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hi!!! Michigan state test scores are out, and shows third-graders are struggling to read proficiently. I like to remind folks on state test day that students -and the schools they attend -are far more than their scores, which are 1 data point from 1 day. freep.com/story/news/edu…

A sexual harassment/trafficking lawsuit against Northwestern and several employees, including former athletic director Mike Polisky, has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff, a former cheerleader at the school. Here is Polisky’s statement to ESPN.

BREAKING: Robert Telles, the former elected Clark County Public Administrator, was found guilty Wednesday of murdering Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. UPDATES: lvrj.com/post/3148634

The Washington Post's union claims my 2022 firing was an unfair labor practice. Today, the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel agreed. A trial is scheduled for December. With thanks to ⁦Andrew Beaujon⁩ for this report: washingtonian.com/2024/08/28/fel…

New -- Former President Donald Trump shared a TikTok video including footage from Arlington National Cemetery that likely violates a federal law against using military cemeteries for campaigning purposes. More on the fallout from Monday's events: npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-…

NEW: I try to answer a question I always wonder around state testing time- but there’s really not enough data out there. Are kids incentivized to do well on the state test? freep.com/story/news/edu…

Another important and timely investigation from Jennifer Dixon: Formal complaints against DTE, other utilities dismissed or settled in secret freep.com/story/news/loc… via Detroit Free Press

Tens of thousands of disabled people in the US are paid less than the minimum wage — w some making as little as 25 cents/ hour. Our 9 month, 3 part investigation into an obscure provision of the FLSA, w the great Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵 & Caitlin Gilbert: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

New, from Todd Spangler: VP Harris, former president Trump in virtual dead-heat among Michigan voters, new poll shows. The same poll had Trump up 7 points on President Biden in the state just before Biden dropped out of the race. freep.com/story/news/pol… via Detroit Free Press

The Maryland Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction against Adnan Syed It has ordered the circuit court to redo the hearing that cleared Syed’s name two years ago thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…

Come for the great historical round-up of presidential visits to Detroit on Labor Day from Paul Egan, stay for the pics from the Detroit Free Press archive. tinyurl.com/yfnawf87

SCOOP: A D.C. startup to integrate AI into lobbying is covertly run by a pair of well-known conspiracy theorists, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, who are using the fake names "Jay Klein" and "Bill Sanders" in their new business, four former employees told me. politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

New: the Harris campaign wrote in an email that she “does not support an electric vehicle mandate.” I asked if that meant she would veto or sign the bill she co-sponsored in 2019 w/ such a mandate for manufacturers. The campaign declined to comment axios.com/2024/09/04/kam…

Tennessee electric vehicle battery plant recognizes UAW. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/economy-bus…

New, from Detroit Free Press reporter Bill Laytner: Secret audio recordings catch Oakland County judge using racist, anti-gay slurs. In the recordings the judge calls the typical Black American “a f------ lazy piece of s---”; and refers to herself as "a new racist." freep.com/story/news/loc…

New, from Paul Egan: Michigan Supreme Court orders Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name to appear on Michigan presidential ballot, in blow to Trump freep.com/story/news/pol… via Detroit Free Press

James Earl Jones, acclaimed 'Field of Dreams' actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 freep.com/story/entertai…

Just In: US Median Household Income rose to $80,610 in 2023 (that's in inflation-adjusted dollars), Census data shows. In other words, the typical American household finally earned as much in 2023 as they did in 2019. This is yet another sign of the strong job and wage

🚨 New, from me: The medical examiner who helped persuade a jury in 2004 that Russell Maze killed his baby son has recanted his testimony. Now both the DA’s office and the original M.E. agree that the crime for which Maze was convicted never occurred. 1/x propublica.org/article/russel…