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Comparing the Newest Wind Energy Facility in Michigan with the Rest of the US

Pine River Wind Park only produces electricity 36% of the time

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The Crime of Pickling Improperly Shaped Cucumbers

Lawmakers should review unnecessary laws

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How to Prioritize the Budget to Spend $1 Billion More on the Roads in a Single Year

Redirect money from Indian gaming, arts and cultural spending, AgBio research and more

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New Licensure Mandate And Fees Make It Harder To Be A Midwife

If fewer enter the profession, expectant mothers may have fewer choices

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Bill Would Ban Naming Roads After Politicians

The honor would be limited to fallen service members and first responders

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Report: Michigan Police Kept $15 Million Taken Mostly From ‘Little Guys’ In 2018

‘Police do use it to raise revenue’

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Not Much Difference Between Current Corporate Handouts and Recliner Subsidies

Slouching towards subsidies

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Voters In More Than 700 Michigan Towns Said ‘Yes’ To Local Road Taxes

While Lansing squabbles over how much is really needed

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Why Is Michigan In The Airport Business?

Lawmaker asking questions but not finding answers

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Farmington Officials Boldly Go Where Others Failed: Government Broadband

Taxpayers end up holding the bag when results fall short of promises

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Union’s Rationing Scheme Would Consign Detroit Students To Inferior Schools

Teacher unions don’t want competition from nonunionized charter schools

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We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident...

With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence

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Michigan Bill Would Ban ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’ By Facebook, Google

‘Social media networks are the new public square’

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Another Teachers Union Official Makes Questionable Pay Claims

He got $80,273 in his last year as a River Rouge teacher

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Married Couple Paid $163,000 As Teachers; Complain About Pay

Ann Arbor teacher spoke at MEA rally in Lansing about her family’s salaries

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Inferior Compared To What? Detroit Students Slam Charter School

When adjusted for student backgrounds, this charter outperformed Detroit district schools

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Universities or Roads?

A comparison of what a little extra revenue provides to residents

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West Virginia Supreme Court Tests Unions' Novel Theory

Mackinac Center files brief supporting worker freedom

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Coal And Nuclear Out At Consumers, Wind And Solar In

Intermittent sources make electric outages more likely? ‘Get used to it’

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Supreme Court Makes it Easier for Property Owners to Defend their Constitutional Rights

Property owners may now seek redress in federal courts

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Schools Prefer Fewer Democratic Dollars To More Republican Ones?

Higher praise for Whitmer’s smaller increase than for larger hike Snyder approved

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Everyone Loves Federal Money

$2.4 billion in taxpayer money given to thousands of grant applicants since 2010

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And Another Thing About Roads...

Lawmakers can fix the roads without raising taxes

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Overselling Whitmer’s Education Budget

Increase in line with years past, not 'game-changing' and 'historic'

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Union Negotiates Pay Cap, Highlights Capped Teacher’s Complaints

Imposing assembly line pay systems on skilled professionals has its price

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