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Some ways new Michigan leadership can encourage more housing
Demand for housing in Michigan has outstripped supply and led to higher prices. The solution to this is simple: Build more. But it is difficult because of government and market obstacles.
And despite massive government subsidies for more apartments, housing construction has barely budged for years. And we don’t build nearly as much as we did even in the 1990s.
The government isn’t particularly good at knowing how much or what types of housing needs to be built. But the market is good at it. It is unfortunate that so many rules and regulations have arisen that make it effectively illegal even to build much of the housing people in Michigan are currently living in. Click here to read more.
Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against Lindsay Clancy
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case on Monday denied three motions that were argued last week.
Clancy is the Duxbury, Massachusetts, woman accused of killing her three children. Her trial ended in a hung jury in September.
Judge William Sullivan denied Clancy’s motion to dismiss the case against her on double-jeopardy grounds.
The judge found there was a “manifest necessity” for the mistrial because the jury remained deadlocked after extensive deliberations. He said questioning the holdout juror about his doubts or the substance of deliberations risked intruding into jury deliberations and coercing a verdict. Click here to read more.
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Pritzker could unlock over $2 billion for Illinois students by opting into federal tax credit program
Illinois taxpayers could direct more than $2 billion in donated money to students in the state if Gov. J.B. Pritzker opts Illinois into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program.
The program, also known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit, provides a 1:1 tax credit for qualified donations to scholarship-granting organizations. Students in both public and private schools can use the money for education expenses such as tutoring, services for students with disabilities, tuition or school fees and books or supplies.
The U.S. Treasury Department recently confirmed that married taxpayers filing jointly can get the tax credit for up to $3,400 annually in donations while individual filers can get the credit for up to $1,700 annually.
An analysis from the Democrats for Education Reform says it’s plausible that 30% of eligible Illinois taxpayers could donate the full allowed amount. That could raise $2,087,575,860 for students. Click here to read more.
New Details Suggest Joe Biden’s Mental Collapse Was Even Worse Than Previously Known
Former President Joe Biden reportedly forgot that longtime Senate colleague Bob Dole had died and, on another occasion, appeared to believe his late son Beau was still alive, according to an updated edition of Original Sin, the book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson detailing Biden’s decline.
Biden reportedly forgot Dole’s death despite delivering “a nationally televised, roughly eighteen-minute eulogy for him at the Washington National Cathedral in December 2021.”
“On another occasion, Biden seemed to think his son Beau, who died in 2015, was still alive and fighting cancer,” the authors write.
The updated edition includes new reporting that was not included in the book’s original May 2025 release. Click here to read more.
Erika Kirk’s Message For Dave Chappelle After His Chilling Remark About Charlie’s Assassination
Erika Kirk has posted a response to Dave Chappelle’s viral comments about her husband’s assassination.
“To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting,” the grieving widow shared on X.
“My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives. A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together.”
“You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard,” Kirk continued. Click here to read more.