Snyder Budget Whacks $10 Million from Business Subsidy Programs
Pure Michigan scores $1 million increase
26 Grand Rapids City Employees Received $20k-Plus in Overtime
There were city 378 city workers getting $80,000 or more in 2017
Legislature Approves New Business Subsidies
Big budget bill makes it more difficult to hold lawmakers accountable for spending
US Supreme Court Cites Mackinac Center in Landmark Ruling On Unions
Majority holding gives right-to-work status to every public employee in the nation
Nine Years In A Row: State Spending Goes Up Again On Oct. 1
From $45.7 billion the year Snyder was elected to $56.8 billion next year
Michigan Subsidizes Amazon, Even Without Second HQ Project
Millions in taxpayer dollars for distribution centers gives retailer a marketplace edge
Another MBDP Jobs Subsidy Project Doesn’t Work
State officials can’t pick economic winners from losers and shouldn’t try
Higher Taxes Would Offer Little for Ottawa Schools
Millage money more fairly shared, but promises little results
State Business Handout Program Wastes Another $2 million
Another state subsidy deal fails to deliver
Recipe For Food Stamps Teacher: Seven In Household, Low Seniority
It takes a rare combination of circumstances
Bills Reduce Work Restrictions, Give Those With Criminal Records Another Chance
Michigan House licensing bills supported by bipartisan legislators and groups across the political spectrum
New 5G Internet Faster, Cheaper – And Vulnerable To Local Shakedowns
Bills that passed the Michigan Senate will preempt local bottlenecks, if the state House goes along
Dems Get 99.9 Percent of 2018 Teacher Union Political Cash
But an imminent Supreme Court ruling could make unions more sensitive to GOP members
Students Here Far From ‘All Above Average’ - But Teachers Rated That Way
A troubling gap between how students really do and how schools rate teacher performance
Detroit’s Tax-Related Debt To Wayne County Down $70 Million Since 2010
$4 billion drop in property values plays a role
Bill Schuette Talks State Government
‘The growth is in states that have lower taxes and fewer regulations’
Earmarks For Key Legislators Recall Late ’90s Spending Blowouts
Not quite the ‘Christmas tree’ budgets of yore, but trending that way
Detroit is Becoming Friendlier to Entrepreneurs
The number of licensing violations enforced by the city has decreased
Neither Inmates Nor Counties Get Out of Jail Free
Michigan counties try, unsuccessfully, to pass their jail expenditures on to inmates
Another Michigan School Expert Misstates, Lowballs Taxpayer Contributions
Taxpayers keep giving more, public school establishment keeps denying it
Business Subsidy Programs Grow State’s Bureaucracy, Not Its Economy
They’re mostly just in-state cronyism, not big employer “deal closing” incentives
Flint Water Whistleblower, Mackinac Center Sue Wayne State Over Records Denials
Virginia Tech professor among first to raise questions, challenging Wayne State prof’s actions on crisis
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