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Michigan is Spending As Much on State Police Pensions as Salaries

Past underfunding means nearly $1 in retirement costs for every $1 in pay

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Michigan House Dems Propose State Contract Preference for Immigrants

Bill is part of Democrats’ anti-immigration enforcement package

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Detroit Schools Would Already Be in Deficit if Not for Teacher Vacancies, Extra State Money

Officials looking to fill vacancies that could push them into debt

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Do Millionaires Need More Subsidies?

In pursuing economic development, Michigan may repeat past errors

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As Soaring Pension Debt Eats Budgets, Teacher Says Reform ‘Makes No Sense’

On public radio website he suggests Republican pension reformers are ‘pathological’

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U-M Student Newspaper: Shouting Down Speakers Doesn’t Infringe Free Speech

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Michigan Universities Also Socked by Massively Underfunded School Pensions

Seven of 15 state schools affected; 20 percent of Ferris State’s budget goes to pensions

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Isabella County Closer to Allowing 200 or More Wind Turbines

Zoning changes would open door for wind turbines up to 600 feet tall

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Solar Makes 1/676th the Electricity As Coal In Michigan

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How to Get a Property Tax Hike: Spend Big on Democratic Political Consultant

West Michigan taxpayer dollars were hard at work this spring — promoting higher taxes

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$500,000 Retirement Nest Eggs Likely Under Teacher Pension Alternative

Like the current system, new one intended as a hefty supplement to Social Security

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Detroit Mayor's Jobs Program Starts With His Office Payroll

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Lawmakers Take Second Run at Expanding Open Records Law – to Themselves

But like last year, the Michigan Senate Majority Leader appears to have other ideas

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Pension Protestors Should Be 401(k) Supporters

Offering 401(k)-style benefits is good for teachers and taxpayers alike

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Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Explains Proposal For Legislature

He wants to pay lawmakers the same amount per day as the average teacher

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Medical Pot Bringing $8.8M, 48 New Positions to Michigan State Police

They’ll enforce licensure mandates imposed by a ‘seed to sale’ regulatory regime authorized last year

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Michigan’s Union Members Deserve Democracy

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If Michigan Officials Believed School Pensions ‘Vital’ They Would Have Paid for Them

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State Tourism Subsidies Unnecessary, Ineffective and Unfair

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If This Is Considered 'Working' ... We'd Hate To See What Failure Looks Like

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Sheriff Questions Racetrack's $800,000 State Police Subsidy

Other venues pay for the service; state taxpayers pick up NASCAR track's tab

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Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Underestimates Teacher Pay — By $26,000

Candidate needs better information

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Detroit Can Fill Teacher Shortages

Credentials, compensation offer keys to solve problem

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$94K Teacher Complains Salary ‘Stagnant’ at the Top

Yet he helped negotiate his district’s fixed union pay scale

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Law Would Make Bringing Large Amount of Alcohol into Michigan a Felony

Bills pushed by wholesalers to ‘keep a higher profit for themselves’

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