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Compensation For Federal Employees Up 36 Percent In Michigan Since 2000

April 25, 2018

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Call For $15 Minimum Wage; Don't Pay Their Interns

Sept. 23, 2017

It’s Not Called The Great Lake State For Nothing

April 18, 2018

For Legislature, University ‘Tuition Restraint’ Means Twice The Inflation Rate

April 4, 2018

Detroit People Mover Loses Almost $10 On Every Ride

March 29, 2018

Detroit City Buses Cost Taxpayers $3.52 Per Trip; Average Rider Pays Just 76 Cents

March 27, 2018

Michigan Teachers Nation’s Highest Paid Given State’s Lower Cost Of Living

Dollars go further here

March 20, 2018

How ‘Ineffective’ Michigan Teachers Get $26k More Than ‘Highly Effective’ Ones

Research shows more letters after a teacher’s name won’t help, but districts pay for them anyway

March 12, 2018

Teachers Union Math Lesson: $8,326 Per Kid > $7,462 Per Kid

State school spending up $1 billion since 2010, but you won’t hear it from union or local news

May 12, 2018

Tough Time To Be Working In Government?

Total compensation has skyrocketed for government workers this century

April 26, 2018

Claims Of Rising Poverty Simply Aren't True

April 23, 2018

Detroit Closed 194 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In 2016-17

Feb. 9, 2018

Breaking Tax Cut Promise In 2011 Cost Michigan Taxpayers $4.3 Billion (So Far)

Feb. 1, 2018

Number Of Unionized Charter Schools In Michigan: 2.4 Percent

Jan. 26, 2018

Did You Know? Michigan Wolf-Dog Ownership Restrictions

Jan. 4, 2018

Michigan Population Rising Again, Still Below 2004 Peak

Dec. 22, 2017

Detroit: 12 Years And $77k For City To Produce Police Shooting Data

Dec. 20, 2017

Go To Jail, Pay $60 Per Night

Dec. 5, 2017

Half a Million Prevailing Wage Rates For 162,000 Construction Workers

Nov. 20, 2017

Arcades Owe Detroit Thousands of Quarters Each Year

Nov. 17, 2017

Price of Electricity Up 85 Percent Since 2001

Nov. 14, 2017

East Lansing Loses $350,000 Running 'Aquatic Center'

Nov. 10, 2017

Michigan Lottery Sees Huge Increase, Meaning Windfall for Schools

Nov. 7, 2017

Michigan’s Big Electric, Gas Monopoly Hikes Rates, Rakes In Billions

Oct. 24, 2017

Michigan Manufacturing Is Back (If Not All The Way)

Oct. 10, 2017

Lowest-Paid Flint Officer: $17 Per Hour (Not $11.25)

Sept. 26, 2017

83,000 Plus: The Number of State Regulations That Affect Your Life

Michigan agencies have piled up more than 4.6 million words

Aug. 31, 2017

Michigan Unemployment Rate: From Worst To ‘We’re No. 16!’

Aug. 19, 2017

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

Up $210 billion from last year

Aug. 1, 2017

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

July 28, 2017

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

July 25, 2017

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

July 20, 2017

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

July 14, 2017

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

July 12, 2017

1 In 10 People Who Had Property Forfeited To Police Were Not Charged With A Crime

July 8, 2017

Two Michigan Cities Ranked Among Nation’s Best Places To Be A Teacher

July 4, 2017

Superintendent Gets Above Average Pay, District’s Teachers, Below Average

June 22, 2017

Teacher Makes $77k, Gets $13k Raise Over 5 Years, Complains It's 'Embarrassing'

June 16, 2017

Solar Makes 1/676th the Electricity As Coal In Michigan

June 9, 2017

Detroit Mayor's Jobs Program Starts With His Office Payroll

June 7, 2017

Pension Shortfall Since 2009 is Enough to Give Every Teacher a $180K Bonus

May 24, 2017

Not Taxed Enough? How About Now? Is It Ever Enough for Special Interests?

May 15, 2017

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

May 13, 2017

Feds Subsidize Solar Cell Maker - And Its Customer

April 29, 2017

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

April 22, 2017

Interest on School Pension Underfunding Could Pay Entire Prison System Cost

April 14, 2017

Michigan Pothole Hotline Has More Business This Year

April 13, 2017

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Planting Trees in Vacant Parking Lots to Save Great Lakes

April 4, 2017

1,400 Michigan Wind Turbines Needed To Replace The Palisades Nuclear Plant

Michigan also plans to shutter all its coal plants

March 30, 2017

Michigan to Pay $660 Million in Secret Corporate Giveaways This Year

March 29, 2017