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Another Teachers Union Official Makes Questionable Pay Claims

He got $80,273 in his last year as a River Rouge teacher

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Married Couple Paid $163,000 As Teachers; Complain About Pay

Ann Arbor teacher spoke at MEA rally in Lansing about her family’s salaries

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Inferior Compared To What? Detroit Students Slam Charter School

When adjusted for student backgrounds, this charter outperformed Detroit district schools

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Coal And Nuclear Out At Consumers, Wind And Solar In

Intermittent sources make electric outages more likely? ‘Get used to it’

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Schools Prefer Fewer Democratic Dollars To More Republican Ones?

Higher praise for Whitmer’s smaller increase than for larger hike Snyder approved

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Everyone Loves Federal Money

$2.4 billion in taxpayer money given to thousands of grant applicants since 2010

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Union Negotiates Pay Cap, Highlights Capped Teacher’s Complaints

Imposing assembly line pay systems on skilled professionals has its price

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Despite Mideast Tensions, Michigan Gas Prices Remain Cheap

Before America’s domestic fracking revolution, oil tankers on fire would have burned motorists

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What Law Says Is Optional With These School Districts And Unions

Cozy management/labor relations in public school districts contribute to abuses

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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

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State Data Doesn’t Support Newspaper’s Dire Report On Bridges

Fewer bridges are in 'poor' shape and more are in 'fair' shape

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Dem Bills Make Companies Prove Innocence On Equal Pay

Yet important new Harvard study undermines basis of workplace sex discrimination claims

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Benton Harbor Schools Errs In Reporting Teacher Salaries

Mistake distorts public discussions of education policy in Michigan

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All Quiet On The ‘Photo-Cop’ Legislative Front — For Now

Revenue-seeking municipalities and device vendors behind push to bring red-light cameras

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No State Education Board Majority To Take $47 Million Federal For Charters

The schools get the money anyway

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Mismanagement, Incompetence Made Benton Harbor Schools A Financial Basket Case

Auditor’s notes blast leadership at a well-funded school district

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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

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Forfeiture Reform, Legal Pot Could Cost Wayne County’s Sting $500k+ Annually

‘They don’t even care about the criminal charges,’ says defense attorney

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Uber, Lyft May Be Reducing Michigan Drunk Driver Crashes

But activist site seems to criticize ridesharing services as competitors to taxpayer-funded transit

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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

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Auto Insurance Reform's Biggest Winners: The Working Poor

Excessive insurance rates hurt struggling families most of all

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Michigan Never Raised, Spent As Much On Transportation As This Year

And without a new tax hike

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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

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2018 School Pension Underfunding Expense Enough To Fix The Roads

Decades of officials shortchanging pensions cost taxpayers $2.1 billion last year

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Cost Of Teacher Raise Wanted By Detroit Superintendent: $81.2M Annually

But district already at risk of overspending its revenue

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