Commentary

Let Dentists Hire Licensed Dental Therapists

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Individualized Solutions for Juvenile Justice Can Help Reduce Mass Incarceration

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News Story

Where Michigan’s Public Sector Union Laws Rank

Recent reforms earn a 'B' on national report card

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Music in Motown: Private Detroit College Prepares Students for Music Careers

'It's all based on giving them something that they can't find anywhere else'

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Analysis

Michigan Energy Battle May Mean More 500 Foot Wind Turbines in Communities

Activist: Rural townships 'are being sacrificed' but 30 have pushed back

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Commentary

Senate Proposes Broad Criminal Justice Reforms

Changes could save money and improve outcomes

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Editorial

Pension Debt Soaring After Three Rounds of Reform Half-Measures

GOP almost enacted real reform in 2012, but even good tweaks can't fix core problem

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Rising Pension Costs Bury Michigan Schools Despite Past Tweaks to System

Tuesday's big Wayne County school tax hike proposal would only pay half of recent pension cost increases

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Key Criminal Justice Bills Working Their Way Through the Legislature

Proposed reforms to juvenile sentencing, prisoner parole time and judicial power

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Editorial

Liberal Math: Millions More Equals a 'Billion Dollar Cut'

Partisan 'big lie' campaign still going

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Let Them Take Selfies: Explaining Michigan’s Law

Ballot selfies are still prohibited in Michigan, for now

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Pure Michigan’s ‘Budget Justification’

Why an independent review is necessary

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Pure Michigan Spent $295 Million and Even Hotels Only Got Scraps Back

Researchers find taxpayers pay big to ring resort cash registers just a little

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Editorial

Pension Debt ‘Like a Mortgage?’ Yeah – On a Home You Sold Years Ago

Shakiest cover story yet from defenders of unsustainable government pensions

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Commentary

Michigan Local Government Revenues Strong Despite Complaints

Taxpayers already provide local governments more money

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Analysis

Wayne County Schools’ Tax Hike Sponsors Paint False Picture With ‘Factual Information'

'Significant cost cutting measures?' What about recent $114.4 million school spending increase?

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Editorial

Metro Transit Tax Ad's False Claims About Riders With Disabilities

If the tax hike fails, buses will continue as usual

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News Story

U-M's New 'Chief Diversity Officer' Will Collect $385,000 per Year

Long-time activist also retains tenured professor status

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Commentary

Climate Activists Endanger Lives by Tampering with Pipelines

As winter approaches, fossil fuels keep us warm

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Editorial

Wayne Co. Schools’ $80 Million Annual Tax Hike Won’t Cover Pensions

Backers promise more teachers and smaller classes, but filling pension hole is the reality

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News Story

Metro Detroit Transit Tax Assumes Funding From State and Feds That May Never Come

State and federal transportation agencies didn't review the plan

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Editorial

You'd Be In Big Trouble If You Spent Like Uncle Sam

How big? A $147,631 credit card balance and growing

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Commentary

An Opportunity to Improve School Funding Equity?

Pushback against federal regulation should not preclude local reform

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State Health Policy Toolkit

10 reforms state lawmakers can implement now

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Defined-Contribution Plans Help State Credit

Michigan's credit rating could increase after pension reform

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