House Passes On Chance To ‘Fix The Roads’ With New Spending Bill
But money for Capitol security cameras, Michigan Speedway traffic control, tourism marketing and much more
‘Vital’ Great Lakes Program Funds Playground Rehab In Milwaukee
Many Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects only loosely tied to 'critical' protection
Disputed Union Wages Could Cost Taxpayers In County Construction Projects
Now Saginaw faces lawsuit over policy board approved by slim margin
Nine Years After Promising, Detroit City Officials May Get Rational Payroll System
City now says completion expected by end of 2020
Teachers Unions Gave $180,000+ To Misleading Macomb Tax Hike Campaign
Tuesday ballot proposal would cost property owners $55 million annually
Charter School Profiteering? Don’t Turn That Lens On Larger, Richer District Schools
The really big money is in conventional school districts and all their intermediaries
Proposal Would Tear Up Michigan Constitution’s Ban On Graduated Income Tax
Rates of 8.5% or more could cause higher-income residents to move to low- or no-tax states
Giving A Friend A Manicure Or Haircut Is Illegal in Michigan
And getting the license takes more training than homebuilders or EMTs
Lawmakers, Education Officials Looking To Inject Gender Politics Into Michigan Schools
Yet no cultural consensus in sight on introducing this to schoolchildren
Michigan’s Former Top Cop Given $639k In 'Deferred' Pension Benefits While Still On Payroll
Government solution to officer attrition from early pension eligibility was legalized double-dipping
Pay Hikes Fewer But Still Happening At Fiscally Stressed Michigan School District
Falling enrollment and rising pension expenses mean cramped raises at Wayne-Westland
Fiat Chrysler And Ford To Get $131M From Michigan Taxpayers; Earned $26.4 Billion Last Three Years
That subsidy program expired in 2019, but GOP lawmaker trying to bring it back
Union Tribunal's $10,000 Hit On Electrician Brings Federal Labor Lawsuit
Former union contractor now working for wife's nonunion shop — and she was also threatened
Highest-Pay School District’s Union Compares Teacher Pay To A Minnow
Average teacher pay is $82,065 at this Macomb district
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
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