Senate Democrat Gets Chance To Oppose Corporate Subsidies, Takes It
Minority Leader Jim Ananich earlier blasted ‘a pot of money being held hostage by corporate accountants’
Michigan Unemployment Claims Set Record Low
Lowest number for initial unemployment claims on record
Doubling State’s 1,100 Wind Turbines Won’t Replace This One Coal/Gas Plant
Michigan’s electric utilities gamble that the reliability of service won’t collapse
State Funding For Michigan’s Universities Fell — But Tuition Rose Much More
Adjusting for inflation, tuition up $2.886 billion since 2000, state appropriations down $1.24 billion
Unsupported Numbers In State Budget Impasse News Story
Cites Michigan League for Public Policy President Gilda Jacobs
Despite Bluster And Bullying, 32,208 Left Teachers Union Since Right-To-Work
MEA suffered another legal embarrassment this month
State Law Restricting New Clinics May Limit Promising Cancer Treatment
Critic accuses health care rationing commission of mission creep
Michigan’s Roads Appear Middling-To-Poor, Not The Nation’s Worst
It depends on who you ask
State’s Pension Fund Managers Get The Big Bucks — Not The Governor
$438k for highest paid executive branch employee was a 7.9% increase from 2017
Teacher, Poet, Pizza Guy — At $82k, Says Side Job Needed To Pay Bills
But also said his pay is ‘by no means terrible’ at the Ann Arbor school district
‘Right Now’: Timetable For Group’s ‘Stop Burning Fossil Fuels’ Demand
But 75% of Michigan homes are heated with gas, and renewables produce just 8% of electricity
Even Without 45-Cent Gas Tax Hike, Transportation Spending Up 58 Percent Since 2011
That’s after inflation, and $350 million more is projected by 2021
Enacting A New State Law Costs $272,500, On Average
All those ‘Dead On Arrival’ position-taking bills cost money too
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Octogenarian Bailiffs Finally Get Dismissed From Detroit Court
‘One of my favorite stories of government run amok’
Ann Arbor Teacher Doesn’t Like Betsy DeVos, Or School Choice
Gets $97k in salary and wrote a musical satirizing secretary of education
644 Michigan Communities Levy Local Road Taxes
That’s at least $151.5 million annually on top of state road taxes
Media Misreports Whitmer’s 45-cent Gas Tax Hike, Even As Its Chances Fade
A substantial part of the money would not have gone to ‘fix the damn roads’
Senate Votes To Maintain Electricity Subsidies
An assessment on residential customers raises $50M a year for low-income households
Despite New Law, Some Cities Digging Deeper Pension Holes
Most towns making progress, but not Flint, Hamtramck, Eastpointe and Mt. Morris
Unionization Campaign Roils Royal Oak Hospital
‘I think it’s a money grab,’ says one nurse
Republican Tax Hike Opponents Too ‘Ideological’ — Or Just Enough?
Half the 12 GOP Reps who opposed 2017 tax cut needed new jobs after 2018 election
Road Workers Oppose Strike, Bail On Union
‘The union is using us as pawns in a power play’
Teachers Union Opposed State Pension Reforms, Now Doing Same
Retired employees call union's changes ‘disaster,’ ‘radical,’ ‘extreme’
Hiring Substitute Teachers Burdens School Budgets
Teachers in these districts missed 13.7 to 16.4 days last year
A Tale Of Two Teachers' Pay: $96,000 vs. $50,000
In Detroit newspaper column both say pay is uncompetitive
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