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Detroiters Benefit From Snyder Licensure, Criminal Records Orders

Initial applications for state jobs and licenses won’t ask about criminal records

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Detroit Charters Nab Top 10 Average Student Body SAT Scores

‘The scoreboard doesn’t lie’

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Residents Seeing Tax Cut Bonus In Their Utility Bills

Not much but not nothing: About $20 a year

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Enforcing Janus Rights for Public Workers

U.S. Supreme Court decision no longer makes union fees a condition of employment

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Here’s One Way Michigan Miscalculates High School Graduation Rates

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What Would it Mean to Unleash the MEDC?

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Governor’s Licensure Directive Gives Ex-Offenders Another Chance

Removes potential barrier to 200 professions that now require a license

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100 Percent Of This District’s Teachers Got Merit Bonus

Teachers’ reward for school district’s notional compliance with state requirement? $1 each

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State Income Tax Used For Giving Benefits To Low Income Residents

Checks go out for home heating credits, earned income credits, rent and property tax credits

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School Principal Faces Big Pay Cut If She Wins Seat In Legislature

From $120k plus benefits to around $83k

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Union Doesn’t Always Support ‘Public Funds Only in Public Schools’

Not when its own officials are collecting those public funds

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Big Political Spending By Electric Utility Raises Concerns

Regulated utilities seek influence, outcomes can affect customer rates and more

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MSU Coaches Frequent Users Of State Aircraft

Purpose of Dantonio, Izzo’s trips not disclosed; recruitment runs one likely use

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State Spends $5.6 Million On Aircraft Over Three Years

Transporting officials from environmental and welfare agencies, corporate welfare office and more

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'Wild West' Of Charter School Expansion Never Happened

Unionized public school interests said a reform passed in 2011 would produce chaos

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Teacher Of The Year’s District Plays Games With Merit Pay

Without performance-based compensation, the state’s best get no more than the rest

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School Boards Routinely Violate Merit Pay Law

Obama offered states grants to innovate, merit pay was Granholm’s response

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Dem Lt. Gov. Candidate On U-M Payroll To Monitor Fake News

Progressive credentials include Obama campaign and MoveOn.org

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Public Radio Claims State Took School Money, But Funding Is Higher

K-12 schools getting more money to educate fewer kids

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Would Residents Favor School Spending Hike If It Meant 21 Percent Income Tax Hike?

Pollsters didn’t ask; a 62 percent cut to road repairs would also free up the $2.3 billion specified

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Union Official Criticizes Corporate Handouts But Endorses Business Subsidy Champion

Former GM employee and UAW official has favored giveaways to ‘corporate special interests’

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State Budget Grew Faster Under Snyder Than Granholm

The state economy also grew faster, which explains most of the difference

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Home, Assets Tied Up For Years As Family Awaits Forfeiture Process

Questions raised about how law enforcement freezes property during trial

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Sales Price Of Properties Sold At Detroit Tax Auctions Doubles

Average price in Detroit rose from $2,000 to $5,000 in seven years

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Gubernatorial Candidates In Glass Houses On Corporate Handouts

AFL-CIO chief denounces Republican candidate for favoring corporations, but Democratic candidate gave away far more

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