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Excessive Lawmaking Road to ‘Regiment Every Aspect of Society and Commerce’

Statism that knows no party boundaries

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What’s Old is New Again: Another Subsidy Program Being Considered by Legislature

Good for politicians and well-connected businesses, bad for Michigan

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Wake-Up Call Helps Rural School Bloom

Bloomingdale leaves state watch list

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Secretive Bidder Wins Pure Michigan Contract Over Transparent One

Auditor General, not MEDC, should hire reviews of corporate welfare programs

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Pension Funding Best Practices Remembered

But only when they serve bureaucrat Interests

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Regulatory Swamp-Draining Gets Boost In Washington

Trump’s Regulatory Affairs Director appears serious, and she has a record

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Criminal Justice Reforms Signed Into Law, More Left to Do

Enacting some long-overdue reforms should pave the way to pass several others this year

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Don’t Bring Back Granholm’s Tax Credit Legacy

Legislators are considering it

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The Failing Business of Business Favors

What would you say you do around here?

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Don't Force Charter Schools Into State Pension Plan

Doing so would rob money from low-income families

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Out, Out, Brief Candle!

Could Mr. Trump’s “Energy Independence” executive order mean the end of life on Earth?

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State Should Review Supreme Court Pay

Salaries have been frozen for 15 years

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The Legislative Clock is Ticking

It's time for free-market reformers to act

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Hybrid Plan Did Not Fix School Retirement System

It is at risk of underfunding and has barely enough assets

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A Case for Popular ISD Board Elections

Agencies spending more of state’s K-12 tax dollars

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Why Mackinac Published Names and Wages of Government Workers in a Searchable Database

The information belongs to the people

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Union Privileges Cost Veterans

'Official Time' puts the interests of unions above those served by the VA

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Wellspring Prep Growing Strong

Diverse Grand Rapids charter readies kids for college

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Michigan’s Regulatory Laws Lead to Fewer Jobs, More Crime

Licensing rules are a criminal justice issue

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In the Battle for Jobs, Subsidy Programs Shoot Blanks

More subsidies won’t improve economy

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Michigan Already Awash in Business Subsidies

Lawmakers should reject latest proposal for more

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Michigan Should Reject Special Corporate Developer Bills

Senate bills 111-115 being considered

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Michigan Has Reversed the Flow of Interstate Migration with Illinois

Illinois used to gain net population from Michigan

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HONEST Act – EPA Science and Transparency

This should be ‘science 101’

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How We Use FOIA to Hold Government Accountable

Happy ‘Sunshine Week’ 2017

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