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"Wasteful and Wrongheaded"
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House Fiscal Agency Analysis of the DLEG budget
Slideshow presentation explaining what DLEG does
State Checkbook Still Missing from Internet
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Mackinac Center "Show Michigan the Money" transparency project
Office of the Governor responds to Mackinac Center request
Correspondence between the Mackinac Center and the Executive Branch
Department of State expenditure reports
Office of the Governor's transparency website
Attorney General's transparency website
Frugality Put in the Pokey
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Committee testimony on HB 6112
House Fiscal Agency analysis of HB 6112
Is Private Property Leaking Away?
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Russ Harding's commentary on this issue (with opportunity for reader comments)
Michigan Chamber of Commerce statement on this vote (see page 11)
Press statement from the Senate Democratic Caucus
Growing Up Means Resisting the Statist Impulse
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The Lowdown: Recall Drama Rumbles On
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The Lowdown: Labor Pains
Wayne State University Labor Studies Center
University of Michigan Labor Studies Center
Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations
School Service Privatization Grows Again
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I'm Just a Bill
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Senate Bill 1087 -- Impose restrictions on citizen's initiative signature gathering
House Bill 6304 -- Increase "historic" building regulation penalties
House Bill 6279 -- Place "Brass Roots" plaque on Capitol grounds
House Bill 5758 -- Require state to pay for Detroit school elections
House Bill 5679 -- Impose new regulations on maple syrup producers
Senate Bill 895 -- Create "statewide recycling coordinator" office
House Bill 5628 -- Mandate skiers and snowboarders wear helmet
House Bill 5751 -- Establish new ethanol, alternative fuel subsidies
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