Licensure Reform A Lame Duck Launch Failure?
This one has bipartisan support, so failing to fly in 2018 not necessarily the end
Practical Short-Term Health Coverage Unlikely Unless Legislature Acts
Useful option made possible by recent federal rule change, but GOP hasn’t moved and Dems likely to oppose
Michigan Democrats Slam Changes To Minimum Wage Law — While Paying Their Interns Nothing
Economist: Wage mandate ‘ends up hurting the people it is supposed to protect’
Up 10 Percent And $3.2 Billion, State Still ‘Starved For Revenue’
Long-time budget analysts stuck on half-empty
'Stand Up To Billionaires And Corporations'? Tlaib Voted To Give Them One Billion Taxpayer Dollars
She approved 8 of 8 bills that authorized taxpayer subsidies to corporations and developers
Red or Blue, Criminal Justice Still Gets a Green Light
Election outcomes matter less when the issue enjoys substantial bipartisan support
‘Union Time On Taxpayer Dime’: Now Or Never In GOP State House
Republican-controlled Senate has passed a ban twice
Legislature Tries To End Public Pension Spiking By Union Officials
An earlier reform ended six-figure payouts, but union officials still accrue regular school pensions
Some 'Tipped' Restaurant Workers Say Don't Raise Our Minimum Wage
‘No restaurant can ever pay us in an hourly wage what we make in tips’
Michigan’s Highest Paid Public School Servants
Who says public service can’t be rewarding?
Donors To Politically Sensitive Groups Protected By Privacy Bill
Personal info on contributors to nonprofits would not be posted on government databases
Uncritical Media, Politicians Once Touted Chevy Volt As Saving Detroit
Stabenow in 2010: ‘Production of the Volt will help strengthen Michigan's clean-energy economy’
70 Percent Of Michigan Schools Outsource Noncore Services
The number doubled from 2001 to 2014, but then stopped rising
No More Compelled Dues, Strident Politics, A 22 Percent Union Decline
Michigan branch of teachers union sports a progressive politics Facebook page
American Federation of Teachers-Michigan Union Membership In Decline
Union has had a 22 percent decline in membership since right-to-work
Media, Left Blame Deficit On People Keeping More Of What They Earn
They don’t like tax cuts but do like government spending
Why Michigan’s Free-Market Policy Wonks Are Thankful
People are working, students are learning, pension funds are growing and more
State Officials Question Detroit’s Universal Preschool Plans
Is this the best use of that money? Can the city manage the program?
Tax Cut Deemed Budget Buster, But State Corporate Subsidies Total $623 Million This Year
Billions will keep flowing from Michigan taxpayers to a few corporations until at least 2032
Municipal Lobby Ignores State’s Hard Times In Pleading For More
For all the recent growth Michigan still clawing back from an economic ‘lost decade’
Deep-Pocketed Michigan Foundations Fund News Outlets
Big-money foundations are bankrolling media to cover their activism
Does Michigan Impose Unconstitutional Fees On Criminal Defendants?
State Supreme Court to rule on fees in criminal cases
State Dems Want Public Education To Do And Spend More
Universal preschool programs could cost taxpayers $826.5 million
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