US House Would Overturn Michigan's Right-to-Work Law
Michigan voters rejected similar union overreach in 2012
Newspapers, Experts Agree: Climate Causes Plummeting, Record High Water Levels
Looks like a Great Lakes consensus
Public Sector Pay Transparency All About Accountability
House-passed bill only goes half-way
Bill Would Tax Residences For Local Business Improvements
Municipal governments, corporate welfare agencies, special interests all on board
Michigan Teacher Pay Complicated Enough To Spin Many Narratives
Taxpayers ask a lot, pay a lot putting a teacher in front of a classroom
Michigan Officials Skeptical of Controversial Drug Rationing Program
Who decides what another year of life is worth to a person?
Do Teachers Buy Classroom Supplies? Districts Say ‘We Do’ And Have Receipts
Grand Rapids Schools Issues Over 170 Cards Employees May Use for Purchases
How Independent Will Michigan’s New Redistricting Commission Be?
California’s experience provides cause for concern
Michigan Law Clear: Taxpayers, Not Teachers, Buy Classroom Supplies
Union spin notwithstanding, districts give teachers purchase cards or other compensation
Analyses Critical Of Michigan School Funding Ignore Almost 20% Of Detroit Operations Money
Reports disregard the revenue source that boosts funding for poor communities over wealthy ones
State Says Schools Must Provide Classroom Supplies
Michigan Constitution requires school districts to pay, not teachers
‘Watch What They Do,’ Whitmer Says — And State Road Funding Down This Year
To be fair, governors propose and legislators dispose — and yet
Michigan Union Membership Reached Historic Low In 2019
Right-to-work law accelerated an ongoing trend
Great Lakes Water Levels Too High? Too Low? For 60 Years Newspapers Answer: Yes
Variation appears the norm
Schools Will Get No Relief From Construction Mandate, Whitmer Says
Governor vetoes bill that would have exempted schools from requirement to heat outdoor ticket booths
Wayne County Took Thousands of Vehicles Without Filing Criminal Charges
Federal lawsuit filed against ‘unconstitutional’ civil asset forfeitures
Unions Praise Governor’s Modest School Funding Hike, Rebuked GOP Predecessor’s Much Larger One
5.1% GOP increase got union ‘tsk tsks,’ a 2.3% Dem hike applauded
Residents Question Replacing Michigan Farmland With Miles Of Solar Cells
Hundreds of wind turbines also changing character of rural communities
Rough Estimate Puts Cost Of 25-Year Whitmer Road Debt Well Above $1 Billion
State has money to fix roads now without borrowing
Using State's Credit Card To Fix Roads Now Means 25 Years Of Payments
Money will come out of tomorrow’s road repair budgets
Auditors Discover Oversight Failure At Detroit Fire Department
More than 200 former employees had department fuel cards
Some Basis For Voters' Suspicion No Tax Hike Needed To Fix Roads
53.3% say state has enough to fix roads; fiscal agency says $897 million is available
All On Its Own, Flint Was A Financial Basket Case For Years
Evidence from years gone by contradicts current effort to blame past Flint misgovernance on state
Detroit Schools Spent $250K Sending Students, Staff To Italy
State’s largest district spent $961,534 on out-of-state travel; second-largest district spent just $18,397
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