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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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WSU Prof's Report Blaming Flint Decline on 'Structural Racism' Used Bad Data

City and state audits contradict report's obsolete, speculative source

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Snyder Orders a State Economic 20 Year Plan

'Whereas, government can help ...'

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How a Government Transparency Request Can Take Months

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Financial Emergency Over: Elected Government Returns to Pontiac

Ready to operate 'like a professionally managed city'

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You Can't Do That: Township's Taxpayer-Funded Tax Hike Electioneering

Expert says the law means what it says on this one

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Up and Down: The Story of Teacher Salaries in Detroit

'There are a lot of moving parts'

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Ten Facts About Government Pensions In Michigan

With all the charts you need to explain the problems

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