Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Everyone Loves Federal Money
$2.4 billion in taxpayer money given to thousands of grant applicants since 2010
Union Negotiates Pay Cap, Highlights Capped Teacher’s Complaints
Imposing assembly line pay systems on skilled professionals has its price
Despite Mideast Tensions, Michigan Gas Prices Remain Cheap
Before America’s domestic fracking revolution, oil tankers on fire would have burned motorists
What Law Says Is Optional With These School Districts And Unions
Cozy management/labor relations in public school districts contribute to abuses
Payroll Size Questions Put Hold On Rochester Hills Library Tax Hike
Where are the library books? Official asks why not user fees for nontraditional programs
State Data Doesn’t Support Newspaper’s Dire Report On Bridges
Fewer bridges are in 'poor' shape and more are in 'fair' shape
Dem Bills Make Companies Prove Innocence On Equal Pay
Yet important new Harvard study undermines basis of workplace sex discrimination claims
Benton Harbor Schools Errs In Reporting Teacher Salaries
Mistake distorts public discussions of education policy in Michigan
All Quiet On The ‘Photo-Cop’ Legislative Front — For Now
Revenue-seeking municipalities and device vendors behind push to bring red-light cameras
No State Education Board Majority To Take $47 Million Federal For Charters
The schools get the money anyway
Mismanagement, Incompetence Made Benton Harbor Schools A Financial Basket Case
Auditor’s notes blast leadership at a well-funded school district
Well-Funded Benton Harbor Schools Received 28% More Money Than State Average
District’s $13,098 per pupil in the top tier of school funding
Forfeiture Reform, Legal Pot Could Cost Wayne County’s Sting $500k+ Annually
‘They don’t even care about the criminal charges,’ says defense attorney
Uber, Lyft May Be Reducing Michigan Drunk Driver Crashes
But activist site seems to criticize ridesharing services as competitors to taxpayer-funded transit
Anti-Tobacco Lobby Disappointed: No Tax Hike In New Vaping Law
Governor has ‘significant reservations’ over signing bill banning sales of vaping products to minors
Auto Insurance Reform's Biggest Winners: The Working Poor
Excessive insurance rates hurt struggling families most of all
Michigan Never Raised, Spent As Much On Transportation As This Year
And without a new tax hike
Detroit Schools The Nation’s Worst, Super Want Its Teacher Pay The Nation’s Best
Worst urban district for 10 years per Nation’s Report Card, but Detroit gives its own teacher high marks
2018 School Pension Underfunding Expense Enough To Fix The Roads
Decades of officials shortchanging pensions cost taxpayers $2.1 billion last year
Cost Of Teacher Raise Wanted By Detroit Superintendent: $81.2M Annually
But district already at risk of overspending its revenue
News Site Reports Teacher ‘Can’t Support Family’ — But Omits His $81K Salary
Not hard to mischaracterize teacher pay; site shows how
Corporate Subsidies Appear To Work Sometimes — Or Firm Was Coming Anyway
Firm got $130,000, not the $430,000 first offered, still built new plant
Whitmer Gas Tax Hike: Media, Boosters Ignore $600 Million It Moves Out Of Roads
The figures are in governor’s budget proposal
Michigan Roads Declined Even As Funding Rose Sharply
Tax hike proponents imply it’s simple, just pay more — but it’s not simple
If Rentals Not ‘Affirmatively Lawful,’ Court Says They Can Be Considered Unlawful
Court of Appeals rules against Airbnb-type home rentals
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