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
MSU Pulls Down Windmill Safety Guidelines After Industry Complains
Surprised Extension Service staffers at center of conflict between industry and targeted communities
University of Michigan Violates Open Records Law
It took a lawsuit to obtain public information
No Names in State Budget, But 36 Recipients Getting $38 Million
'A birthing barn at a county fairgrounds located in a county with a population of between 43,000 and 43,300’
School Officials Claim Teacher Shortage; Job Applicant Numbers Tell Another Story
Some teaching positions gets several hundred applicants
Supreme Court Could Bring Right-To-Work To Government Employees Nationwide
Janus case a do-over of the Friedrichs case; ruling expected next June
New ‘Labor Voices’ Column, Same Old Teachers Union Disinformation
The new MEA president spreads the same inaccuracies as the old MEA president
22 Percent of Public Students in Michigan Use School Choice
Number has been growing sharply
City Property Tax Breaks Mean Sweetheart Deals For A Select Few
A system that lets one business get special treatment in a city with 3,000 businesses
City Manager: ‘It might be nice if there was a utopia where everyone played with the same rule book’
Novi administrator explains how and why city gives out tax abatements
One In Four Michigan School District Teachers Chronically Absent
That’s twice the rate of charter school teachers
Former Congressman Dave Camp on Where Tax Reform is Heading in D.C.
An interview with the previous House Ways and Means Committee chairman
Two Standards Of Justice For Sexual Assault Claims
Guidelines let a university deny accused access to a lawyer
State Increases Fee For Public Data From $96 to $3,800
Information in question covers public school employees
MLive Erroneously Reports New Flint Police Officers Get Just $11.25/Hour
News site confuses police academy trainee stipends with starting salaries of sworn officers
Detroit Charter Schools Outperform District School Peers On State Tests
In most but not all grades and subjects, the difference was substantial
Best Schools In Michigan Would Vanish If For-Profit Charters Were Banned
Two top-tier Democratic candidates for governor say that’s what they would do
The Quiet Good News: US Economy Is Doing Really Well
Middle-class incomes are setting new highs, poverty is down, yet no one’s talking about it
New York Times Cherry-Picks Data In Takedown Of Michigan Charter Schools
Third in a series. NYT article excludes observations from nation’s most authoritative research
New York Times Article, Critical of Charter Schools, Misses Key Point on School Funding
Despite media claims, districts in poor communities get more funding, not less
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