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Governor’s 6-Year-Old Corporate Handout Program Should Be Shuttered

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Juvenile Justice Shouldn’t Create Lifelong Obstacles

Give more children access to the advantages of youth-oriented offense resolution

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Bridge Magazine Calls 'Foul' On Michigan Capitol Confidential Article

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A Lot Fewer Detroit Public Schools Teachers Rated 'Highly Effective'

But that may not be a bad thing

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How Much Less Union Politicking If Supreme Court Bans Forced Fees?

With compulsory fees coming in, teachers union spent $29.8 million on politics in 2016 cycle

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Firm Gets $220,000 State Subsidy Deal, Files For Bankruptcy

Records show $100,000 was spent; what happens next up to state corporate welfare officials

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Michigan PTA Needs Refresher On Law Governing Charter School Admissions

Conventional public school establishment's ally gives House Education Committee bad information

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Nonprofit Helps Ex-Prisoners Stay Clean

RecoveryPark provides food to restaurants, path to society for former inmates

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Of Michigan’s 100 Best Public Elementary And Middle Schools, 30 Are Charters

This gubernatorial candidate would shut many down for hiring a professional management company

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Teacher Pay Data Part of Public Discussion Of School Finance

Here’s why we request data on teacher pay

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MSU Spending Big For Post-Nassar PR

‘That’s a lot of money on PR’ says veteran professor

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A Swimming Pool’s Worth of Parking Lot Runoff Not ‘Vital’ To Great Lakes

Millions from this $300 million annual spending pot go to pet projects, not critical ones

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Industrial Wind Farms Bring Political Conflict, Recalls and Lawsuit to Township

State’s renewable mandate also bringing hundreds of new turbine towers

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City Taking In More But Manager Cries Poverty

Municipalities with growing revenue blame state for not adding even more dollars

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Michigan College Lands On Wrong Kind Of Top 10 List

Albion College’s intemperate handling of student’s foolish gag attracts attention of national free speech group

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Flint Schools Hanging On After 77 Percent Enrollment Decline Since 2003

In this district, teachers really did take pay cuts

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Detroit Closed 194 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In 2016-17

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Last Year, Flint Schools Got Double The State Average In Funding

Yet local teachers union said $20k per student isn’t enough

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Former State Trooper: Cops, Prosecutors Misuse Problematic Asset Forfeiture Law

‘Civil asset forfeiture erodes the public trust in law enforcement’

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Where Teachers Get Highest Pay Has Shifted Over Past Three Years

Here’s the top 10 school districts by average pay

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Debate Heated On Ending Police Keeping Seized Property With No Conviction

In Michigan, more than 500 people lost property in 2016 with no criminal charges

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Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law Needs to Go

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Michigan Charters Get More Bang for the Buck

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Extreme Cold Highlights Our Need for Better Energy Options

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City’s Politicians Strive To Beat The Clock Spending Federal Money

‘We are trying very desperately to save this money’

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