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A nonexistent apartment, expensive rugs, and zero businesses attracted: inside Michigan's $20M grant disaster

Beydoun has been charged in the 47th District Court in Farmington Hills, a steep fall from her position in the top ranks of ...
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At Flint Schools, teachers are doing great – students, not so much

In 2024-25, nearly all of Flint Community Schools’ students in grades three through eight — 90% — were not proficient in ...
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Alleged GPS trickery leads to Medicaid fraud charges

Caplan has been charged with one count of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony; one count of ...
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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 ...
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Grand Rapids municipal fleet has 727 vehicles

The city of Grand Rapids owns, rents, or leases about 727 vehicles, according to a 12-page document obtained through a ...
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State spends $9 million on zoos, museums

The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announced in June it will award $9 million in taxpayer funds for selected museums and educational organizations. Several of the organizations listed ...