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The Michigan Politicians Who Approved $6 Billion In Business Subsidies

New scorecard shows which legislators voted for how much

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$757 Million In Taxpayer Funds Handed To A Few Lucky Companies This Year

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Millions In Taxpayer Money For Pontiac Theater And Little To Show

$4.5 million loan, $7.5 million investment and now, only three events

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District’s Teachers Work 50+ Days Fewer Than Private Sector, Union Prez Gripes

Says just one day off from Labor Day to Thanksgiving shows that teachers not appreciated

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Commentary

Bonfire of the Bureaucratic Vanities

MEDC should publicize its failures, too

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Sen. Patrick Colbeck Talks State Government

‘You got to sometimes swing for the fences,’ says gubernatorial candidate

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Rise In State Revenue Far Exceeds Cost Of Defeated Income Tax Cut

Taxpayers would have saved $463 million; latest state revenue estimate up $827 million

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Commentary

Detroit Charters Send More Graduates to College Than Peers Do

Longer-term outcomes back up test-score advantages for charter schools

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Analysis

Union In Potential Landmark Case Gave To Sharpton, Progressives, Dem Party

Supreme Court ruling expected on state worker’s claim that government unions inherently political

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Michigan’s Convoluted Electricity System Leads to Strife and Strain

Legislature considers a deal for Hemlock Semiconductor and Consumers Energy

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State Partially Rolls Back Utility’s Rate Increase, Company Heralds Declining Bills

DTE’s customers now pay more than they did in the fall, though not quite as much

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Commentary

Kayak Tax Proponents Try to Disguise Cash Grab as Safety Measure

Adding onerous education requirements should not make tax more palatable

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‘Guerilla Journalism’ Outfit Stings Michigan Teachers Unions A Second Time

Union official to faux-teacher’s shoving incident disclosure: ‘I don’t want you to get investigated’

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Commentary

The Lawmakers that Voted for the Most Business Subsidies and the Least

$16 billion in corporate welfare approved since 2001

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Detroit Homes With Willing Buyers Get More, But Overall Assessments Plummeted

Median sale price for a Detroit home up from $9,500 in 2010 to $26,000 in 2017

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Detroit Teachers: Never Mind The $617 Million, What Have You Given Us Lately?

State taxpayers delivered a big bailout in 2016, now union demands more

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Editorial

Teachers Union Math Lesson: $8,326 Per Kid > $7,462 Per Kid

State school spending up $1 billion since 2010, but you won’t hear it from union or local news

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Commentary

Token Symbols of Growth Damage the State Economy

Select business interests have higher status with lawmakers than regular taxpayers

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Nonprofit’s Response To U-M ‘Bias Response Teams’: A Civil Rights Lawsuit

Vague standards silence students, plaintiff argues

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Video Sting Group Claims Michigan Union Got Payoff For Alleged Child-Molesting Teacher

James O’Keefe’s controversial undercover videos earlier brought down tax-funded ACORN activists

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Overtime In Final Years Will Spike Ann Arbor Cop’s Lifetime Pension Payout

This detective also put in lots of overtime

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Commentary

Solar Subsidies Are More than 'Fair'

Those selling a wholesale product should be paid the wholesale price

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MEA Opposes Privatization In Schools But Practices It

Apparently it’s OK for taxpayers to pay more for noncore services but not the union

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Think Big: Don’t Expand Transit, Uberize It!

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More Guilty Verdicts Mean More Cash for Local Courts

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