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Jack Spencer

Capitol Affairs Specialist

Jack Spencer is Capitol affairs specialist for Michigan Capitol Confidential, a news service of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Spencer is a veteran Lansing-based journalist who worked 13 years at the Michigan Information & Research Service.

Snyder Signs Bill Reinforcing That Graduate Students Are Students, Not Employees

The Stealth Election That Led To The Home Health Care 'Dues Skim'

School Districts Will Soon No Longer Be Responsible For Deducting Teacher Union Dues

Union-Supported Ballot Proposal Targets Right-to-Work, Recent Reforms

Bill To Prevent U of M Grad Student Research Assistant Unionization Headed To Governor

Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' More Than Matches SEIU '08 Obama Contributions

Prison Privatization Bill Locked Up By House Inaction

Tea Party Groups Set To Pick U.S. Senate Candidate

GOP-Dominated Senate To SEIU: 'Here's $4 Million'

How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home Health Care Providers Took Place

Bill To Stop Graduate Student Unionization Moves Ahead

Further Down the Rabbit Hole: Forced Unionization 'Dues Skim' Linked To West Coast Scandal

Should Threats Against Legislators Have Stricter Penalites?

Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money Skim' Lead To Former ACORN Organizer

MSU Starts Student Health Care Mandate

'Forced Unionization' Employer Out of the Picture, But Dues Keep Flowing To SEIU

SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator $5K on Day Bill to End 'Forced Unionization' Arrived in Senate

Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Worse Than Previously Thought

MCQ3 Response To 'Forced Unionization'

Indiana Is A Right-to-Work State

U-M Forced Grad Student Unionization Case: Court Approves One-Sided Hearing

When Will Right-to-Work Come to Michigan?

Indiana Dems Still Boycotting To Avoid Right-To-Work Vote

BREAKING: Indiana House Passes Right-to-Work Bill — Measure To Become Law Soon

Indiana Dems Lose On Right-to-Work Bill and Run Again

Today May Be 'High Noon' Over Indiana Right-to-Work Bill

Indy Democrats Still Not Showing Up — Right-to-Work Standoff Drags On

Indiana RTW: No Movement, Just Rhetoric

Breaking News: Indiana Dems Run Again, Right-to-Work Bill On Hold

UAW Member: Union Workers 'Need to Embrace' Right-to-Work Laws

Muskegon Health Care Workers Get Out of SEIU

Indiana Right-to-Work Bill Slows Down

Right-to-Work Inches Ahead in Indiana

Dems Don't Run: Standoff Ends — Indiana Right-to-Work Obstacle Cleared

Muskegon SEIU Escape Vote Set For This Week

2011 in Review: A Year of Reforms

Interview With Congressman Dave Camp

Cap on Charter Public Schools Eliminated

Politicians Put Recall Rights In Crosshairs

Bill Banning the Use of Public Funds to Collect Union Dues Stalls in Senate

House Has Rare Opportunity With Charter Public School Cap Vote

'Forced Unionization' Brings In $28 Million For SEIU ... And Climbing

House Ready To Move Bills Prohibiting Automatic Union PAC Deductions

Democrat Measure Targets Charter Public Schools

Blocking Forced Unionization Dissent?

NLRB 'Ignores' Rules To Rush Union Elections

Interview With New House Education Committee Chairman, State Rep. Tom McMillin

Reactions to Forced Unionization

Smoked Out: Group Says Ban Leads to Continued Drop in Bar, Tavern Business