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New York Times Fits Narrative By Misreporting CapCon Article

Request for correction gets a form letter, no correction

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Federal Appeals Court Doesn’t Buy U-M’s Story On Speech-Chilling Bias Response Team

Orders district court to reconsider the operation’s ‘implicit threat of consequence’

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Michigan’s Corporate Subsidy Board Faces Tough Questioning

There’s a better way to help small business

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City Enters Local Broadband Business By Saddling Costs On Private Vendors

Marshall exempted itself from costly license and right-of-way costs competitors must pay

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Detroit School District Enrollment Up For First Time This Century

Superintendent says Detroit's conventional school district gained 700 students

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The Student Debt Problem is Widely Misunderstood – Here Are Some Solutions

Student loan debt is around $1.5 trillion

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Clock is Running out for Michigan Legislators to Help Cancer Patients

Lawmakers should look out for patients instead of big hospitals

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Kmart Property is MEGA Reminder Not to Extend Subsidy Program

Good Jobs for Michigan is modeled after the failed MEGA

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State Taxpayers Giving Company $7 Million To Move 21 Miles

Insurance firm gets to keep income tax its employees pay

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Flint Schools Back In Debt After One-Year Hiatus

District may have overspent budget after finally paying off past debt last year

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Legacy Media, Journalism Prof Question Mystery News Site

NY Times mischaracterizes CapCon article referenced by site

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Public Servants Should Deliver More Than a List of Adjectives

Cheerleading a program without providing evidence is not enough

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Resort Owners On Subsidy Agency's Committee, Get Its Subsidies, Praise It In Newspaper

Spokesman says it’s all legal

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Charter Schools Targeted By Veto To Protest At Governor’s Detroit Office

Regular district schools get raise but not charters, which have more poor and minorities

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Court Denies Records Request For Controversial Activist’s Texts With Mayor

Nikki Joly could get life for arson that killed five pets

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Lawmakers Should Let Good Jobs for Michigan Expire

Research shows state jobs programs are ineffective, expensive and unfair

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What Happens Now to Roads in Michigan

There are five potential paths lawmakers can take

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Politicians Bet Taxpayer Dollars On Soccer, Taxpayers Lose

Lansing mayor said games would bring in big-spending fans

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Is There Really A Teacher Shortage? Grand Rapids Shows It’s Complicated

Many want to be basic classroom teachers, but some specialized positions stay empty

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In Michigan, More Getting Richer, Poor Getting Less Poor

State has recovered ‘very strongly’ from Great Recession

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CMU Tuition More Than Doubled Since 2000; Revenues Up But Enrollment Stagnant

State higher education funding is down, though

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MSU Tuition, Overall Spending Up Big Since 2000; State Funding Down

More spending, higher costs mean more student debt

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An Update on Criminal Justice Policies in Michigan

By most measures, the state has been improving

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Five Unionized Public Schools Don't Get Funding Hike, Union Silent

Employees unionized at just five of 300 Michigan charter schools; all excluded from state aid increase

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Keep Pure Michigan Spending at $0

The program is ineffective and a waste of taxpayer dollars

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