Partisan interpretations of economic data harms policy development
Meticulous administrative rules can make criminals of the well-intended
Entrepreneurs drive employment and prosperity
MLive errs in comparison of academic performance
Budgets generate a lot of conflict, but not a lot of partisan spending
There’s a better way to help small business
Student loan debt is around $1.5 trillion
Lawmakers should look out for patients instead of big hospitals
Good Jobs for Michigan is modeled after the failed MEGA
Cheerleading a program without providing evidence is not enough
There are five potential paths lawmakers can take
Research shows state jobs programs are ineffective, expensive and unfair
By most measures, the state has been improving
The program is ineffective and a waste of taxpayer dollars
Personal responsibility will do more for the climate than striking
New package of bills would make the expungement process easier
Governor’s selective funding hit unfair, incoherent
Lawmakers pass a budget cutting the agency
Gov. Whitmer can look at cutting corporate welfare programs
Evidence shows subsidy efforts are ineffective
Largest gains were schools, roads and Medicaid
Legislature approves 99% of what Whitmer seeks without a tax hike
Policies proposed during the climate town hall were beyond extreme
Not yesterday, not today, not tomorrow
Negative consequences might offset the benefits
Nearly every aspect of a teacher's job falls under the rules of a union contract. The following are analyses of the current collective bargaining agreements for teachers and a few other employee groups in select Michigan school districts.
Now what? Some special interests have reason to celebrate the high-cost status quo
