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Most Cities Require Rental Registrations – This One Gets Personal

Warren strikes out at landlord refusing to submit driver’s license number of herself and tenants

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Detroit’s Per-Resident Revenue Sharing Haul More Than Double Most Other Towns’

Dem governor candidate complains revenue sharing is hurting Detroit

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Funding Up, But Detroit School Official Claims ‘Budget Cuts’ Stole Recess

Detroit schools getting $212 more per student this year, after $617 million taxpayer bailout in 2016

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For Union Dues Opt-Out Story, NPR Finds Teacher Making $27,000 Less Than Average

National teachers union database paints a different picture of pay levels

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Detroit Council Calls For $15 Minimum Wage; Many City Workers Get Less

Statement ‘strongly encourages downtown developers’ to pay a living wage

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Michigan Has Added a Whole Miami Worth of Jobs Since Peak Recession

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Big Piece of Utility’s Future Electricity Supply Plans: Michigan Consumers Use Less

Plan raises questions about who decides how customers use electricity, and how much they'll have

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State’s ‘Surplus Property’ Process Unchanged For Three Years After Warning of Fraud Risk

Agency responsible for selling unneeded equipment says fix finally put in place this spring

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University Spending, Not a Lack of Taxpayer Support, Drives Higher Tuition

History suggests the schools pocket the additional taxpayer contributions and still raise tuition

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Statistics, Anecdotes Point To Public Employees Mostly Doing Better Not Worse

Pay varies by geographic area and job, but hard to make case that government workers are suffering

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Again, Data Trashes ‘Detroit Schools Underfunded’ Narrative

Yet the actual numbers are easily found on a state website

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U of M’s Office Of Institutional Equity Is In Court For Due Process Violations

‘The accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him’

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Utility Consultant Suggests Basing Electric Capacity Plans On Idea That Carbon Caps Are Coming

Higher prices and less reliable power for Michigan customers are possible outcomes

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Teachers Union On Supreme Court Janus Ruling: ‘Women And Minorities Hardest Hit’

Assertion based on mistaken reading of Michigan’s right-to-work law

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No Charge, No Conviction — But 956 People Still Lose Stuff To Cops

Michigan releases 2017 civil asset forfeiture report

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Is One Subsidy Really Any Better?

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Neither Inmates Nor Counties Get Out of Jail Free

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Policy Proposed for Medicaid Workers Too Broad, Harms Patients and Consumers

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Michigan Capitol Confidential Removes Story With Wrong Data On Car Repairs

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Michigan’s Local Wind Farm Opposition May Drive New Developments To Iowa

Utility’s figures also suggest tens of thousands of acres of solar collectors coming here

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Big Michigan Utility Expects No ‘Significant Growth’ Of Electric Cars Here

Consumers Energy sees potential but projects no jump in power demand from EVs

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Michigan Public Sector Salaries Have Increased Every Year Since 2001

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Charter School Critic Shocked At Groups Giving Teachers Information On Unions

Campaign tells teachers that union fees are now optional

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Retired Police Woman Has Made $200,000 + Annually

Leading newspaper says public servants, like her, are ‘losing their foothold in the middle class’

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Teacher Once Claimed He Fantasized About Being A Barista

Three years later, he's making $9,000 more a year

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