Commentary

The Great Lakes Trough Truce

Spending interest groups only ask for more money

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Michigan Electricity Rates Since 2003: 15 Increases, 1 Cut

Consumers Energy gets another rate hike

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Commentary

Back To The Future With Renewable Energy Puffery

Who benefits if families must pay more to get the same amount of electric power?

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Michigan’s Top School Pension Payouts

These retired school officials collect more than twice the average teacher’s current pay

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US On Pace To Produce More Oil In 2018 Than — Ever

Fracking, less-heavy regulatory hand contribute

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10 Officials In Larry Nassar Sex Scandal By Salary

From MSU responses to Freedom of Information Act requests

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Commentary

Study on Arkansas Tourism Campaign Should Make You Scratch Your Head about Pure Michigan

If economic impacts are as stated, the tourism industry should pay for its own ad campaign

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Commentary

The Steel Industry, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay for New Soo Lock

Industry should pay for the services it uses

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Commentary

State Corporate Welfare Winner Released from Prison

Convicted Embezzler Once Shared Stage with Gov. Granholm

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Union Files Federal Complaint Against Company For Giving Its Members Raises

Michigan auto supplier didn't get permission from the union first

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Detroit People Mover Loses Almost $10 On Every Ride

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Commentary

State’s Education Woes Require Full Assessment

BLM report takes on key myths but misses complete picture

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Two-Thirds Of Last Year’s Gas-Tax Hike Pays Debt On Roadwork Done Years Ago

The good news is, no new borrowing since 2011, so debt is coming down

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Commentary

Where Michigan Lawmakers Stand on ‘Right to Try’ Laws

Allowing terminally ill Americans the ability to try experimental medicine

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Detroit City Buses Cost Taxpayers $3.52 Per Trip; Average Rider Pays Just 76 Cents

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Editorial

Shampooing Hair And Piloting Commercial Airliners Require Same Number Of Training Hours In Michigan

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Commentary

Pure Fiction: State Tourism Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignores Costs

The full cost of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign is ignored

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Costs At Issue For Raising Age On Adult Criminal Prosecution

'The benefits will far outweigh the short-term, upfront costs,' says one expert

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Analysis

Average Teacher Pay Doesn’t Support Liberal Site’s Narrative? Use It Anyway

Vox says never mind, the narrative is right nationwide if not in every state

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Four Years After Its Debunking, Union Still Promotes 'Snyder Cut Schools' Myth

This publication was the first to debunk by reporting actual state budget figures

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Big Decline In Number Of People On Food Stamps In Michigan

Economist: It ‘shows the economy is working well’

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Number of State Employees Down, Amount of State Payroll Up

24 percent fewer people on state payroll costs taxpayers $286 million more than in 2000

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State of Michigan Spins, Puffs Economic Contribution Of Agriculture To Economy

Numbers could include spinoff impact such as farmers’ car repairs

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Michigan Teachers Nation’s Highest Paid Given State’s Lower Cost Of Living

Dollars go further here

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Commentary

Bipartisanship on Criminal Justice Reform Continues to Grow

Common ground needed to overcome current shortcomings of justice system

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