July 18, 2014, Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report

Key votes from 2013-14

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Sentencing Reforms Could Save Tax Dollars

Council of State Governments issues recommendations

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Pension Malpractice and Fund Raids

Everyone's doing it!

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Michigan Future Report Doesn't Add Up

Academic research favors low-tax states

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What Do Teachers Want to Support?

RTW allows them to skip union's political bent

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July 11, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

Key votes from 2013-14

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Agricultural Price Controls are the Pits

Michigan cherry farmers, others, affected

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MEA Rhetoric Aimed At Misdirecting Teachers From Focusing On August Opt Out

Union bashes Mackinac Center and oil companies; teacher pension funds bolstered by Exxon, Chevron

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What the 4th of July Means to Me

Counting my blessings

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July 3, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

See who voted for bills on drug testing welfare applicants, vehicle trade-in tax, killing unlicensed dogs, among other issues

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Insurance 52% to 119% Costlier Under Obamacare

County level comparisons now available

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MEA Embraces More Outsourcing

But still protests when schools do it

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TTB a Poor Measure of Charter Performance

Free Press should use better metric

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Schools Getting $377 Million More For Retiree Benefits But Officials Still Complaining About 'Cuts'

Time for district officials to get serious about fixing teacher pension system

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June 20, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

Votes on “navigators,” pets, squatters, woodstoves, taxi-cartels, more

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Repeal Post and Hold Alcohol Rules

Beer and wine wholesalers gain, consumers lose

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MEA Upset at Having to Follow State Law

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Oh, The Things You Will Learn

An intern's brush with bureaucracy

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June 13, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

Education, e-cigarettes and guns

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Low-Hanging Fruit Can Help Fund Roads

There's plenty of money in the current budget

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RTW States Lead the Way

More income, population growth

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Grazed and Confused

Detroit's response to goats exposes bigger problem

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Fears of Right-to-Work Proving False

In the most important economic measures, RTW states dominating

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Lawmakers Misrepresent Detroit Pension Bill

Legislation does not cap potential taxpayer contributions

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Policy and Politics Just Part of the Action on Mackinac Island

A political operative is escorted out of an event and an expert calls for end of the 'labor model' in education

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