Average Teacher Pay In Highest-Paying School District: $81,168
Walled Lake and Utica districts keep top two positions for another year
Bill Aims At Teen Vaping, Hits Adult Smokers
$1.50-per-pack cigarette tax hike would bring in more for general fund and medical welfare
Closing Pipeline Means Higher Heating Costs For Yoopers
Dueling cost estimates differ only on how much more
More State-Owned Vehicles For Fewer State Employees
Explanations include fewer workers tied to an office, cheaper than paying people to use own cars
Third Time A Charm For ‘Raise The Age’ Juvenile Justice Reform?
‘Who pays?’ stalled bipartisan effort in previous two legislatures, but there appears a will to move it now
Respected Michigan Research Group Finds School Spending Up Since 1995
Citizens Research Council paints very different picture than recent MSU report
Lansing Stadium Subsidy: Big Promises, Little Information
City claims massive return on investment; experts say no way
Watch The Fine Print On ‘Green Jobs’ Claims
Speculation often treated as fact, and definition may be only in eye of beholder
Taxpayer Backlash Coming Over Billions In Amazon Subsidies
But the rebellion against corporate handouts hasn’t reached Michigan
If At First ... Legislature Looking To Rein In Auto Insurance
Special interests halted past reform efforts
Medical Welfare Programs Look To Price Another Year Of Life
Is a beneficiary’s ‘quality-adjusted life year’ worth the cost of a drug?
Court: OK For Wayne County To Seize Man’s Car For 3 Years
Legislators considering changes to state asset forfeiture law
Media Smokestack Images And Air Pollution Spin
Those billowing white clouds coming out aren’t what you may think
Numbers Are In: Fossil Fuels Kept Furnaces Running During Polar Vortex
Wind production fell 79 percent over three coldest days
No Surprise: Public Spending Lower After Deep ‘One-State Recession’
However, overall state spending has increased nine consecutive years
Drivers Will Pay More At Pump If Oil, Gas Pipeline Shut Down
Estimates vary on the effects of closing Mackinac Straits pipeline
Will Your Furnace Turn On When Utilities Abandon Gas And Coal?
Polar vortex exposes risk with all-renewables approach to energy
Having Won Once, Reformers Want Even-Year Grand Rapids Elections
One official says their lower turnout makes odd-year elections look like suppression
How Much to Tax is Different From How to Spend
Trash tax a lesson in priorities and revenue
Official’s School Funding Complaints Cite Study Missing Billions
MSU study ends before last four years of school aid increases
House Dems: Make Charter Schools Hiring For-Profit Managers Unconstitutional
Proposed change to state constitution could shut down some of the state’s top schools
Driverless Car Company Gets Big Subsidy From Michigan Taxpayers
Waymo’s parent company reported $12.7 billion in profits and received $8 million from Michigan taxpayers
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