Wednesday, Congress approved President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic relief plan, which is intended to stave off the worst effects of the COVID-19 recession and support broad-based economic recovery. Perhaps it has an opportunity to…
Posts published in “Guest Column”
While Michigan’s public health infrastructure — its people and its institutions — is intensely focused on slowing the spread of COVID-19 and getting vaccinations in arms, it should be no surprise that the system is…
The answer is in standardized tests. Michigan’s leading business organizations recently sent a letter to the Michigan Department of Education and our United States Department of Education opposing a waiver to dismiss this year’s state…
The best weapon against poverty is a good-paying job. Employers who have these jobs available will tell you the biggest barriers to obtaining them are skill level, reliable transportation – and child care. Before COVID-19,…
The partisan divide: it escalated into a deadly insurrection at the Capitol, the second impeachment of Donald Trump, and the elevation of “Q” as an anonymous national political force. Many attribute the rise of extremist…
The debate to return students to school in-person full-time continues to heat up, and not just school staff and students are struggling — public school board members are caught in the middle, experiencing a great…
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught our state many things. The biggest lesson is this: Michigan’s most vulnerable residents need stronger services and supports. This past spring, many students who receive special education services were suddenly…
With the arrival of 2021 many are celebrating the end of a very difficult year. However, we should all take note of the repercussions of the past 12 months that are likely to linger.…
BY DOUG STOUT GUEST COLUMNIST July, 1804 Two bitterly opposed U.S. elected officials stood face to face with loaded pistols in a duel. Vice President Aaron Burr shoots former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.…