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Michigan Motorists Taxed More; Media and Special Interests Say ‘Not Enough’

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Michigan Public School Enrollment Down 25 Percent Since 1978

Where have all the schoolchildren gone? From 2 million then to 1.5 million now

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Zero Dollars For Michigan Infrastructure? Only If $4 Billion For Transportation Not Counted

State taxpayers paying more than ever for transportation infrastructure

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Don’t Bring Back Granholm’s Tax Credit Legacy

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The Legislative Clock is Ticking

It’s time for free-market reformers to act

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Legislature Overhauls Michigan’s Criminal Justice System

Eighteen new laws mean major progress for public safety and savings

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Parents Blast District For Using Emergency Contact Info To Push Tax Vote

Bait and switch? District makes robocalls on election day

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28 Months After Bankruptcy, Detroit Misses Fiscal Report Deadline A Second Time

Missed it in 2015, missed it in 2016; missed first extension, official says this time for sure

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Doctored Video Promotes Authentic Tax Hike in Northern Michigan School District

Cars passing school made to look faster as narrator talks safety

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Feds Subsidize Solar Cell Maker - And Its Customer

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Colbeck Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Campus Free Speech Infringements

State School Board Member: ‘Taxpayer dollars should not go to such institutions’

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The Fake School Employee: Retiring Union President Spikes $115K State Pension

An extra $99k per year by 'taking leave' — at the union, for 24 years

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Larry Reed Versus ‘Smug, Arrogant, Self-Righteous, PC, Campus Insanity’

Mackinac Center's first president bullied by leftist authoritarians while giving lecture on ancient Rome

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It Would Take 600 Wind Turbines to Replace One Closing U.P. Coal Plant

Natural gas the real replacement, but new Michigan wind mandate means more turbine towers coming, too

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Official Would Need 7-Day, 14-Hour Schedule to Juggle Three City Jobs

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Wind Industry Titan Soaks Up Billions in Tax Subsidies

887 turbines here already; NextEra Energy sues Michigan rural townships for more

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Official Collects Six-Figure Pay From Multiple Cities Simultaneously

If one person can do three at once are cities overpaying?

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While Schools Try Fiscal Responsibility, Union Sets Up Protests

Clintondale and Richmond are trying to stay out of financial trouble, but it may not last

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Awash In Millions In Government Subsidies, Solar Company Still Shuttered Michigan Plant

Three months before closing, federal government boasted 'Future So Bright, You Got To Wear Shades'

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State Dials Back Pollyannaish Pension Assumptions, Admits Deeper Hole

Accepting you have a problem a first step to solving it

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Interest on School Pension Underfunding Could Pay Entire Prison System Cost

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Michigan Pothole Hotline Has More Business This Year

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If Neighbor's Wind Turbine Flings Ice Chunks In Your Yard Is It Trespassing?

Michigan wind farm critic calls allowing the loss of use 'trespass zoning'

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Proposed Wind Turbines In Michigan County Taller Than 'Mighty Mac'

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State Officials' Pension Underfunding Crushing Michigan School Budgets

Officials come up short 7 years in a row, 20 of past 29

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