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Pew Trust: State Pension Managers Failed Even To Meet Own Funding Estimates

A cascade of failures leave taxpayers on hook for $26.7 billion in unfunded pension promises

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SEIU Sues Its Own Members for Banquet Hall They Paid For

Taylor school employees decertify, so union retaliates

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Commentary

Don’t Impose Granholm-era Mandates on Michigan Energy

With new federal regulations likely, legislators should wait on energy reform

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Commentary

Pension Officials Mislead Lawmakers

Bureaucrats attempt to scuttle pension reform with inaccurate and irrelevant information

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More Than 18,000 in Michigan Voted Without a Photo ID This Election

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Bill Closing Possible Loophole In Photo ID Voting Law May Be On Fast Track

August sting caught Michigan poll workers giving ballots to impostors of notable people

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Editorial

ACLU Joins DeVos Assaults By Ignoring Inconvenient Charter School Truths

Charters do better, and outcompete conventional unionized schools when parents can choose

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Editorial

School Budgets, Senate Pension Reforms Under Attack From Pension System

System costs Birmingham schools 60 percent more, but managers say don’t touch it

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ACLU: Study Finds Detroit's Charters May Outperform, But Their Competition Hurts Regular Schools

Organization says Detroit charter school success skews statewide record higher

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Commentary

Mackinac Scholars Challenge Tourism Officials to Debate

Letter sent to key proponents of Pure Michigan campaign

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Editorial

The New York Times’ Comprehension Problem on Detroit Charters

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Analysis

Soaring Pension Costs Breaking School Budgets, Crimping Teacher Pay

Underfunded state retirement system helping to drive this district into deficit too

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Commentary

School Choice on the National Stage

How Can New Education Secretary Best Advance Opportunities?

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Dear Teachers Union: School Pensions Not Supposed To Be A Ponzi Scheme

Says so right in the state constitution

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Editorial

School Choice Opponents Recycle Myths as Trump Picks DeVos for Education

No myth: Most children in charters learn more than peers in district schools

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Editorial

Higher Education Spending Still Down After Michigan's 'Lost Decade,' But Rising

Union overshoots with claim of 30 percent decline

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Even With $500 Million Borrow-and-Spend, Detroit Schools Violates Building Codes

Without accountability, even half a billion doesn't go far

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Editorial

Cost of Federal Employees Who Said They'd Quit Under Trump: $65 Billion

Poll says 25 percent would leave, but going to private sector could mean big pay cuts

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You Can Now Drink and Ride a Pedal Pub in Detroit

Working in Detroit: Entrepreneurs launch a new service in Motown

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Happy Thanksgiving

And may we be around to give you 10 million more reasons to read us

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Analysis

Experts: Michigan Senate's Utility Bill Shackles State To Obama EPA Overreach

Even as President-elect Trump promises repeal, which legal scholars say could happen fast

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Commentary

After Election Season, Economic Liberty Please

Lesson from a state-by-state study: Liberty promotes prosperity

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Teacher Pay Flat at Insolvent Detroit Schools, But Union President's Pay Doubles

Detroit Federation of Teachers President Ivy Bailey goes from $70K to $134K

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Commentary

Un-Making a Murderer

Preventing crimes provides huge cost savings

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Obamacare in Michigan: 32 Percent More Than Projected Take Medicaid Expansion

State’s free ride about to end on free coverage for able-bodied adults

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