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Ruling Upholds the Right of Public Employees to Resign From Union Whenever They Want

MERC unanimously outlines intention to throw out MEA's 'August window'

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Union Approves Contract Freezing Members’ Salaries to Keep the Dues Flowing

Midland paraprofessional union urges district to violate law to get fees

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Michigan’s Economic Recovery More Than Just the Auto Industry

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Auto Insurance Reforms a Good Start

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Film Tax Credits Don’t Grow the Economy

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Sen. Gary Peters Wants Higher Minimum Wage — Except for His Unpaid Interns

But senator wants others to be subject to wage mandates

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House Road Plan Leaves Plenty of Money for Pure Michigan Campaign

Threats that plan to fix roads jeopardizes state's tourism campaign is a red herring

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Bills Aiming to Protect Property from Overzealous Forfeiture Clear First Hurdle

House overwhelmingly approves eight bills

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State's Corporate Welfare Agency Takes Credit for Creating Jobs in Good Times ... and Bad

Michigan Economic Development Corporation oversaw the worst job losses in history

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Teacher Evaluations in Michigan Public Schools: One Size Fits All

Less than 1 percent of teachers are deemed 'ineffective' in 2013-14

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Detroit's Reform District Doesn't Have One Great Teacher According to Evaluations

Education Achievement Authority has 99 percent of teachers rated as 'effective'

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Michigan School Pension Fund Liability Grows to $26.5 Billion

Cost to state quintuples since 2012

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Labor Union Caught in Dues Skim Fails to File Annual Report with Federal Government

SEIU Healthcare Michigan reported losing 80 percent of its members after dues skim ended

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Teachers Union Rails at For-Profit Charters While its Leaders Spike Own School Pensions

Past three MEA presidents are set to receive pensions larger than their school salaries

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Is State's Prevailing Wage Law at Risk of Being Tossed?

A citizen initiative would trump Gov. Snyder's promised veto on any repeal legislation

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Teachers Union Presidents Extract Lucrative Benefits from Schools – For Themselves

MEA officials use rare deals with districts to garner rich government pensions

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District Doesn't Take Evaluations Seriously, Now Laying Off its Best Teachers

Union contract mandates teacher layoffs based strictly on seniority; may violate state law

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The Government Incentive to Seize Property

Panel on asset forfeiture in Michigan discusses confiscation of property with no conviction

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Asset Forfeiture Package of Bills a 'Solid First Step'

Citizens can have property seized by government under the lightest burden of proof

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Successful Public School System Would Charge Tuition, Screen Applicants

East Grand Rapids would screen applicants based on academics and disciplinary issues

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Feds to Michigan: End Anti-Competition 'Tesla Ban'

Federal Trade Commission wants state to repeal ban on direct-to-consumer car sales

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Corporate Welfare Isn't 'Essential' to a Vibrant Economy

MLive columnist overstates importance of state's corporate welfare agency

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Bills Attempt to Shine Light on Government-Seized Property

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Lansing Schools: MEA President Steve Cook's Deal Never Considered 'Long Term Thing'

Superintendent who signed 1993 deal says they are 'trapped' because of union president

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How Michigan Can Pay for its Roads Without a Tax Increase

Over $1.5 billion in savings

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