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Mandated Payroll Fixes And Oversight Committee Didn’t Stop Detroit Embezzler

Staffer heading to prison for embezzling $265,000 from taxpayers

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Company Defaults on $300,000 From State For Project, Repays $45,827

MEDC had boasted grant proved ‘the success of our strategy’

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Lansing’s $100,000 Police Employees

18 police employees earned more than that in 2018

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Another Business Subsidy, Another Canceled Agreement

Company repays $62,600 in state grant money

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County Project Imposes Illegal Union Wage Mandate On Bidders

Contractors: ‘See you in court’ - and it could get expensive

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The Hard Work Of Creating A Marijuana Business Cartel

Commercial pot about to become big business here; valuable turf in play

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In Their Own Words: Democratic Socialists, Green New Dealers Meet In Detroit

They don’t like capitalism

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Pro-Gas Tax Hike Democrat: Never Seen A Public Willing To Tax Itself

Yet, local voters have approved 549 millages taxing themselves for roads and more

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Average Detroit Student Missed 32.73 School Days Last Year

70% of the district’s 50,875 students were chronically absent, vs. 20% statewide

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Will Troy’s Crackdown On Distracted Driving Spread?

City tickets drivers talking on handheld cellphones

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Consultant: Green Jobs A ‘Lobbying Effort,’ Not Real Data

Activists claim 240,000 solar jobs, federal data indicates 3,295

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Legislative Open Records Bills Overcome Constitutional Hiccup

Other legislatures figured out separation of powers glitch, Michigan’s may be about to also

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Project Gets $100,000 Taxpayer Subsidy, Creates Zero Jobs, Firm Returns Just $26,000

Officials had boasted ‘additional good-paying jobs for years to come’

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AFSCME Michigan Pays Women 85 Cents For Every Dollar For Men

If measured using simplistic pay gap methods used to tarnish others

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Federal Prison For Trout Trafficking Raises Proportionality Concerns

Scholar says federal sting operation and prison sentences look like overcriminalization

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State Business Subsidy Recipients Get, Keep Taxpayer Dollars

Half the beneficiary firms failed to meet targets or created zero new jobs

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Tax Sales Boost County Budgets, But Do They Violate Owners’ Rights?

Counties sell properties and keep entire amount, though taxes owed may be less

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Whitmer Suggests Government Shutdown If No Big Gas Tax Hike

Democratic Governor challenges GOP legislature, my way on the highways

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The Roads Are Crumbling And Have Always Been Crumbling

Michigan media has been breaking the story going on 30 years

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City Spends $300,000 Extra On Construction Projects To Pay Union Wages

Michigan eliminated prevailing wage law but Royal Oak wants to pay more

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Professor: Forced Charity Isn’t Charity — Even For Special Olympics

Hillsdale’s Gary Wolfram says it’s unjust for government to redistribute income from regular people to charities

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Oakland County Takes House For $8.41 Property Tax Mistake

Owner likely will see them in state Supreme Court later this year

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Former Teacher Now Legislator Claims ‘Massive School Disinvestment’

But her old district is getting much more

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For Michigan Newspapers, Disaster Always Stalks Public Schools

Sky-is-falling headlines have been common since the 1950s

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Detroit Lawmaker Would Repeal City’s Post-Bankruptcy Financial Oversight

Critic: ‘Lawmakers shouldn’t act like the city’s problems are over’

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