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Commentary: Detroit's Fiscal Emergency Cannot Wait; Manager Needs to Fix Administration

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Michigan Company Billed $465,774 For Teamsters Pension After Laying Off Its Last Unionized Trucker

Severely underfunded private-sector union pension plans are hurting companies

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Another Film Subsidy Failure

Michigan 3D media company, Speedshape, paid by taxpayers to help make Spy Kids 4, owes taxes and rent

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Riches-to-Rags Story Developing For Movie Operations in Michigan

House budget proposes eliminating state's $50M film subsidy program

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Tax Audits or Taxpayer Abuse?

Treasury Department assessing some back taxes based on sampling records

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Gambling With Welfare Money: Investigation Finds $87K From Bridge Cards Spent In Casino

State Senator: 'Obscene use of tax dollars'

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Michigan's Craziest Laws: Don't Seduce An Unmarried Woman or Dance to the National Anthem

Other statutes prohibit blasphemy, adultery, cursing

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MichiganVotes: Bill Would Increase Portion of Public Employee Health Care Cap

Average Michigan resident still paying more than public-sector workers

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Reforming State Government A Tedious Task

Conference committees often favor budget bills with higher spending

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Despite Repeal Attempts, Michigan State Law Mandates Unlicensed Dogs Be Killed

Antiquated statute still on the books

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State Has Weak History of Punishing School Campaign Finance Law Violators

Past school districts that broke the law received only $100 fine

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Economists: Business Tax Reform Helping, Not Hurting, Michigan

Union leader's claim about 'corporate special interests' proves false

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How Taxpayers Are Funding Political Lobbying

Tri-County Alliance operates as a front for school districts political lobbying efforts

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MichiganVotes: Bill Would Allow Community Colleges To Offer Some Bachelor Degrees

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State Department of Civil Rights Not In Line With Gov. Snyder's Views

Despite vote of state citizens, department files brief to overturn constitutional amendment

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Expert: Medicaid Expansion Means Increased Costs For Worse Service

Avik Roy: 'It's not tough to take a billion dollars at the beginning and offload the costs to your successors'

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Reopening Union Contracts Could Free Workers

Altering contracts will trigger right-to-work law, according to legal expert

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Dozens of School Districts Consider All Teachers the Same

Some schools rate every single teacher 'effective'

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Poll: Medicaid Expansion Plan Loses Support When Voters Told of Potential Effects

GOP and Independent male voters against expansion plans; Democrats strongly support

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Lawsuit Alleges Wind Power A Threat To Health And Safety

'We've moved our beds to the basement ... so I can try to sleep'

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Seniority No Longer Supreme For Teacher Recalls

Blanket 'effective' rating no longer works for Muskegon, other districts having to layoff and recall teachers

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MichiganVotes: Minimum Wage Increase — A Serious Effort Or Just Rhetoric?

Bill would make it illegal to work for less than $10 per hour

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MSNBC Host Who Said Kids Belong To Community Also Says Education Funding Desperately Inadequate

United States spends more per pupil than any country in the world; 30 percent more than a decade ago

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State Government Has Poor Record Predicting Jobs

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At Least 54 School Districts Have Contracts Dodging Michigan's Right-to-Work Law

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