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‘It’s Not Getting Better Here': Teacher On Life After Right-To-Work

But his pay is up $9,300 over five years

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DTE’s Renewable Energy Plan Won’t Satisfy Green Groups

Another critic says the plan calls for ‘more expensive, less reliable energy’

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70 Times Gunshots Fired On School Grounds In Michigan Since 1970

Michigan schools tax, borrow and spend big for security

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How Did Detroit Schools Spend $286,596 On LA Conference?

Answer awaits district’s overdue response to open records law request

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A Record In Snyder’s Last Budget, Transportation Budget Down in Gov. Whitmer’s First

Whitmer’s 45-cent tax proposal got no traction, and she vetoed the Republicans’ road budget fix

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Three Reasons to Oppose New Corporate Incentives

The argument against Michigan’s ‘Good Jobs’ program

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Simplistic ‘Teacher Shortage’ Claims Hype, But Big Challenges In Some Areas

‘The issues arise when we have openings in the ‘specialized’ areas’

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Legislative Year Finishes With High Fiscal Notes

Solid changes to public policy deserve applause

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Study: Legislators Authorize Penalties, Unelected Bureaucrats Decide Where They Apply

Accumulated regulations ‘fiendishly complex, sometimes contradictory, or incomprehensible and unenforceable’

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A Cautionary Tale About Job Promises And Corporate Subsidies

GM’s promised 6,000 Poletown jobs never appeared; Ford announces 3,000

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Michigan Bureaucrats Want to Force Unions on Pot Businesses

Labor interests want to use state regulations to grow union revenue

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For First Time Since 1949, US Exported More Oil Than It Imported

Energy production here may exceed domestic demand by 30% in 2030

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Persistent Accounting Failures Risk Benton Harbor Schools’ Federal Money

‘Control activities ... inconsistent, ineffective, and in some cases, nonexistent’

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Michigan’s Largest Teachers Union Got Nearly $500k From Collections Agencies

MEA has lost tens of thousands of members, is pursuing them by ‘any legal means’

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Michigan’s Two Big Teachers Unions In Decline

Membership is down ever since they lost the power to compel payments as a condition of employment

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State School Aid Deal Fits Decade-Long Upward Trend

Reapproved vetoed funds puts final budget above 10-year average

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Why Do Complaints About Teachers’ Pay Never Say How Much They Get?

Maybe not getting rich, but it’s a long way from poverty

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Politicians Get Too Much Blame — and Credit — for Economic Trends

Partisan interpretations of economic data harms policy development

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Oakland County’s New Chief Diversity Officer To Get Up To $143k

Brooks Patterson got $201,193 a year

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Dues-Paying Membership In Teachers Union Has Collapsed Since Right-To-Work

MEA's persuasion and manipulative contract extensions not enough to keep teachers paying

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Bills Would Slightly Ease, Not Repeal, Anti-Competitive Hospital Rationing Law

Action comes after state Certificate of Need commission tried to limit access to cancer treatment

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Teachers Union HQ Contracted Out For Janitors, Opposes Same For Schools

Half of all Michigan school districts outsource custodial services

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Whitmer Ran On Road Repair Promise, But Will Spend Less To Fix Them Than Last Year

$40 million less; her one suggestion was a steep gas tax hike

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Teachers’ Pay Didn’t Fall, But Great Recession Did Drive ‘Reduction In The Rate Of Increase’

East Lansing illustrates one way this happened

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Dangers of the Regulatory State: Overly Precise Rules

Meticulous administrative rules can make criminals of the well-intended

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