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State Licensure Mandate Ensnarls Another Hair Braider

Washing hair without a license could land Kalamazoo woman in jail for a year

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Governor, Lawmakers Disagree Over Heavy 'Vaping' Regs

Snyder wants to tax and regulate it like smoking, Legislature says no

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Wayne County 'Jail Fail' Site Moves Closer To Subsidized Redevelopment

Experience shows projected jobs for high profile projects often fizzle

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Regular People Get In Trouble For Doing This, But Government Skates

They cash the records request check but then don’t deliver the records

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The Foundation Allowance: Only The Beginning of School Funding

Total funding per school is twice the state-supplied minimum

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Federal Spending To Top $4 Trillion in 2017, Highest Ever

Up $210 billion from last year

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Rooting Out Suspected Bias A Full-Time Job At U-M

University will spend $85 million, enlist ‘campus and community partners’

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State Drops Links To Left-Leaning Political Websites After Inquiry

Official website on campaign finance had skewed representation

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20 Percent Of Michigan Jobs Disappeared Last Year – But Slightly More New Ones Were Created

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Want More Substitute Teachers? Pay Them More

Michigan subs make nearly 20 percent less than the national average

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Need A License To Shampoo Hair For Pay? Michigan Says ‘Yes’

State-imposed hoops weaken competition, impose compliance costs

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We’re No. 13: Fuel Price, Gas Tax Up In Michigan And Elsewhere

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Novi Community Schools Received 952 Applicants For One Teaching Job

The superintendent speaks about the claims of a teacher shortage

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Despite Claims, There Is No Teacher Shortage in Michigan

A majority of Michiganders with a teaching license aren’t teaching

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Replace Coal With Solar? We’re Going To Need A Lot Of Acres

Upper Peninsula plant one example of how much land solar energy takes

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Union Head: Teachers Get No Time to Attend Professional Conferences

Yet, the law and union contracts mandate time off for that and the MEA holds its conferences on school days

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Michigan Unemployment Rate Lower For Not-The-Best Reason — But Still Very Low

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House Shelves Effort to Provide Charter School Transportation Vouchers

Proposal not ready for prime time according to committee chair

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Newspaper Cites ‘Cuts’ in Case for City Tax Hike — But Spending Is Up, Not Down

Watch out for this gimmick when municipal officials cry poverty

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Snyder Calls Legislature's Penalty For No Merit Pay 'Unenforceable'

Governor still approves budget that dings scofflaw districts 5 percent

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Union Gets $241k From Turning Teachers Over to Collection Agency

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Michigan Bans Direct Tesla Car Sales, But Made Money Trading Its Stock

State pension funds realized $22M buying and selling electric carmaker’s stock

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Wind Farm Developer Responds to Michigan Conflict of Interest Questions

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Questionable Job Claims, Patronage Perks Part of Pistons' Move to Detroit

Econ Professor: If spending on arenas benefits the economy, why not spend twice as much?

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Social Media: Did Betsy DeVos Stiff Waiter On $500 Restaurant Bill?

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