Commentary

Why Are Michigan House Republicans Continuing These Union Scams?

New Legislature should take up pension spiking, release time in 2017

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Commentary

Legislature Reins In Judges’ Power to Deny Parole

A prisoner’s chances at parole can no longer be rejected by a random judge

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Editorial

Another Charter School Critic Misses the Mark

Accountability? Failed charter schools are closed; no record of same for district schools

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Editorial

New York Times Wrong: Detroit Charter Schools Didn't 'Desert' Kids, the City Did

Mayor and city council banned selling shuttered schools to charters serving neediest children

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Commentary

Plenty of Good Reasons to Oppose Business Subsidies

Giving taxpayer dollars to developers is ineffective

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Analysis

Detroit’s Anti-Charter Interests Are the Real Big Political Spenders

School choice 'David' took on establishment 'Goliath'

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Commentary

Time To Fix MPSERS Pension Problem

Unfunded liabilities will grow so long as lawmakers let them

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News Story

Court Says Union's Anti-Right-To-Work Deal 'Hostile' to Teachers

Pursuit of 'own financial advantage' was 'reckless and indifferent' to school employees

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News Story

Detroit Teachers' Pay Frozen, But Union Officials Get Big Raises

AFT-Michigan president up to $181,996

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Commentary

Licensing Lobbyists Say Rolling Back Interior Designer Rules Will Cost Lives

Florida fight shows how ridiculous many regulations are

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Commentary

Lawmakers Prohibit Local Bans on Plastic Bags

Michigan likely to join 16 states with uniformity laws

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News Story

National News Site Attacks DeVos By Citing Questionable School Choice 'Ally'

Claims state school board head is pro-charter is like calling 'Frosty the Snowman a supporter of global warming'

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News Story

State and Federal Money Pouring In To Post-Bailout Detroit School District

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Commentary

Profiles in Courage in Defense of Taxpayers

Cotter and Chatfield hold the line on cronyism

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News Story

State ‘Pure Michigan’ Agency Refuses to Debate Ad Program's Cost Effectiveness

Think tank's independent research suggests taxpayers get back $2 for every $100 Pure Michigan spends

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News Story

Dearborn School Superintendents And Budget Tales

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News Story

Michigan's Economy Best In Midwest, And It's Not Just Cars

Hillsdale College Professor: Michigan benefiting from move to more certain tax and regulatory environment

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Commentary

Critic Still Misses Mark on Detroit Charter Research

The trouble with doubling down on anti-DeVos criticism

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Commentary

Michigan House Rejects Cronyism Bills

‘TIF on steroids’ legislation dead for now

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Commentary

Bad Santa: Trump Risks Cronyist Blowout with Carrier Incentives

Draining the swamp by creating new ones

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Commentary

Michigan Legislature Passes Sensible Transportation Reforms

Uber, Lyft and taxis to play by the same rules

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Commentary

Michigan Legislature Set to End Union Schemes

Special ‘release time’ and pension spiking arrangements unfair to taxpayers

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News Story

As Michigan House Considers Electric Monopoly Bill, Observers Fear Price Spikes

'Political calculations are a risky substitute for a business plan based on actually meeting demand'

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News Story

'Photo Cops' Could Write Automated Tickets to Generate Money for Detroit Public Schools

Bill passed by senate now goes before the house

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Commentary

Why School Choice is So Valuable

Detroit Schools doesn’t expect academic progress for a decade

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