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Fast Food Wages and Fabian Follies

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State Taxpayers Pay For Journalists to Go on Golf Course Tours

'Golf Writer Familiarization Tour' part of Pure Michigan campaign

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Right-to-Work Event Marred By Protesters Spitting At Worker Freedom Advocates

Union activists and supporters disrupt event where Mackinac Center expert was invited to speak

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'Special Interest' Campaign Rhetoric Doesn't Match With Reality

As a legislator, Mark Schauer voted to approve tax breaks and subsidies to plenty of favored businesses

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New Challenge to Land Bank Purchasing Practice

Citizen joins effort to stop Kent County Land Bank from getting property before it goes to auction

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MSU English Professor Threatens Students in Anti-Republican Rant

Video shows professor berating Republicans; calls them 'dying white people'

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GOP Controlled Legislature Passes Medicaid Expansion; Headed to Governor for Signature

State Rep.: 'Medicaid does not offer the best option of care for the expanded population'

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Union Executive Calls Most Member Grievances 'Frivolous'

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Michigan Medicaid Expansion: A Win For President Obama?

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Lighting Water On Fire? Gas In Water Supplies Existed Long Before Fracking

Part three: Main fear about process existed before hydraulic fracturing

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Right-to-Work States Attracting More Citizens, Wealth

Eight of top 10 states increasing personal income were RTW

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At Least 90 School Contracts Expire This Month, Allowing Teachers To Leave Union

August is the only month for school employees to exercise right-to-work rights

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Eight Senate Republicans Join Democrats In Passing Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Bill headed back to the House

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Study: Right-to-Work Laws Lead To More People, More Jobs and Higher Pay

Report looks at RTW states and data from 1947 through 2011

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'Voting Yes on Medicaid Expansion is Voting for Obamacare'

State Senate takes another turn on Medicaid expansion issue

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Detroit Dishes Out Excessive Taxes, Fees To Business Owners

City licensing and inspection fees among the highest measured; $400 for an awning

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Fracking Concerns Overblown; Risks Exist With All Energy Extraction

Part two: The debate over emissions, flowback and risk

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Two Democrats Join Republicans at Top of Tea Party Scorecard

Ratings shows bipartisanship on issues like fee increases, corporate welfare

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School Success Story: Cesar Chavez Academy

Part of a series on schools scoring highly on the Mackinac Center's 'Context and Performance' report card

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New Medicaid Study: ‘Waivers Are Temporary, Expansion Is Forever’

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Lawsuit Filed Against Teamsters For Extra Fee Imposed On Right-to-Work Employees

Lawyer: Price of union monopoly 'is that they have to represent all workers equally'

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Teamsters Discriminate Against Dearborn Workers

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Experts: Earthquakes, Water Usage Not Concerns With Fracking in Michigan

Part one: Natural gas extraction fears are largely overblown

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School District Links Retiree Benefits Funding To Salary Schedule

Superintendent says deal done to protect taxpayers

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Study: Welfare Benefits Pay $28,872 Per Year In Michigan

'The current welfare system provides such a high level of benefits that it acts as a disincentive to work'

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