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Vitti’s ‘Student-First’ Agenda Faces Early Test

Pay limits for incoming teachers an unnecessary obstacle

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Do Millionaires Need More Subsidies?

In pursuing economic development, Michigan may repeat past errors

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Pension Protestors Should Be 401(k) Supporters

Offering 401(k)-style benefits is good for teachers and taxpayers alike

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Detroit Can Fill Teacher Shortages

Credentials, compensation offer keys to solve problem

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Law Would Make Bringing Large Amount of Alcohol into Michigan a Felony

Bills pushed by wholesalers to ‘keep a higher profit for themselves’

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Incentive Programs Fail: Evidence is All Too Clear

Center Scholar Speaks to Tax Group in Florida

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State Retirement Managers Develop Convenient, Hypocritical Excuse

Tantamount to only brushing your teeth when you go to the dentist

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School Funding in Michigan Reaches All-Time High

Record revenues for schools likely will continue

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Why Michigan Has a Pension Problem

Everyone wants to avoid responsibilities on retiree benefits

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If School Pensions are ‘Vital,’ They Should Have Been Properly Funded

School employees are the state’s largest creditors

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Let People Rent Out Their Property

New bills would let homeowners use Airbnb, other services

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Congressional Science Spending Largely Untouched

Federal spending bill lets the air out of protestor’s tires

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Michigan House Considers Constitutional Amendment to Protect Data

Proposed law would provide urgently required protections to individual rights to privacy and property in Michigan

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Evidence? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Evidence, Imply Tourism Officials

Tourism officials make claims they can’t support

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False Assertions Abound about Green Energy Program

Will DTE support true consumer choice in electricity?

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Legally Innocent, Yet Behind Bars

Michigan’s cash bail system means pre-trial justice may not be so just

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Michigan Congressmen Introduce Bipartisan Licensing Bill

Sen. Peters, Rep. Walberg working together to remove needless barriers to employment

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A Better Way to Fund Universities

Give the money to students

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Should Construction Workers Pay Taxes to Billionaires?

Under proposed legislation, some of them would

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Legislature Considers Reopening a Closed Business Subsidy Program

Good Jobs For Michigan is a repackaged MEGA

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Grand Rapids is a Regional Leader in Attracting People

City leads Minneapolis and Chicago in population growth

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Back to the MEGA Future: Good Jobs for Michigan Reinvents Failed MEGA Program

Proposed law shares remarkable similarities with old, failed law

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Save Closures for Truly Failing Schools

Context needed for decisions, whether by state or local officials

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Proposed Corporate Giveaway Unlikely to Grow Economy

Lawmakers should consider the full costs of corporate welfare before they approve it

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Dear House Tax Committee: Pure Michigan Return on Investment Not Validated

State Rep. Jim Tedder asks the right question

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