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State Pension Funds Move To Risky Investments

Lack of payoff on investments is biggest driver of underfunding

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Testimony: When Will Michigan Families Get Some Tax Relief Too?

Spending interests get theirs, corporate welfare recipients rolling in taxpayer dollars

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State Superintendent Claims First-Year Teachers Make $28K—We Can't Find Them

CapCon has reviewed hundreds of contracts; never seen salaries that low

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Scofflaw School Districts Ignore Merit Pay Law, Face No Sanctions

State Education Department: We have no authority to enforce this

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Number of Michigan Millionaires Grows 25-Fold

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Commentary

Congress May Protect Private Pensions from State Bureaucrats

Recent regulations allow states to create and manage retirement for private employees

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Commentary

The Cost of High Cigarette Taxes

Research reveals unintended consequences of tax

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Commentary

Kentucky, Missouri Set Off Wave of Labor Reform

2017 poised to be big year for worker freedom

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Teacher Melts Down, Disrupts, Curses, Quits, Walks — And Files To Get Job Back

Firing problem teachers was even harder before 2011 reforms

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Loans From Corporate Welfare Agency Are, Like Its Job Promises, 'Uncollectible'

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Detroit Father Turns Boxing Interest Into Youth Enrichment Program

This example of civil society says 'books before boxing'

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Commentary

School Hosts Advocacy Session for Tax Hike in Front of Students

Politicking on the taxpayer dime

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Editorial

Who Watches the Union’s Fake News Watchers?

'Where is the evidence?' A very good question for teachers union

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State Budget Growth Outpaces Inflation

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Commentary

Trump is Wrong on Civil Forfeiture

State should stop this end-run around the Constitution

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Higher Emissions Ahead: Closing Nuclear Plant Here Means More CO2

Splitting atoms produces 25.5 percent of Michigan's electricity

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Editorial

School Pension Iceberg: Beware What’s Under Budget Surface

Above or below the line, pension costs come out of education budgets

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Commentary

Family Finds Online School to Be a Lifesaver

Education accountability system needs to be parent-friendly

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Editorial

'Tax Cut Fever' In Lansing? Spending Increases Show Opposite

Spending fever hard to break

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Michigan School Pension Costs Almost Quadrupled

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Commentary

Legislators Should Give Taxpayers the Income Tax Cut They Deserve

With revenues increasing, the state can easily afford to lower rates

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Officials Shortchange School Pension Fund 7th Year In Row

Author of pension study says management making up its own rules

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The Job No One Wants

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A Better Way to Rank Schools

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Government Funding of Sports Arenas is an Expensive Psychological Boost

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