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The spring equinox is upon us as the sun’s direct rays pass over the equator on Monday. But in Michigan, residents may not feel warmer temperatures for a few more weeks.
Despite the threat of criminal charges from a county prosecutor, Amy Churchill, Lapeer District Library director, has not budged from defending the book. She has until May to rule on the book’s removal.
Nineteen states and Washington D.C. have ‘extreme risk’ confiscation laws. They have many supporters, but the laws aren’t used much, are enforced sporadically and have prompted equity questions.
Gretchen Whitmer’s Sixty by 30 plan emulates failed efforts by predecessors to raise the number of post-high-school degrees. But the plan only helps a few thousand. Holding colleges accountable to graduate more students would go farther.
Forcing Michigan to send all its electoral votes to who earns the most votes nationally for president will disenfranchise state voters and drive candidates to focus on big states to the detriment of places like Michigan.
