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83,000 Plus: The Number of State Regulations That Affect Your Life

Michigan agencies have piled up more than 4.6 million words

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Editorial

State Payments To City Hold Steady, Mayor Claims They’re ‘Abandoned’

And payments are projected to increase over the next two years

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Cleaning Hats in Detroit Still Requires a License

Obsolete rules mock the rule of law, warns expert

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Editorial

Puffery And Spin The Norm When Industry Advocates Are Protecting Tax Favors

Michigan forestland owners want to keep state and federal tax breaks

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Analysis

Change In Regulations On Electricity Markets Could Hit Schools

A law that lets one district save $40 per student on electricity costs could be undermined

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Editorial

UAW Spins 26 Percentage-Point Defeat By Nissan Workers As Just ‘A Few Hundred Votes’

Union spent years trying to organize auto ‘transplant’ factories in South — and was blown out

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Editorial

Michigan Having ‘Hardest Times In The Union’? That’s So 2009

British media profile of gubernatorial candidate here is behind the times

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Media Personality, State, Exaggerate Economic Impact of Agriculture Sector

Ag Department significantly overstates employment numbers

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Former Campaign Manager Cites Granholm's Job Creation Despite Loss of 596,000 Jobs

Granholm took credit for every worker at Ford

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Analysis

Holland Going Into The Broadband Business

City plans to make its numbers by undercutting private sector competitors

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Spending Up $1.8 Billion But Publication Claims Michigan ‘Disinvests’ In Schools

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Despite Record State Revenue, Spending Interests Predict Budget Meltdown

Tax collections up $1B from last year

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Michigan Unemployment Rate: From Worst To ‘We’re No. 16!’

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Editorial

Union Head’s Latest Media Tall Tale: Teachers Get No Time For Conferences

His home district gave its teachers 746 days for professional conferences

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State Police Pay 43 Officers Over $300k Each To Not Retire

Legislature creates incentive for early retirement - then pays people to not take it

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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

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Commentary

Lansing Politicians Put Favored Businesses Ahead of Everyone Else

Another $1.2B in favors approved this year

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Oughta Be A Law? Neighbors’ Dispute Leads To Air Conditioner Noise Rule

Ear plugs weren’t enough for one woman

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Commentary

Let Local Schools Decide Their Calendars

More districts seeking freedom from Labor Day mandate

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State Troopers Collect $400,000 Plus In Legal Pension Double-dipping Plan

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Editorial

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

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Editorial

Hundreds Apply, But Grand Rapids Union Claims 'Teacher Shortage'

Look for the union agenda

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City Income Tax Proposal On November Ballot Sparks Business Revolt

Chamber of Commerce official: ‘Time for cities to get back to their core functions’

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Editorial

Unflattering Comparisons Never Made About Male-Politicians – NOT!

There’s a double standard all right – but the opposite one of what this Democrat claims

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Commentary

State of Michigan’s Great Lakes Invasive Carp Challenge

Crowdsourcing the state’s carp strategy

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