Editorial

Nothing More Certain Than Taxes and School Officials Wanting More of Them

Education funding keeps increasing, schools still want more

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News Story

Wind Industry Titan Soaks Up Billions in Tax Subsidies

887 turbines here already; NextEra Energy sues Michigan rural townships for more

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Commentary

Proposed Corporate Giveaway Unlikely to Grow Economy

Lawmakers should consider the full costs of corporate welfare before they approve it

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Editorial

Another Michigan School District, Another False Union ‘Teacher Pay Cuts’ Story

This time it’s Macomb County’s Clintondale district

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News Story

Official Collects Six-Figure Pay From Multiple Cities Simultaneously

If one person can do three at once are cities overpaying?

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Commentary

Dear House Tax Committee: Pure Michigan Return on Investment Not Validated

State Rep. Jim Tedder asks the right question

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News Story

While Schools Try Fiscal Responsibility, Union Sets Up Protests

Clintondale and Richmond are trying to stay out of financial trouble, but it may not last

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Commentary

Excessive Lawmaking Road to ‘Regiment Every Aspect of Society and Commerce’

Statism that knows no party boundaries

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Commentary

What’s Old is New Again: Another Subsidy Program Being Considered by Legislature

Good for politicians and well-connected businesses, bad for Michigan

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News Story

Awash In Millions In Government Subsidies, Solar Company Still Shuttered Michigan Plant

Three months before closing, federal government boasted 'Future So Bright, You Got To Wear Shades'

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News Story

State Dials Back Pollyannaish Pension Assumptions, Admits Deeper Hole

Accepting you have a problem a first step to solving it

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Editorial

Dem Candidate For Governor Says: Preserve Failed Detroit Schools, Close Charters

District schools unionized, charters not — and teachers unions a major Dem funding source

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News Story

Interest on School Pension Underfunding Could Pay Entire Prison System Cost

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Commentary

Wake-Up Call Helps Rural School Bloom

Bloomingdale leaves state watch list

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Editorial

Detroit School Enrollment Reaches Historic Low

Which means starting next year in a budget hole already

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News Story

Michigan Pothole Hotline Has More Business This Year

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Commentary

Secretive Bidder Wins Pure Michigan Contract Over Transparent One

Auditor General, not MEDC, should hire reviews of corporate welfare programs

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Commentary

Pension Funding Best Practices Remembered

But only when they serve bureaucrat Interests

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News Story

If Neighbor's Wind Turbine Flings Ice Chunks In Your Yard Is It Trespassing?

Michigan wind farm critic calls allowing the loss of use 'trespass zoning'

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Commentary

Regulatory Swamp-Draining Gets Boost In Washington

Trump’s Regulatory Affairs Director appears serious, and she has a record

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Commentary

Criminal Justice Reforms Signed Into Law, More Left to Do

Enacting some long-overdue reforms should pave the way to pass several others this year

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Analysis

Property Tax Bills May Spike Due To School Pension Underfunding

Sales pitch varies for May 2 school tax hike votes, but underfunded pension gorilla lurks behind all

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Commentary

Don’t Bring Back Granholm’s Tax Credit Legacy

Legislators are considering it

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Commentary

The Failing Business of Business Favors

What would you say you do around here?

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Analysis

School Claims Its Tax Hike Emails Don't Invade Privacy - but Opponent's Would

No one gets to ask, ‘Why is the district NOT in need of tax hike?’

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