Despite Record State Revenue, Spending Interests Predict Budget Meltdown
Tax collections up $1B from last year
Union Head’s Latest Media Tall Tale: Teachers Get No Time For Conferences
His home district gave its teachers 746 days for professional conferences
State Police Pay 43 Officers Over $300k Each To Not Retire
Legislature creates incentive for early retirement - then pays people to not take it
One in Four Of This District’s Teachers Missed More Than 20 Days of School
Michigan’s use of substitutes much higher than national average
Oughta Be A Law? Neighbors’ Dispute Leads To Air Conditioner Noise Rule
Ear plugs weren’t enough for one woman
Let Local Schools Decide Their Calendars
More districts seeking freedom from Labor Day mandate
Cities hurt budgets with police/fire pension spiking schemes, blame state
Got a ticket in Ann Arbor? That cop may have added to his income for the rest of his life
Hundreds Apply, But Grand Rapids Union Claims 'Teacher Shortage'
Look for the union agenda
City Income Tax Proposal On November Ballot Sparks Business Revolt
Chamber of Commerce official: ‘Time for cities to get back to their core functions’
Unflattering Comparisons Never Made About Male-Politicians – NOT!
There’s a double standard all right – but the opposite one of what this Democrat claims
State of Michigan’s Great Lakes Invasive Carp Challenge
Crowdsourcing the state’s carp strategy
Election Season In Detroit, And Here Comes Another Transit Scheme
Mayor candidate calls for ‘personal rapid transit’ pods
Less Than A Year After Bailout, Detroit Schools Again Scramble to Stay Afloat
District sold property and left open teacher slots vacant to cover overspending
School Officials, Teachers Unions, Media All Complicit In Edu-Disinformation
The effect is to undermine recent reforms opposed by unions
Keep Michigan Taxes Limited
Officials should respect the tax hike “speed bumps” voters put in state constitution
State Revenue Up Almost Twice The Amount Of Defeated Income Tax Cut
Asked and answered: Governor wanted to know where the money would come from
State Licensure Mandate Ensnarls Another Hair Braider
Washing hair without a license could land Kalamazoo woman in jail for a year
Governor, Lawmakers Disagree Over Heavy 'Vaping' Regs
Snyder wants to tax and regulate it like smoking, Legislature says no
Wayne County 'Jail Fail' Site Moves Closer To Subsidized Redevelopment
Experience shows projected jobs for high profile projects often fizzle
Regular People Get In Trouble For Doing This, But Government Skates
They cash the records request check but then don’t deliver the records
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Lansing Politicians Put Favored Businesses Ahead of Everyone Else
Another $1.2B in favors approved this year
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