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Subsidies For A Few And Tax Hikes For The Rest Worked Poorly Here

All the former governor’s selective corporate handouts couldn’t overcome her huge tax hike or the Great Recession

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State Corporate Welfare Didn't Work For Greenville

Centerpiece of previous governor’s economic policy, has also been favored by current candidates

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Medicaid Dues Skim May Come To An End, After All

Friends, relatives of disabled individuals among those swept into public sector unions

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Municipal Governments Blame State For Their Property Tax Hikes

A presumption that state assistance should only go up

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94 Hours A Week: Presumed Load For This Financial Manager Of Three Michigan Cities

He’s collecting six-figure salaries from two of those metro-area municipalities

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Election Night: More Corporate Handouts or More Personal Income Tax Cuts?

As expected, both candidates have different plans for economic growth

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‘Goliath’ Unions Complain About ‘David’-Sized Think Tanks’ Worker Outreach Campaign

State-based think tank movement informing public employees they can stop paying union fees now

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Northern Michigan Explains Why It Wanted $4,600 For Names And Salaries Of All Its Employees

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Michigan Union Still Pursuing Dues From Teachers Five Years After Right-To-Work

But under new U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the union may also be messing with their constitutional rights

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NMU Wants $4,600 to Look Up and Send Salary Data

It's online at U of M; in new state budget, Northern Michigan University gets $47,998,400

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Jackson County Tells Voters To Show ‘Love’ For Parks

Michigan pretends to ban taxpayer-funded electioneering, local governments pretend to comply

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Superintendent Accused of Intimidation Against Recall Petition Signers

School board president promises zero tolerance for ‘retaliation or harassment’

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When the Cell Door Closes, a Window of Educational Opportunity Should Open

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Campaign Promises Show Misunderstanding of Charter School Landscape

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State Lawmakers Should Cut Business Subsidies Even More Next Year

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Number Of Michiganders Collecting Unemployment Down 90 Percent Since 2009

Less than 1 percent of state workforce needed benefits in June

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Township Voters Give Firm ‘No’ To Government Internet Plan

Recent study found 90 percent of such plans fail

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Foreclosing Over-Taxed Property Helped Wayne County Dodge State Receivership

Profits from auctioning tax-delinquent owners' homes shored up county budget in 2015-16

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Michigan’s Credit Rating Upgraded, Agency Cites School Pension Reform

Teachers unions and public school establishment had claimed going to 401(k)s would hurt state

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Flint Waste Water Department Staffer Paid $117k Last Year

69.28 hours per week for 52 weeks; only union president paid more

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Federal Taxpayer Bailout Likely For Big Union Pension Funds

Dingell: Government action required ‘to put food on the table’ for covered retirees

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Union President Heads List of Highly Paid Flint Employees

A water department staffer, he gets $155k, including $20k to ‘standby’

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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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