State Tells Landowners: Sandbags Along Great Lakes OK — For Now
Agency suspends permit mandate that usually takes up to 90 days
Warren Mayor Nixes Lifetime Health Benefits for City Council Members
‘If they want to, they can take me to court’
Four-County Bus Tax Failed in 2016; Politicians May Go For Three Counties In 2020
Bus ridership declining in region, and more people walk to work than ride
$71k Average Pay Has Ann Arbor Teachers ‘Contemplating Bankruptcy’
‘None of those examples are exaggerations,’ $65k, five-year teacher tells school board
Warren Council Votes Self Free Lifetime Health Care; $228 Million Short On Workers’ Benefits
Unfunded liability for promised retiree health care benefits is double city’s annual revenue
Schools With Many Poor Families Get More Per Kid In Michigan, Not Less
Activist calling for illegal teacher strikes still makes claim
Look For The Union Label On Legal Pot Shops?
State marijuana regulators propose unauthorized union privilege as condition of licensure
Teachers Filing Union Unfair Labor Complaint Appear To Be Doing Well
Average pay at their Macomb district $79k; $100k+ not uncommon with optional duties
Local School Union Claims Unfair Labor Practice, Cites Cuts That Weren’t
Teachers union says its members lost money, but don’t blame state taxpayers
Tlaib Against Corporate Welfare Except When She Votes For It
In Michigan House she voted ‘yes’ on giving $1.031 billion to corporations
College Instructors Not Getting Rich, But Downtrodden A Stretch
$69k community college instructor, union president laments poor pay in newspaper essay
Teacher Shortage? For Physics Maybe, But Not Phys-Ed
Union pay restrictions prevent schools from filling some slots
Detroit Schools Fiscal Decline Began Before Emergency Manager
Media narrative blames school district’s deficits on state, ignore its previous history
Detroit Schools Enroll More Low Income Students, Get More Money
Despite richer tax base, Grosse Pointe schools get less per student than Detroit
Michigan’s Not Good For Wind Power, So Consumers Energy Customers Will Pay More
Under 2016 state regulation rewrite, electric utility monopoly makes money either way
Conflict Of Interest: Officials With Turbine Tower Leases Approve Wind Development
‘First you harvest the (local) officials, then you can harvest the wind’
Olympic Pool Holds 12 Times Annual Road Runoff Saved By $475K Great Lakes Grant
Total Great Lakes Restoration Initiative spending at $300 million a year
Taxpayers Pay $50 Million For State Police Double-Dipping Program Since 2015
Incentives let active officers also receive pensions during last six years on the job
EPA Gives Over $6M For Environmental Justice Activism
Great Lakes program will give Wisconsin tribe $80k more
Mission Creep: Money Touted As Protecting Lakes Goes To ‘Environmental Justice’
Wild rice beds, turtles, rare plants also get money sold as protecting Great Lakes
Bill Would Allow Banks To Offer Secretary Of State Services
Stories of long wait times prompt effort to have banks renew licenses and car registrations
Large Hospitals Want State Monopoly On New Cancer Treatment
And a state commission will give it to them unless legislature acts
New York Times Fits Narrative By Misreporting CapCon Article
Request for correction gets a form letter, no correction
Federal Appeals Court Doesn’t Buy U-M’s Story On Speech-Chilling Bias Response Team
Orders district court to reconsider the operation’s ‘implicit threat of consequence’
City Enters Local Broadband Business By Saddling Costs On Private Vendors
Marshall exempted itself from costly license and right-of-way costs competitors must pay
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