City Taking In More But Manager Cries Poverty
Municipalities with growing revenue blame state for not adding even more dollars
Did School Choice Opposition Help Doom Detroit’s Bid For Amazon HQ?
Charters are city’s most promising schools yet face significant political opposition
Meet Some Law Enforcement Officers Who Support Forfeiture Reform
Michigan Legislature should strengthen property rights
Michigan College Lands On Wrong Kind Of Top 10 List
Albion College’s intemperate handling of student’s foolish gag attracts attention of national free speech group
Michigan May Surpass 2000 Employment Levels Soon
An important milestone of recovery for the Great Lakes State
Many More Walk To Work As Take Subsidized Transit in Michigan
Politicians talking metro transit tax again, but costly buses and trains benefit few
Some Teachers In This District In Line For 17 Percent Pay Hikes
But superintendent says his schools are underfunded
Flint Schools Hanging On After 77 Percent Enrollment Decline Since 2003
In this district, teachers really did take pay cuts
Police Seize Property All The Time And It’s No Big Deal — Until They Want To Keep It
Keeping it is called ‘forfeiture,’ and a proposal to raise the bar is being considered
Airbnb Ban the Latest in Detroit’s Short-sighted Thinking
City council makes it harder to earn a living and visit a city desperate for population growth
Last Year, Flint Schools Got Double The State Average In Funding
Yet local teachers union said $20k per student isn’t enough
Former State Trooper: Cops, Prosecutors Misuse Problematic Asset Forfeiture Law
‘Civil asset forfeiture erodes the public trust in law enforcement’
Crime Shouldn’t Pay, but Requiring Reimbursement May Not Pay Off
Harsher penalties are not as effective at deterring crime as increasing the risk of getting caught
Where Teachers Get Highest Pay Has Shifted Over Past Three Years
Here’s the top 10 school districts by average pay
Illinois Takes Pension Advice From ‘The Simpsons’
Michigan has done a lot to avoid this fate
Debate Heated On Ending Police Keeping Seized Property With No Conviction
In Michigan, more than 500 people lost property in 2016 with no criminal charges
City’s Politicians Strive To Beat The Clock Spending Federal Money
‘We are trying very desperately to save this money’
DTE Electricity: Out With Old Coal, In With New Gas
Utility is adding lots of wind capacity, and it mostly needs to be matched by fossil fuel capacity
Public Schooling Interests Recommend Spending More On Public Schooling
Calls for $2.8 billion more each year
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