Whitmer’s Michigan: Population increases by 0.27% from 2024 to 2025 — due entirely to migrants
Michigan’s population increased by a scant 0.27% between July 2024 and June 2025, due entirely to migrants, according to new U.S. Census numbers.
The state’s population stood at an estimated 10,127,884 in June 2025, or about 27,922 more residents than a year prior, despite nearly 5,000 more deaths than births.
Deaths over the year totaled 104,678, while there were 99,680 births, a deficit of 4,998, MLIVE reports.
Domestic net migration from other states totaled 1,796, while international migration was 30,706, which combined to offset the birth-death deficit by 27,992. That figure is roughly 10,000 less than the number of residents added between 2023 and 2024.
Without the international migration, Michigan’s population would have declined by about 3,202 residents, based on the Census figures. Click here to read more.
How a Kids’ Soccer Game Became a Child Welfare Case
Heather Bryant, a teacher in Park City, Utah, only learned that a Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) worker had interviewed her three kids after the fact.
“I got a call from the DCFS investigator,” Bryant said in a phone call. “I was sitting at work and was absolutely knocked sideways by it. My hand was shaking—I couldn’t believe I was having this conversation.”
The investigator informed Bryant that someone had called DCFS to report overhearing a conversation between their son and Bryant’s middle son. The 8-year-old boys were talking about how Bryant’s 12-year-old son had been rough with them during a neighborhood soccer game.
This was labeled “child-on-child physical aggression during play” by the DCFS. Click here to read more.
Jury finds city of Seattle liable for teen’s death in CHOP zone; awards family $30-million
SEATTLE — A jury has awarded the father of a teen who was shot and killed in the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone in Seattle in 2020 approximately $30-million after finding the city was negligent in how it handled the weeks-long protest zone.
The family of Antonio Mays Jr., 16, filed a lawsuit alleging his death was the result of unsafe conditions in the CHOP Zone, which the city of Seattle had known about for weeks by the time he was killed in late June of 2020.
The lawsuit alleged Mays had been ‘lured’ into the CHOP zone by a statement from city officials who supported the CHOP zone during the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Click here to read more.
How The Military Gave A Homeless Lesbian’s ‘Minority Contracting’ Firm $19 Million
Rhonda Valles is an aspiring California musician who once played in a band with her ex-lover, Monica Salci. In between writing and performing songs, Valles and Salci formed a company that purported to make clothes.
The company never produced a stitch. The federal government paid it $19 million.
The spectacle demonstrates the absurdity of 8(a) contracting law, which requires that that 5% of all federal government contracts be “set aside” for minority-, women-owned, and other “disadvantaged” businesses. The program — which Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said this month has resulted in $100 million contracts going out the door without competitive biddingn nearly every day — has led to paydays for flagrant middlemen who use their disadvantaged status to win government contracts, only to subcontract the work to larger firms. Click here to read more.
Florida nurse’s license revoked after viral post promising to refuse anesthesia to ‘MAGA’ patients’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in the state, following a viral social media post in which Martindale reportedly vowed to refuse anesthesia to patients supporting the “MAGA” movement.
The decision comes after a week of intense public pressure and calls for disciplinary action spearheaded by the attorney general’s office. Martindale, a graduate of the University of Miami, drew widespread condemnation after a Facebook post circulated showing him in uniform with a message stating he would not provide anesthesia for “MAGA” surgeries or procedures.
“Effective today, Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in Florida,” Uthmeier stated on X. “Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty to treat patients with the respect and dignity they deserve.” Click here to read more.
