Commentary

Company Turns Down Taxpayer Subsidies

Most jobs are created without state support

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Got A License For That Dog? Under This Bill Wouldn't Need One

A state dog license law appears widely ignored

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20,000 Construction Jobs From Detroit Arena? That’s The Total For All Wayne County

Economist: Watch the fine print, figure may include coffee vendors

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FCC Chairman: Agency Aims To ‘Stamp Out’ Spam Calls

Head of federal commission says it’s the No. 1 citizen complaint and it ‘drives me crazy’

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Oakland ISD Head Says School Funding Broken; Not At Oakland ISD

Head of midlevel management and school service agency paid $250k in 2017

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FCC Chairman Denounces State, Local Obstacles To Faster Internet

‘You need to have a consistent policy ... at the federal level’

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Michigan Wages and Benefits Recovers

But private-sector compensation lags

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Restrictive Fence Ordinance Makes Unhappy Neighbors

Grosse Pointe Woods bans privacy fences

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Cure For Poverty: Hold A Full-Time, Year-Round Job

Just 2.7 percent of those who do in Michigan fall below the poverty line

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Want Faster Internet? What Rural Communities Should Explore

Government shouldn't be in business of providing internet

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Whitmer Approved $4.51 Billion In Corporate Handouts, Denounces Opponents’ ‘Giveaways’

Dem candidate for governor says she may ‘unleash’ more if elected

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Commentary

How Much Will the Repeal of Prevailing Wage Save Taxpayers in Michigan?

It’s complicated, but a reasonable estimate is in the hundreds of millions

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Troy Teacher's Pay $106k, Challenges Legislator On Low Teacher Pay

‘What are we doing in Michigan about this, Senator?’

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Commentary

Same Old Story About the Problems in Public Schools

Nearly 70 years later, the arguments remain the same

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This Is What It’s Like When Media Covers Teachers In America

Expect a distorted picture

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Union Sues Teacher For Exercising Her Right-To-Work Option

Michigan banned compulsory union fees in 2013, MEA still trying to collect them

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Commentary

How to Control the Pension Debt

The costs of pension liabilities have grown out of control

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Legislator ‘Stunned’ By End Of Film Subsidies, Knocks Other Corporate Handouts She Approved

Democrat voted for $1.2 billion in 'huge tax breaks and sweetheart incentives'

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Detroiters Benefit From Snyder Licensure, Criminal Records Orders

Initial applications for state jobs and licenses won’t ask about criminal records

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Detroit Charters Nab Top 10 Average Student Body SAT Scores

‘The scoreboard doesn’t lie’

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Residents Seeing Tax Cut Bonus In Their Utility Bills

Not much but not nothing: About $20 a year

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Choice Satisfies Most Parents, Appeals to Most Voters

New surveys highlight favorable experiences, need for more options

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Enforcing Janus Rights for Public Workers

U.S. Supreme Court decision no longer makes union fees a condition of employment

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Here’s One Way Michigan Miscalculates High School Graduation Rates

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What Would it Mean to Unleash the MEDC?

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