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Michigan’s School Pension Fund Has A Great Year In The Market

A large $15.8 billion gain knocked down the level of underfunding by 31%

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Flint Taxpayers Pay For Employees Doing Union Business, City Doesn’t Track How Much

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Schools, Agencies Use Prohibitive Charges To Shut Down Access To Public Records

People's right to know dies in swarms of government lawyers

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An Epidemic Of Off-Base Michigan ‘Teacher Shortage’ Narratives

115,800 is more than 110,788

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New Buffalo’s Mayor Takes Hardball Approach To Short-Term Rentals

Humphrey's opposition to Airbnb-type home rentals there has brought two federal lawsuits

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U-M’s Uncomfortable Relationship With Michigan’s Open Records Law

University officials often behave as if Freedom of Information Act requirements are optional

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Who’s The Flat-earther Now?

World-is-flat science and New York City’s vaccine mandates

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Detroit Repeals Some Burdensome Business And Occupational License Mandates

City piled its own rules and regs on top of state ones

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Would-be Attorney General Echoes Incumbent’s Support For Harassing Opponents

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Remember When Leaving The House During COVID Could Be A Crime? Detroit Free Press Doesn’t

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Union Sought Workplace Monopoly, Cries ‘Involuntary Servitude’ When Worker Chooses Not To Join

The union agreed to represent everyone but now doesn’t want to

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Farmington Hills Fire Lieutenant’s $193k Annual Pay More Than Chief’s Or Manager’s

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Schools Collect $6.1 Billion Federal COVID Bucks, Teachers Union Calls State Tax Cut Irresponsible

Billions more pouring into Michigan schools but no breaks for state taxpayers so far

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Whitmer Says ‘Do All We Can’ To Put Money Back In Pockets, Opposes $2.5 Billion Tax Cut Awaiting Signature

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State Spending Up Nearly $10 Billion Over Five Years; Whitmer Expected To Veto Income Tax Cut

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Democrats Advocate Good-Paying Jobs, Except For Elected Democrats’ Staff

The Michigan Democratic Senate caucus is posting below-minimum wage pay rates

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Detroit Schools To Children, Parents: Accept Weekly COVID Saliva Tests Or Stay Home

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‘Years Of Budget Cuts?’ Dearborn Schools Funding Increases $957 Per Student, Even After Inflation

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Granholm Said In November Gas Prices Would 'Turn The Corner' In Early 2022

U.S. secretary of energy tells public, ‘We are working through an energy transition’

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College Loan Payoffs For Government Employees — And These Teacher Union Officials

U.S. taxpayers pick up the tab

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Michigan’s Households Pay Nation’s 12th Highest Rates For Electricity

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Teacher Who Forecast Doom Under Right-To-Work Getting $20k More Since Its Passage

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Michigan Education Department Touts Video That Makes False Claims About School Funding

Video meant to prove systemic racism is wrong about which districts get more

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Michigan’s Highest-Paying School Districts

Average teacher pay ranges from $77,377 to $86,812

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Hamtramck Superintendent Hasn’t Worked In Four Months But Is Still Getting Paid

School district silent on current status

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