Michigan Capitol Confidential

Kroger Reaches Deal With Union Postponing Right-to-Work Law

By Tom Gantert | March 27, 2013

Five Reasons Government Subsidies For Films Are A Bad Idea

By Jarrett Skorup | March 27, 2013

Another School Contract Extended To Lock Teachers Into Union Membership

By Jack Spencer | March 26, 2013

Kent County Considers Land Bank Changes

By Audrey Spalding | March 25, 2013

Union Rushes Contract To Avoid Right-to-Work; 'Put This Whole Nightmare Behind Us!'

By Jarrett Skorup | March 25, 2013

Bill Would Help Stop 'National Effort' Mandating Paid Work Leave

By Tom Gantert | March 23, 2013

SEIU Election Legitimacy Questioned by Some Union Members

By Jack Spencer | March 23, 2013

EAA Bill Has Problems

By Audrey Spalding | March 22, 2013

March 22, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

By Jack McHugh | March 22, 2013

Detroit's Emergency Manager Must Enforce Rules City Officials Ignored

By James M. Hohman | March 22, 2013

College Admits Cooperating With Unions To Sidestep Right-to-Work Law

By Jack Spencer | March 22, 2013

Hollywood Transforms Itself to Milk Multiple States for Movie Money

By Tom Gantert | March 21, 2013

Michigan 'Green' Jobs Declining

By Tom Gantert | March 20, 2013

Tax-and-Spend Interests Pushing Medicaid Expansion

By Jack McHugh | March 19, 2013

Michigan Airport Home To No Planes Or Hangars Receives Over $150K A Year In Tax Dollars

By Jarrett Skorup | March 19, 2013

Obamacare Medicaid Expansion a Budget Trap

By Jack McHugh | March 18, 2013

Despite Claims, Michigan School Funding Higher Than a Decade Ago; Way More Than Decades Past

By Michael Van Beek | March 18, 2013

Wayne State President's Union Contract Defense Falls Flat

By Manny Lopez | March 18, 2013

Why You Shouldn’t Care (Much) About Income or Wealth Inequality

By James M. Hohman | March 18, 2013

CMU, Ferris State Protecting Worker Rights

By Tom Gantert | March 16, 2013

MichiganVotes Describes 25,000th Bill

By Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | March 16, 2013

March 15, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

By Jack McHugh | March 15, 2013

Multiple School Districts Breaking the Law On Transparency

By Tom Gantert | March 15, 2013

Teacher Pension System Hole Getting Deeper

By Jack Spencer | March 14, 2013

Commentary: House GOP Not Passing Senate Bill Continues Lansing Tradition Of Underfunding Pension System

By Jack McHugh and James M. Hohman | March 14, 2013

Wayne State University: We Got A Deal; Take Our Word For It

By Jack Spencer | March 13, 2013

Teacher Says She Qualifies For Food Stamps; School Salary Schedule Suggests Otherwise

By Tom Gantert | March 13, 2013

Will Gov. Snyder Get Stuck With 'Tax Hiker' Label?

By Jack Spencer | March 12, 2013

Commentary: Natural Gas Plants Better Than Wind Turbines

March 12, 2013

Media Ignores Costs In Film Coverage

By Jarrett Skorup | March 11, 2013

In Pontiac, MEA Local Raises $12K For School Supplies While Union Health Insurance Arm Sues District for $7.8 Million

By Tom Gantert | March 11, 2013

Commentary: Leaving Michigan Education Association To Form Local Union A Good Choice

March 11, 2013

March 8, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

By Jack McHugh | March 8, 2013

No Grand Rapids Carve-Out under EAA Bill

By Audrey Spalding | March 8, 2013

Michigan Gets Flying Monkeys for $40 Million

By Bruce Edward Walker | March 8, 2013

Public Employee Pension Systems Raided To Pay Film Studio Bills

By Tom Gantert | March 8, 2013

Michigan Taxpayers Already Paid for 'Oz'

By Jarrett Skorup | March 7, 2013

Big Hollywood Bailout: Taxpayers Spent Nearly $40 Million To Subsidize Disney's 'Oz'

By Tom Gantert | March 7, 2013

Universities Dodging Right-to-Work Law Under Scrutiny

By Jack Spencer | March 7, 2013

Despite Rhetoric, United States Outsourced Less Than 3,000 Jobs In 2012

By Tom Gantert | March 6, 2013

Opposing Groups Rally At State's 'Good Energy Decisions' Panel

By Bruce Edward Walker | March 6, 2013

Medicaid Expansion: The Decisive Obamacare Battle

By Jack McHugh | March 5, 2013

Is Repeal In The Cards For Michigan's Prevailing Wage Law?

By Jack Spencer | March 5, 2013

School Districts Spends $16,400 Per Student; Union Blames Lack Of Funding For Toilet Paper Shortage

By Tom Gantert | March 4, 2013

Great Myths About Great Start

By Michael Van Beek | March 4, 2013

Legislators Chip Away at Proposal A Property Tax Limits

By Jarrett Skorup and Jack McHugh | March 2, 2013

Balance Increased Road Spending with Cuts

By Michael D. LaFaive | March 1, 2013

SEIU 'Skim Tracker' Stops Ticking

By Jack Spencer | March 1, 2013

Sequester Marks First Cuts Since Pres. Obama Took Office

By Jack Spencer | March 1, 2013

Lawsuit Filed To Protect Teachers' Rights

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 28, 2013

Wisconsin's Alternative Medicaid Plan

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 28, 2013

Big Business Supports Minimum Wage Hikes

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 27, 2013

Union President Receives 'Outstanding Organizing' Award For Shutting Down School To Protest Right-to-Work Law

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 27, 2013

Charter School Superintendent Makes Over $339K A Year

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 26, 2013

Union Time on Your Dime

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 25, 2013

District's P.E. Teachers Average Tens of Thousands of Dollars More Than Math and Science Employees

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 25, 2013

Proposed Law Would Prevent Unemployment Benefits For Certain Drug Users

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 23, 2013

February 22, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

By Jack McHugh | Feb. 22, 2013

Alcohol Reform on Tap

By Michael D. LaFaive | Feb. 22, 2013

And the Academy Award Goes To ...

By Bruce Edward Walker | Feb. 22, 2013

Looking For Savings In The Corrections Budget

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 22, 2013

Variety Isn't Discrimination

By Audrey Spalding | Feb. 21, 2013

College Subsidies Redistribute from Poor to Rich

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 21, 2013

High-Priced Bus Drivers In Lansing

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 21, 2013

Talent Mercantilists Running Amok In Michigan

By James M. Hohman | Feb. 21, 2013

The Facts on Subsidized College Degrees

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 20, 2013

New Superintendent Compensation Database Available Online

Feb. 20, 2013

SEIU 'Dues Skim' and U-M Research Assistant Bills Brought On Proposal 2

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 20, 2013

Right-to-Work in Michigan: A Visual Time Line

Feb. 19, 2013

House Rep Wants To Force Homeschool Parents to Report Attendance to The State

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 19, 2013

Questions About Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

By Jack McHugh | Feb. 18, 2013

UAW President Bob King Admits Proposal 2 Was About Right-to-Work

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 18, 2013

Taylor School Board Approves Contract Forcing Teachers To Pay Union

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 16, 2013

Bill To Tap Trust Fund Could Free Up Dollars For Roads

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 16, 2013

Low-Salt Diet

By Mark Cornwell | Feb. 15, 2013

LG Chem: A Look Back At the Failed Predictions

By Tom Gantert and Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 15, 2013

Rep. Bentivolio Bill Would Give Small Business Owners A Break

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 14, 2013

Subsidized Housing for Government Workers

By Audrey Spalding | Feb. 13, 2013

More Is Never Enough

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 13, 2013

State Board of Education President Complains Of 'Right-Wing' Agenda

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 13, 2013

Five Reasons The Government Shouldn’t Subsidize Higher Education

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 13, 2013

UAW Prez: SEIU ‘Dues Skim’ More Important Than RTW

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 12, 2013

Average Michigan Government Employee Compensation Exceeds Six Figures For The First Time

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 12, 2013

SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 12, 2013

Slight Reduction In Education Funding Did Not Lead To Doomsday Predictions

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 11, 2013

Bill Would Require One Year Of Residency To Qualify For Welfare

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 9, 2013

February 8, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

By Jack McHugh | Feb. 8, 2013

Charter Public Schools Give Detroit Schoolchildren Hope

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 8, 2013

Medicaid Expansion: Beware of Obamacare 'Gifts'

By Jack McHugh | Feb. 7, 2013

Michigan Teachers Rank No. 2 For Salary

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 7, 2013

Bill Would Ensure More Gas Tax Money Goes To Roads

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 6, 2013

School District Late To Make Changes

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 5, 2013

The Common Ploy for More Funding

By James M. Hohman | Feb. 4, 2013

Robots Are Good

By Jarrett Skorup | Feb. 4, 2013

School Choice Benefits Students

By Audrey Spalding | Feb. 4, 2013

Right-to-Work States Gain Union Members While Other States Lose Hundreds of Thousands

By Tom Gantert | Feb. 4, 2013

SEIU 'Dues Skim' Finally Grinding To A Halt

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 4, 2013

Gas Tax and Fee Discussion Worth Having

By Michael D. LaFaive | Feb. 4, 2013

Is A Michigan Gas Tax Increase Inevitable?

By Jack Spencer | Feb. 2, 2013

February 1, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

By Jack McHugh | Feb. 1, 2013