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
MSU Uses Obscure ‘Government Purchases Index’ To Claim School Funding Down
The common CPI inflation measure shows funding up, not down
State Revenue Looks Stagnant If Only Some Funds Are Excluded
Spending interests imply taxpayers not contributing enough
DEQ Employees Accused Of Payroll Padding
Bioterrorism monitors falsified records, drove state vehicles for personal use
MSU Professor: Wind Turbines Can Cause Illness
Dizziness and nausea are just two symptoms
Schools Get More For Fewer Students, Spending Interests Claim Cuts
When a cut is merely a reduction in the rate of increase
Michigan Employment Up, Food Stamps Down
No government program can substitute for strong economic growth
Unions Continued Steady Membership Decline In 2018
Percentage of total workforce in unions down from 10.7 to 10.5; government unions down a bit more
Spending Interests Wrong: Schools in Low-Income Areas Get More, Not Less
Media keeps repeating advocates’ misrepresentations
Right-To-Work Repeal Bill Denies Government Workers’ Civil Rights
Michigan Dem’s legislation appears to defy US Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus ruling
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