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Management Model No Guarantee of County Pension Soundness

Management culture important for success or failure

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The Most Important State Election This November: Michigan's Next House Speaker

Three representatives face off for the top spot

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Michigan's Underfunded Pensions: A Tale of Two Counties

Wayne County governments have dug a $3.4 billion pension hole

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Detroit Was Just the Beginning: The Crisis of City Pension Systems in Michigan

Local government pensions are less than 65 percent funded

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Six Numbers Showing Detroit’s Pension Problems

Retiree costs are still crowding out services

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As Municipal Golf Courses Lose Money, Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab

Lansing subsidizes its course to the tune of $24 per round

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Here's What the NY Times Got Wrong On Detroit Public Schools

Grab a cup of coffee, this will take a while

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Fewer School Districts Borrowing to Cover Expenses, But Pension Debt Rising

State gives more with one hand, takes more with the other

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How They Spin 'Underfunded Schools': Ignore the Federal Money

Excluding 25 percent of Detroit school funding paints a false picture

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Narrative Trumps Facts When Reporting on Detroit Public Schools

A case study, one of many

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House Republicans 'No Way' on Detroit School Choice Restrictions

Speaker Kevin Cotter faced down intense political opposition

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Hopeful Medicaid 'Direct Primary Care' Pilot Embraced by Senate, Gutted by House

Special interests prefer status quo

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Detroit Public Schools' Collapse Preceded Charter School Expansion

Lehman: Restricting charters to save failed DPS 'a moral question'

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State Expects to Take $2.4 Billion More; Media Cries 'Deficit!'

Reductions in the rate of increase are not 'cuts'

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Average Teacher Salaries Decline, But Individual Educators Get More

Pay levels in one district show, 'It's complicated'

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House Dems to Detroit Parents: No New Charter Schools For You

Unanimous vote in House committee

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State Attorneys General Wage War on Political Dissent

NY AG: Use 'creative ways' to silence opponents

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IRS-Style Viewpoint Discrimination in Grand Rapids City Government?

'...government agencies are purposefully misusing tax laws'

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State Employees' Average Cost Up to $117,000

Legacy costs mean fewer people doing more

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Republican Senate Bails Out Detroit Schools, Rations School Choice

State's largest teachers union 'applauds'

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Poor Cities Don't Equal Underfunded Public Schools

Michigan Teacher of the Year mistaken on school funding realities

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Unions are Super PACS

Former Democratic Party Chairman admits double-standard

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Speed Trap Empire Strikes Back at Reform Effort

Bills place safety ahead of government and insurance company revenue in setting limits

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Little Evidence That Unions Make Workers Safer

Workplace injuries are plummeting in right-to-work states

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Money, Not Governance, Appears Main Focus of New Detroit School Proposal

Governor wants debt relief, charter schools survive

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