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A Closer Look At Teacher Salaries In Michigan

Teachers getting younger, more charter school educators help account for drop in average salary

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Study: Michigan Students Benefit from Using 'Schools of Choice'

Students who take advantage of school choice are more likely to attend better performing districts

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State Board of Education Member Interjects Herself Into Negotiations Between Union, Charter School Operator

Michelle Fecteau is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers

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Documentary: The Highland Park Transformation

Highland Park schools were failing, but a charter school company is turning things around

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Constitutional Convention Delegates Wanted State Worker Pensions To Be Fully Funded

Notes from the 1962 constitutional convention show true intent of what voters passed

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Helping the Little Guy: Relieve Occupational Licensing Requirements and Fees

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The Highland Park Transformation

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Dire Predictions for School District Deficits Doesn't Materialize

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Change To How Schools Are Graded Held Up Until New Year

Plan to base more on academic growth still facing hurdles in House

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MichiganVotes: New Bill Would Allow You to Sell Event Tickets Without Fear of Arrest

House Bill 5108 would allow ticket 'scalping'

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Energy Company At Odds With County Over Safety of Wind Turbines

'The only way you can build wind power in Michigan is to inflict harmful noise levels on people'

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Direct Cash Grants: Anti-Crony Capitalism Policies Fall Short

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Sun Sets on Another Cop Drama Shot In Detroit; Taxpayers Lose More Money

Neither media hype, nor millions from taxpayers could keep 'Low Winter Sun' from being canceled after one season

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Michigan Union Invokes Slavery in Argument Against Right-to-Work Law

Teamsters make claim in court filing

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Not So Criminal Minds: Government Convicts People Who Do Not Knowingly Commit Crimes

Experts provide some ideas to roll-back government statutes

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Michigan and the Higher Education Bubble

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Michigan’s Baby Bust Will Hurt Taxpayers if Schools Don’t Cut Back

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Amtrak and the Michigan State Budget

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Michigan Schools Promoting Large Number Of Students Who Cannot Read

New bill attempts to ensure that students passed to fourth grade be proficient in reading

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Teamsters Union Backs Away From Discriminatory Practice

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation lawsuit prompts policy change

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Stirring the Ashes: Outdoor Smoking Bill Rekindles Smoking Ban Debate

Bipartisan bill would restore some property rights

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Contrary to Report, Charter Schools Get Less Money Per Pupil Than Conventional Schools

Media runs with faulty claim that charter public schools at fault for conventional schools financial problems

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MEA Says Union Members Should Have Known About Limited Window to Leave

Union officials complain about members who opt out, but still want to represent them; 'sanctity of contracts' claim questioned during Senate testimony

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Almost 220,000 Michigan Public School Students Rely On School Choice

Charter public schools blamed for problems with traditional public schools, but parents choose charters and other alternatives for their kids

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Land Bank Reform Bills In Holding Pattern

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