Nine Years After Promising, Detroit City Officials May Get Rational Payroll System
City now says completion expected by end of 2020
Teachers Unions Gave $180,000+ To Misleading Macomb Tax Hike Campaign
Tuesday ballot proposal would cost property owners $55 million annually
Charter School Profiteering? Don’t Turn That Lens On Larger, Richer District Schools
The really big money is in conventional school districts and all their intermediaries
Proposal Would Tear Up Michigan Constitution’s Ban On Graduated Income Tax
Rates of 8.5% or more could cause higher-income residents to move to low- or no-tax states
Film Incentives Don’t Generate Economic Development
Incentives are a poor use of resources
Giving Public Dollars To Private Interests Violates The Public Interest
So ruled Michigan’s most famous jurist back in 1871
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Prevailing Wage Repeal Critiques: Cookie Cutter Criticism
New reviews should be treated with caution
Giving A Friend A Manicure Or Haircut Is Illegal in Michigan
And getting the license takes more training than homebuilders or EMTs
MEDC Testimony a Reminder That More Transparency is Needed
New legislation would make the MEDC more transparent and accountable
Higher Education Subsidies Do Not Produce Better Educational or Economic Results
Nevertheless, some lawmakers are pushing for more
Lawmakers, Education Officials Looking To Inject Gender Politics Into Michigan Schools
Yet no cultural consensus in sight on introducing this to schoolchildren
Michigan’s Former Top Cop Given $639k In 'Deferred' Pension Benefits While Still On Payroll
Government solution to officer attrition from early pension eligibility was legalized double-dipping
Pay Hikes Fewer But Still Happening At Fiscally Stressed Michigan School District
Falling enrollment and rising pension expenses mean cramped raises at Wayne-Westland
Fiat Chrysler And Ford To Get $131M From Michigan Taxpayers; Earned $26.4 Billion Last Three Years
That subsidy program expired in 2019, but GOP lawmaker trying to bring it back
Federal Government Adopts Mackinac Center Recommendation on Worker Rights
Federal employees may now opt out of their union at anytime
Union Tribunal's $10,000 Hit On Electrician Brings Federal Labor Lawsuit
Former union contractor now working for wife's nonunion shop — and she was also threatened
Michigan Should Move Forward With Medicaid Work Requirements
Work requirements empower people to become financially independent
Highest-Pay School District’s Union Compares Teacher Pay To A Minnow
Average teacher pay is $82,065 at this Macomb district
Strengthen State Spending Limits
Government assistance allows more government spending under state limits
US House Would Overturn Michigan's Right-to-Work Law
Michigan voters rejected similar union overreach in 2012
Newspapers, Experts Agree: Climate Causes Plummeting, Record High Water Levels
Looks like a Great Lakes consensus
Public Sector Pay Transparency All About Accountability
House-passed bill only goes half-way
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Despite Collapse in Membership, SEIU Poised to Go All-In in Michigan
$150 million campaign blunted by right-to-work law
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