · A new report suggests Michigan enact policies to narrow the gap between this year's 46,700 registered electric vehicles and the state's goal of having 2 million registered by 2030.
Curtains could fall for some interior designers
Oct 8, 2024 · Bills introduced in the Michigan House in September would require interior designers to be licensed to work. House Bill 5960, introduced by Rep. Carol Glanville, D-Walker, would also impose continuing education requirements on designers.. Interior designers had to register with the state until 2014, a requirement which included passing a qualification exam proctored by the Council for Interior ...
Troy School district rejects mother’s request to watch dyslexic …
Nov 26, 2024 · A Michigan school district has denied a mother’s request to observe the classroom time of her dyslexic child, a move she says violates state law.