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Post a Photo of Your Marked Ballot? You've Broken the Law

Lawsuit seeks to overturn ban, claims Freedom of Speech is at issue

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‘Worker's Choice’ or ‘Free Riders’? Union Reform Bill Opts for Former

Freeing unions and workers from forced representation

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Michigan Will Have No Ballot Questions This Year

Voters have decided on many in recent elections

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Privatization Remains a Popular Practice with School Districts

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Reform Occupational Licensing Laws to Prevent Crime

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Do Michigan Criminal Penalties Make Sense? No One Knows

The state is considering gathering more data about sentencing and recidivism

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Despite the Hype, Detroit's Job Growth Among the Lowest in the State

State's employment comeback is real, but in Motown not so much

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Union Membership in Michigan Down 38 Percent in 32 Years

Decline started long before right-to-work

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Foundation Examines Michigan Pensions and Finds - Mismanagement

'This mismanagement was caused by explicit underfunding'

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You’re OUT! School Bars Resident From Working as Baseball Ump

Former employee says it's retribution for criticizing district

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Statewide Student Test Scores Are In and the News Isn't Good

'Michigan students are treading water'

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Almost Entire County Commission Overthrown After Spending Splurge

$9 million 'dark sky preserve' bridge-to-nowhere too far for Emmet County

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Major Sectors Growing as Michigan Unemployment Hits 15-Year Low

'A tightening job market may do a lot to increase wages'

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Study: $15-An-Hour Minimum Wage Would Kill 281,000 Michigan Jobs

Nationwide, 9 million would join jobless ranks

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Detroit Had More Corruption in One Day Than John Oliver Found in Charter Schools Over 10 Years

Comedian's segment ignored rampant problems in traditional public schools

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Survey: Most Michigan Schools Outsource Noninstructional Services

70 percent of districts privatized food or other services, up from 29 percent in 2001

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Study 'Segregates' School District Borders By Ignoring Key Data

Where's the other 27 percent of the Detroit schools' budget?

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Michigan Plans to Close Some Top Public Schools

State test scores ignore student backgrounds; makes some best schools look worst

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Average Michigan Teacher Pay Nation's Highest When Adjusted for Cost of Living

It costs less to live here, so 10th-highest is actually No. 1

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Taxes Up $4.3 Million, State Money Down $200K: So Who 'Compromised' Services?

Larger budget not fat enough for city of Jackson officials

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Township Denies It Had Landfill Documents, County Records Say Otherwise

Citizen feels her right to information was infringed

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Michigan County Pension Systems Owe $2.5 billion

Taxpayers dished out $390 million last year for public employee retirement

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Ann Arbor Council Defies State Law, Bans Cigarette Sales to Adults Age 18 to 20

'The tobacco lobby has inflicted enough misery'

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State Board of Education Not Immune To School Funding Myths

Schools in poor communities actually get more, not less

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WSU Prof Responds to CapCon Article On His Study: Readers Deserve Better

Professor argues 'structural racism' responsible for Flint water crisis

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