AdvertisementEditorial: Congress should hit pause on more virus aidFrom the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve cautioned our state and federal leaders to keep virus relief targeted and temporaryEditorial: Whitmer’s double hit on businessesEditorial: Ease budget crisis with jail, prison reformMost RecentEditorial: True school choice still eludes MichiganEditorial: Search warrant proposal will shield cellphones, PCsEditorial: Get Line 5 out of Lakes, into tunnelEditorial: Give schools budget certainty nowEditorial: UM board puts unions above taxpayersEditorial: Don’t panic over virus increaseEditorialsColumnistsNolan FinleyIngrid JacquesSend a Letter to the EditorSubmit an Opinion articleEditorial: True school choice still eludes Michigan This decision should spur a renewed debate among Michiganians over changing the state’s constitution and finally giving families true school choice. Editorial: Search warrant proposal will shield cellphones, PCs Government should have a very sound reason to peek at that information, and should have to explain the reason to a judge Editorial: Give schools budget certainty now The new budget year for schools starts Wednesday, meaning they are in the dark in terms of the kind of cuts necessary for the upcoming academic year Get the Nolan Out Loud Email NewsletterNolan Finley comments on the news and shares his daily reading list. Thanks for signing up for the Nolan Out Loud newsletterWe're sorry.something went wrong.Please try again soon, or contact Customer Service at 1-800-395-3300Sign up for more NewslettersEditorial: Get Line 5 out of Lakes, into tunnel We agree the pipeline does not belong in the waters of the Straits. It belongs in a concrete tunnel deep below the lake Editorial: UM board puts unions above taxpayers University of Michigan should not serve as business agents for labor unions trying to organize college workers Editorial: Don’t panic over virus increase The recent spike is no reason to panic, nor to prompt government to again close businesses and lock us in our homes. Editorial: Whitmer must answer for nursing home policy Citizens deserve to know whether a lack of response by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer contributed to COVID-19 deaths in Michigan nursing homes Editorial: Purge ineligible voters ahead of vote by mail Voting by mail is promising, but it shouldn't be achieved by sacrificing trust in the electoral system. Editorial: Extension of emergency not justified by data Gov. Whitmer should have declared the emergency over. Editorial: Start police reforms with union contracts Reform of police departments must start with stripping union contracts of provisions that make it almost impossible to fire officers. Nolan Out Loud: Pillow maker takes firm stand CEO won't pull ads from Tucker Carlson's show Editorial: Congress can’t afford to bail out Michigan Michigan is turning to the federal government to solve its problems. But Congress has already added a dangerous amount of debt to combat the virus Editorial: End emergency powers With new COVID-19 cases in steady decline and most businesses finally set to reopen, it’s time for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers to end Editorial: Stop the tracking of political protesters This is an offensive intrusion on privacy and could serve as an implied threat to quell dissent and silence dissenters. Editorial: Floyd’s death calls for broader police reforms This horrific death, along with all the others that have occurred, should prompt a nationwide examination of protocols within police departments Editorial: Whitmer’s sweet deal for state workers bad for taxpayers The shutdown shouldn't be a windfall for state workers who have kept much of their pay, while also seeing much of their workload drop Columnists Manuel 'Matty' Moroun, owner of Ambassador Bridge, dead at 93 Daniel Howes Wojo: In sprint to the future, could Tigers actually make some noise? Bob Wojnowski Niyo: 'Pumped' Manning poised to deliver on promising future for Tigers John Niyo Finley: Video confirms cops aren't always wrong Nolan Finley More ColumnistsEditorial: Stop the violence, start the change The time has come to stop marching and start engaging to make this a moment of real change for America. Editorial: Outside panel should probe dam failures Whitmer should change course and appoint an independent panel to probe the failure of two Midland-area dams. Finley: Violent white protesters hurt cause of racial justice Photos and videos from the violence that rocked Detroit and other American cities show a large contingent of young whites, Finley says Editorial: Michigan must release nursing home virus data Michigan still is not reporting data from nursing homes and extended care facilities. That data should be compiled and released ASAP. Editorial: Dam disaster enabled by government failures State agencies should clearly understand that when the choice is between protecting human life or wildlife habitat, humans get the priority. Editorial: Michigan can’t wait for a federal bailout The state will almost certainly have to bear the brunt of the burden of balancing its budget with far fewer revenues. Editorial: Whitmer order endangers nursing homes; end it now Gov. Gretchen Whitmer must reverse course on her executive order that is placing Michigan’s most vulnerable seniors at risk Editorial: Easing welcome, but state still a shutdown outlier "Michigan is now at risk of placing itself at a competitive disadvantage if it remains a shutdown outlier." Editorial: Use relief funds for recovery alone COVID-19 relief funds must be focused entirely on recovery efforts. Editorial: Clarify COVID-19 policies for nursing homes Regardless of precautions, putting infected residents back into nursing homes with non-infected residents is not a winning strategy. Editorial: A call for civility amidst protests Michiganians are fearful for their jobs and liberty following lockdowns, yet we caution against citizens taking their frustration too far Editorial: Time’s running out for many businesses Michigan business owners are starting to move from feeling concerned about their livelihoods to downright desperate Editorial: DeVos upholds basic rights in Title IX rule We commend Betsy DeVos and her team for taking the time to do this right — and for restoring constitutional protections to college campuses Editorial: Legislature’s lawsuit is necessary, reasonable The court should affirm that separation of powers and checks and balances don't go away when a virus strikes Editorial: Keep guns out of state Capitol It's hard to take anything else protesters stand for seriously when they appear at the Capitol armed to the teeth Editorial: Open hospitals for elective surgeries Gov. Whitmer's slowness in recognizing the severe impact her orders are having on hospitals risks undoing the goal of those orders: protecting health Editorial: Get factories open and operating Manufacturers that demonstrate they can protect their workers and make products at the same time should be given the immediate go-ahead to restart. Editorial: Lawmakers must fight gov’s power grab "This affront to democracy must be undone by the courts." Editorial: Shoot for a July school start Michigan schools already lag their peers nationwide in education performance. Six months out of the classroom will set them back further. Editorial: New civil liberties squad a check on authoritarianism As Attorney General William Barr notes, "The Constitution is not suspended in a time of crisis." Editorial: Fight for education, but not in court The courts are not the place to make school funding decisions. Rather, those lie with state legislatures and local school boards. Editorial: Lawmakers, join the 21st century Our leaders should embrace technology and work to do what's best for this state and country Editorial: Preserve integrity, safety of the vote During this crisis, our state's leaders must carefully navigate these matters that fundamentally impact our democracy. Editorial: Unreliable jobless site, data add to turmoil We all need to have patience. But if we’re going to get through this, we need smooth-running systems and accurate data. Editorial: Crisis calls for more transparency, not less The public has a constitutional right to the government’s information. Allowing avoidable delays treads on that right and puts our state in jeopardy Editorial: Avoid replacing one threat with another The state has to start thinking about how to reopen businesses and get citizens back to work Editorial: Quit throttling auto sales Out of 39 states with an active "stay at home" order, Michigan is one of five that has banned all automotive sales, including online orders Editorial: Rest in peace, Al Kaline "Kaline represented the best of sports in an era that valued sportsmanship, humility and loyalty in its athletes." Share your feedback to help improve our site experience!
