Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Explains Proposal For Legislature
He wants to pay lawmakers the same amount per day as the average teacher
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
Sheriff Questions Racetrack's $800,000 State Police Subsidy
Other venues pay for the service; state taxpayers pick up NASCAR track's tab
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Underestimates Teacher Pay — By $26,000
Candidate needs better information
$94K Teacher Complains Salary ‘Stagnant’ at the Top
Yet he helped negotiate his district’s fixed union pay scale
Law Would Make Bringing Large Amount of Alcohol into Michigan a Felony
Bills pushed by wholesalers to ‘keep a higher profit for themselves’
Incentive Programs Fail: Evidence is All Too Clear
Center Scholar Speaks to Tax Group in Florida
Top Legislative Leaders Make School Pension Reform Their Top Budget Issue
‘Underfunding has made benefits expensive, costing 37 percent of each school district’s payroll’
Conflicted: Unions Call Nonmembers ‘Free Riders,’ But Insist on Representing Them
Under new bill, public sector unions wouldn’t have to represent workers who don’t pay them
Writer Insinuates Racial Politics in DeVos’ Hometown, But Events Rebut Claim
Says Holland Michigan unlikely to financially support its schools — but this month voters did just that
State Retirement Managers Develop Convenient, Hypocritical Excuse
Tantamount to only brushing your teeth when you go to the dentist
Did You Know? Post-Water Crisis, Fed and State Money Pours Into Flint
$347 million so far — nearly five times the city’s annual budget — delivered for infrastructure and more
School District Spent $275,000 in Public Dollars on Tax Hike Vote
Kent County taxpayer-funded campaign was ‘extremely biased towards an affirmative vote’
Michigan Teachers Are the Nation’s Highest Paid
When compared to the average income of people in the state they serve
Official State Plan for Failing Schools: Meetings, Plans, Discussions, More Plans
State won’t close chronically failed Detroit schools, but bureaucrats and stakeholders plan to make plans
School Funding in Michigan Reaches All-Time High
Record revenues for schools likely will continue
Astroturf? Facebook Page Promotes Union Politics Under Tea Party Flag
On pension reform, it quacks like a government employee union
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Detroit Can Fill Teacher Shortages
Credentials, compensation offer keys to solve problem
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