Detroit Schools’ Annual Budget Balanced With Emergency Bailout Money
$10M in so-called state transition-cost dollars helping keep the district out of deficit
Why There’s a Revolving Prison Door
New research suggests that strict parole rules contribute to inflated prison populations
How to Solve Government Employee Retiree Health Insurance Costs
Freeze salary schedules until health insurance is fully funded
Change Careers to Teaching? Take the SAT
New bureaucratic rule constricts educator pipeline
Another Pension ‘Spike’ For Outgoing Teachers Union President
$4k added to the $92,000 annual lifetime boost he previously orchestrated
Michigan’s Largest Teachers Union Has Lost 25 Percent of Its Members
MEA’s decline much greater than its ‘worst fears’ after right-to-work allowed teachers to leave
Michigan’s Largest Teachers Union Funds Leftist Activist Group
Michigan Education Association gave Progress Michigan $71,000 this year
State Ends Fiscal Year With Surplus After 12 House Republicans Defeat Tax Cut
Tax cut proponent: It shows Michigan government can afford to take less
Union Head Questions Corporate Pay, Ignores Own Officers’ Huge Salaries
Teachers union president gets $492k in 2017, after years of pay freeze for teachers
No Arrest — But Cops Took And Kept His $2,035 Anyway
Your assets are presumed guilty in Michigan; legislation would change that
Bills Would Ban Keeping Taxpayer Handouts To Corporations Secret
A handful of companies are getting billions, but citizens are forbidden to know who or how much
Police Set Up Crime, Entrap College Student’s Cellphone and $100
Though none were criminally charged, 523 in Michigan still lost property forfeited to police last year
Unions That Say Prevailing Wage Law Protects Retirees Mismanage Worker Pensions
Reports show Michigan construction union pensions in ‘critical’ condition
Half Of Able-Bodied Michigan Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Don’t Work
More than 600,000 enrolled, while total state unemployment down to just 218,000
Iron Mountain Schools Draws Flak for Novel Homeschool Co-op
'I don’t think it’s a fair way of doing it,' says neighboring superintendent
Teachers Union Head Gets Annual $92,000 Pension Bonus, Courtesy of Taxpayers
Scheme let top union officials get school pensions based on six-figure union salaries
With Income Tax Rejected By Voters, East Lansing Looks at Spending Cuts
A common story: Residents will pay for years of pension underfunding by elected officials
Another Local Politician Violates Election Law, Sanctions Again Unlikely
‘Elected officials ... violate the law far too often,’ says critic of taxpayer-funded tax-hike electioneering
City Taxpayers Will Pay Millions For Past Employees’ Benefits
Politicians break faith, promise retiree health insurance without paying for it
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