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MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Winter 2011-12 Edition

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In this issue:

  • Parents Forced to Pay Union Dues, Lawmaker Rakes In Health Care Money
  • Victims of Smoking Ban Cut Off Politicians
  • Ann Arbor Cuts Cops With $1.5 Million Surplus Sitting in Arts Budget
  • ad liberties: Government as Santa
  • Health Care Workers Vote to Bolt from 'Corrupt' SEIU
  • Subsidized Green Energy Company Struggles, Lays Off Workers — Rewards Top Executives
  • Former MEA Local Prez: Union May Lose 40% of Members – Including Him – if Teacher Right to Work Passes
  • Teacher Right-to-Work Looking Like a Done Deal
  • GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’
  • Despite Deficit, Some Dearborn Top Officials Got Boosts in Pay
  • Average Lansing Teacher Missed 3.5 Weeks of School Last Year
  • Michigan Democrat: Teacher Union Leaders Are 'Disconnected'
  • Cop Union Boss Boasts of Beating Lawmakers With Flashlights
  • Less Than 0.001 Percent of Tenured Teachers Fired Over Past Five Years
  • Grosse Pointe State Rep: Public Schools Must Control 'Who Is Allowed to Attend'
  • House Votes to Ban Automatic Dues Deductions For School Unions
  • Defined-Contribution Retirement Reform Introduced in Michigan
  • Sierra Club’s War on Coal Blamed for 53k Lost Jobs in Michigan
  • Train Station with 78 Daily Riders Gets $1 Million in Stimulus Renovations
  • Inaccurate Claims Buoy Attacks On Charter Public Schools
  • Bureaucrats vs. Parents — Who Should Choose Where Children Are Educated?
  • How Corporate Welfare Hurts People
  • Pipeline Protest Belies National Security 'Concerns'
  • 'Forced Unionization' Brings In $28 Million For SEIU ... And Climbing
  • I'm Just a Bill

This video profiles Madison-Carver Academy and Cornerstone Health High School, two public charter schools in the City of Detroit. Both schools make use of blended learning, which allows each student to move at his or her individual pace through coursework.

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