James David Dickson, Former Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential

After state audit, Michigan Secretary of State purges dead from voter rolls quarterly

CapCon | August 25, 2022

Biden's $10K student loan forgiveness is reverse Robin Hood

CapCon | August 24, 2022

After getting $100M from Michigan to create 3,000 jobs, Ford announces 3,000 layoffs

CapCon | August 23, 2022

Forced to fail: How Michigan’s lockdowns ruined an Oxford gym

CapCon | August 21, 2022

The public will be heard: a lesson from Patmos Library

CapCon | August 19, 2022

Whitmer’s tax holiday for school supplies is just another gimmick

CapCon | August 17, 2022

Michigan bill would ban cellphones on school buses, in class

CapCon | August 15, 2022

WEF comes to Michigan, but who will go to Davos?

CapCon | August 14, 2022

Have gun, will audit: With 87K new IRS agents, how many will be armed?

CapCon | August 11, 2022

Michigan charter schools allege sneak attack, sue feds over grants

CapCon | August 10, 2022

Two years later, Michigan has 125K fewer jobs than it did before lockdowns

CapCon | August 8, 2022

Are Michigan’s corporate giveaways masking the state’s real problem?

CapCon | August 7, 2022

Whitmer admits: 25,000 auto jobs in Michigan were projected, not created

CapCon | August 2, 2022

State Board of Education member resigns, leaves Michigan

CapCon | August 2, 2022

Why run for Michigan governor? Whitmer, and worries for the future

CapCon | July 31, 2022

What is a recession?

CapCon | July 28, 2022

Teachers wanted: Alpena schools recruit parents, community members to lead classrooms

CapCon | July 28, 2022

Vaccine passports vs fake urine: A tale of two bills

CapCon | July 27, 2022

Why did a Republican candidate for governor take $250K in matching funds?

CapCon | July 25, 2022

Should bipartisanship be celebrated in Michigan?

CapCon | July 24, 2022

Detroit should scrap city ID program, after 2-year break, data leak

CapCon | July 23, 2022

Multi-vaccinated Biden gets COVID; had claimed vaccinations prevent infection

CapCon | July 22, 2022

Mackinac Center, ABC sue over prevailing wage standard

CapCon | July 21, 2022

Michigan gives Ford $100 million for EV jobs, then Ford cuts 8,000 jobs to fund EVs

CapCon | July 21, 2022

If not for Whitmer's veto, Michigan would already have tax relief

CapCon | July 19, 2022

In Kalamazoo, budding bureaucracy accompanies pot industry

CapCon | July 18, 2022

In Wayne County, training on how to survive a traffic stop

CapCon | July 18, 2022

How Michigan can have term limits and lifetime service

CapCon | July 17, 2022

Whitmer’s ‘no new taxes’ claim ignores her push for 45-cent gas tax hike

CapCon | July 12, 2022

Midland, Gladwin taxpayers could pay for 2020 flood for 30 years

CapCon | July 12, 2022

Parents of Okemos: How responsive are your schools?

CapCon | July 12, 2022

Why did Michigan lawmakers ban the sale of fake urine?

CapCon | July 11, 2022

UN touts, then memoryholes, ‘the benefits of world hunger’

CapCon | July 10, 2022

A month after Whitmer request, still no Biden approval for presidential disaster declaration in Gaylord

CapCon | July 6, 2022

‘Mostly false’: Freep: Whitmer’s claims of 25K auto jobs are based on announcements, not jobs

CapCon | July 6, 2022

Palisades nuclear plant to be torn down, following trend in Michigan

CapCon | July 5, 2022

Celebrate freedom, but be sure to speak up, too

CapCon | July 4, 2022

Michigan needs skeptical citizens, not good partisans

CapCon | July 3, 2022

Yard signs at Cheboygan senior center advocate for senior millage

CapCon | July 2, 2022

Detroit used cemetery dirt to backfill demolished homes

CapCon | June 30, 2022

Supreme Court: Nessel ‘cut corners’ in using one-man grand jury to secure Flint Water Crisis indictments

CapCon | June 28, 2022

Whitmer directs ‘whole of government’ to register Michiganders to vote

CapCon | June 28, 2022

If you must retry 2020, start with lockdowns, not the election

CapCon | June 26, 2022

When it comes to high gas prices, the pain is the point

CapCon | June 24, 2022

State to pay Mackinac Center $200K in attorney’s fees over emergency orders lawsuit

CapCon | June 20, 2022

Senate bill would ban ‘Zuckerbucks’ from Michigan elections

CapCon | June 20, 2022

Kids can’t read. Drag queens won’t help.

CapCon | June 19, 2022

Michigan has lost auto jobs since Whitmer took office

CapCon | June 16, 2022

NIH’s implicit bias training commits the social sins it warns against

CapCon | June 15, 2022

Drag shows for kids are inappropriate. In Michigan, should they be illegal?

CapCon | June 12, 2022

James David Dickson

Former Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential

By James David Dickson