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No More ‘Chippewas,’ ‘Eskymos’ or ‘Fighting Scots’? Bill Bans Ethnic Mascots

State government officials would create a ‘banned in Michigan’ list

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Michigan Lottery Sees Huge Increase, Meaning Windfall for Schools

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Legislature Looking to Streamline Internet Services

Bills would limit fees and ban government-owned networks

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Don’t Push the School Funding Panic Button

Districts can adapt to federal enrollment projections

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Michigan Local Governments Have Self-Inflicted Financial Problems

It’s up to them to stop adding retiree debt

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Incentive For New Teachers in Hard-To-Fill Specialties? Zero

Experience, independent research, suggest Michigan’s system doesn’t make sense

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It’s Mostly Dems Pushing Auto Insurance ‘Alternative’ Bills That Benefit Trial Attorneys

Alternative package would make it easier to sue, raising costs of nation’s most expensive auto insurance

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CEOs of Michigan’s Big Energy Monopolies Get Millions, Customers Get Rate Hikes

DTE’s head collected $12.5 million while company lobbied for friendly rewrite of state regulations

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Close Coal Plants, Open Gas Plants, DTE Gets 10 Percent Profit Either Way

It’s good to be a regulated electric monopoly in Michigan

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State’s Largest Teachers Union Offloads Some Pension Obligations Onto Taxpayers

MEA’s own unfunded pension liabilities now stand at $130.3 million

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Fraser Public Schools Explains Its Role In A Union Pension Spiking Scheme

Superintendent says the law allows it and legislators had the chance to end it but didn't

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Sweet Deal: Another Teachers Union President's Pension On Taxpayers' Dime

Fraser Schools agrees to pension spiking arrangement with union official

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Michigan’s Big Electric, Gas Monopoly Hikes Rates, Rakes In Billions

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Michigan Auto Insurance Reform Would Mandate Nation’s Richest Injury Coverage

Even if bill becomes law, the state would still be highest in the country for personal injury protection

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Millions Borrowed And Spent For Enviro Cleanups – But Did They Happen?

Sloppy state records mean taxpayer dollars may have been thrown away

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State Spends $660 Million In Public Debt, But For What?

Nearly 30 years on, we’re still not sure what that money bought

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State of Michigan To Restrict Union ‘Ghost Workers’

Currently, 20 state employees do only union work on state time; still others do it part-time

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Union Labels Nonunion Employees 'Welfare Scabs' With Vulgar Photo on Company Property

Employee calls the tactic ‘bullying’ and contrary to company policy

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Libertarian Scholar Charles Murray Is Shouted Down At U-M Event By Students

Protesters call Murray 'sexist, racist, KKK!'

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Michigan's Top Cop Could Lose $161,903 In Double Dipping Benefits If Ousted

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Liquor Store Owners Think It’s Great For State To Ban Nearby Competition

Free-market think tank expert testifies to committee that it’s not great at all

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Michigan Manufacturing Is Back (If Not All The Way)

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MSU Pulls Down Windmill Safety Guidelines After Industry Complains

Surprised Extension Service staffers at center of conflict between industry and targeted communities

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Michigan Has Repealed Some Unnecessary Laws But Too Many Remain

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Climate Agreements and Corporate Responsibility

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