Commentary

Grand Rapids is a Regional Leader in Attracting People

City leads Minneapolis and Chicago in population growth

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Editorial

Teachers Union Claims Poverty Is Growing In Michigan — But It’s Not

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News Story

Colbeck Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Campus Free Speech Infringements

State School Board Member: ‘Taxpayer dollars should not go to such institutions’

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News Story

The Fake School Employee: Retiring Union President Spikes $115K State Pension

An extra $99k per year by 'taking leave' — at the union, for 24 years

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Commentary

Back to the MEGA Future: Good Jobs for Michigan Reinvents Failed MEGA Program

Proposed law shares remarkable similarities with old, failed law

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News Story

Larry Reed Versus ‘Smug, Arrogant, Self-Righteous, PC, Campus Insanity’

Mackinac Center's first president bullied by leftist authoritarians while giving lecture on ancient Rome

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News Story

It Would Take 600 Wind Turbines to Replace One Closing U.P. Coal Plant

Natural gas the real replacement, but new Michigan wind mandate means more turbine towers coming, too

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Commentary

Save Closures for Truly Failing Schools

Context needed for decisions, whether by state or local officials

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Analysis

Taxpayer Funded Electioneering in Full Swing Before May 2 Tax Votes

Officials claim messages ‘presenting factual information’ (wink, wink)

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News Story

Official Would Need 7-Day, 14-Hour Schedule to Juggle Three City Jobs

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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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