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$71k Average Pay Has Ann Arbor Teachers ‘Contemplating Bankruptcy’

‘None of those examples are exaggerations,’ $65k, five-year teacher tells school board

Tom Gantert | November 20, 2019

Warren Council Votes Self Free Lifetime Health Care; $228 Million Short On Workers’ Benefits

Unfunded liability for promised retiree health care benefits is double city’s annual revenue

Tom Gantert | November 19, 2019

Schools With Many Poor Families Get More Per Kid In Michigan, Not Less

Activist calling for illegal teacher strikes still makes claim

Tom Gantert | November 18, 2019

Look For The Union Label On Legal Pot Shops?

State marijuana regulators propose unauthorized union privilege as condition of licenure

Dawson Bell | November 16, 2019

Teachers Filing Union Unfair Labor Complaint Appear To Be Doing Well

Average pay at their Macomb district $79k; $100k+ not uncommon with optional duties

Tom Gantert | November 15, 2019

Local School Union Claims Unfair Labor Practice, Cites Cuts That Weren’t

Teachers union says its members lost money, but don’t blame state taxpayers

Tom Gantert | November 14, 2019

Tlaib Against Corporate Welfare Except When She Votes For It

In Michigan House she voted ‘yes’ on giving $1.031 billion to corporations

Tom Gantert | November 13, 2019

Targeted Tax Preferences are Unfair

Entrepreneurs drive employment and prosperity

James M. Hohman | November 12, 2019

Entrepreneurs drive employment and prosperity

What You Really Need to Know about Michigan Charter Schools

MLive errs in comparison of academic performance

Ben DeGrow | November 12, 2019

MLive errs in comparison of academic performance

College Instructors Not Getting Rich, But Downtrodden A Stretch

$69k community college instructor, union president laments poor pay in newspaper essay

Tom Gantert | November 12, 2019

Teacher Shortage? For Physics Maybe, But Not Phys-Ed

Union pay restrictions prevent schools from filling some slots

Tom Gantert | November 11, 2019

Detroit Schools Fiscal Decline Began Before Emergency Manager

Media narrative blames school district’s deficits on state, ignore its previous history

Tom Gantert | November 9, 2019

Detroit Schools Enroll More Low Income Students, Get More Money

Despite richer tax base, Grosse Pointe schools get less per student than Detroit

Tom Gantert | November 8, 2019

Michigan’s Not Good For Wind Power, So Consumers Energy Customers Will Pay More

Under 2016 state regulation rewrite, electric utility monopoly makes money either way

Tom Gantert | November 7, 2019

Conflict Of Interest: Officials With Turbine Tower Leases Approve Wind Development

‘First you harvest the (local) officials, then you can harvest the wind’

Dawson Bell | November 5, 2019

Olympic Pool Holds 12 Times Annual Road Runoff Saved By $475K Great Lakes Grant

Total Great Lakes Restoration Initiative spending at $300 million a year

Tom Gantert | November 5, 2019

The Bipartisan State Budget

Budgets generate a lot of conflict, but not a lot of partisan spending

James M. Hohman | November 4, 2019

Budgets generate a lot of conflict, but not a lot of partisan spending

Taxpayers Pay $50 Million For State Police Double-Dipping Program Since 2015

Incentives let active officers also receive pensions during last six years on the job

Sandy Malone | November 4, 2019

EPA Gives Over $6M For Environmental Justice Activism

Great Lakes program will give Wisconsin tribe $80k more

Tom Gantert | November 2, 2019

Mission Creep: Money Touted As Protecting Lakes Goes To ‘Environmental Justice’

Wild rice beds, turtles, rare plants also get money sold as protecting Great Lakes

Tom Gantert | November 1, 2019

Bill Would Allow Banks To Offer Secretary Of State Services

Stories of long wait times prompt effort to have banks renew licenses and car registrations

Tom Gantert | October 30, 2019

Large Hospitals Want State Monopoly On New Cancer Treatment

And a state commission will give it to them unless legislature acts

Dawson Bell | October 30, 2019

New York Times Fits Narrative By Misreporting CapCon Article

Request for correction gets a form letter, no correction

Tom Gantert | October 29, 2019

Federal Appeals Court Doesn’t Buy U-M’s Story On Speech-Chilling Bias Response Team

Orders district court to reconsider the operation’s ‘implicit threat of consequence’

Sandy Malone | October 28, 2019

Michigan’s Corporate Subsidy Board Faces Tough Questioning

There’s a better way to help small business

Jarrett Skorup | October 27, 2019

There’s a better way to help small business

City Enters Local Broadband Business By Saddling Costs On Private Vendors

Marshall exempted itself from costly license and right-of-way costs competitors must pay

Holly Matkin | October 26, 2019

Detroit School District Enrollment Up For First Time This Century

Superintendent says Detroit's conventional school district gained 700 students

Tom Gantert | October 25, 2019

The Student Debt Problem is Widely Misunderstood – Here Are Some Solutions

Student loan debt is around $1.5 trillion

Jarrett Skorup | October 24, 2019

Student loan debt is around $1.5 trillion

Clock is Running out for Michigan Legislators to Help Cancer Patients

Lawmakers should look out for patients instead of big hospitals

Lindsay B. Killen | October 24, 2019

Lawmakers should look out for patients instead of big hospitals

Kmart Property is MEGA Reminder Not to Extend Subsidy Program

Good Jobs for Michigan is modeled after the failed MEGA

Michael D. LaFaive | October 24, 2019

Good Jobs for Michigan is modeled after the failed MEGA

State Taxpayers Giving Company $7 Million To Move 21 Miles

Insurance firm gets to keep income tax its employees pay

Madeline Peltzer | October 24, 2019

Flint Schools Back In Debt After One-Year Hiatus

District may have overspent budget after finally paying off past debt last year

Tom Gantert | October 23, 2019

Public Servants Should Deliver More Than a List of Adjectives

Cheerleading a program without providing evidence is not enough

James M. Hohman | October 22, 2019

Cheerleading a program without providing evidence is not enough

Legacy Media, Journalism Prof Question Mystery News Site

NY Times mischaracterizes CapCon article referenced by site

Tom Gantert | October 22, 2019

Resort Owners On Subsidy Agency's Committee, Get Its Subsidies, Praise It In Newspaper

Spokesman says it’s all legal

Dawson Bell | October 21, 2019

Charter Schools Targeted By Veto To Protest At Governor’s Detroit Office

Regular district schools get raise but not charters, which have more poor and minorities

Tom Gantert | October 19, 2019

Court Denies Records Request For Controversial Activist’s Texts With Mayor

Nikki Joly could get life for arson that killed five pets

Dawson Bell | October 18, 2019

What Happens Now to Roads in Michigan

There are five potential paths lawmakers can take

James M. Hohman | October 17, 2019

There are five potential paths lawmakers can take

Lawmakers Should Let Good Jobs for Michigan Expire

Research shows state jobs programs are ineffective, expensive and unfair

Michael D. LaFaive | October 17, 2019

Research shows state jobs programs are ineffective, expensive and unfair

Politicians Bet Taxpayer Dollars On Soccer, Taxpayers Lose

Lansing mayor said games would bring in big-spending fans

Dawson Bell | October 17, 2019

Is There Really A Teacher Shortage? Grand Rapids Shows It’s Complicated

Many want to be basic classroom teachers, but some specialized positions stay empty

Tom Gantert | October 16, 2019

In Michigan, More Getting Richer, Poor Getting Less Poor

State has recovered ‘very strongly’ from Great Recession

Dawson Bell | October 15, 2019

CMU Tuition More Than Doubled Since 2000; Revenues Up But Enrollment Stagnant

State higher education funding is down, though

Tom Gantert | October 14, 2019

MSU Tuition, Overall Spending Up Big Since 2000; State Funding Down

More spending, higher costs mean more student debt

Tom Gantert | October 12, 2019

An Update on Criminal Justice Policies in Michigan

By most measures, the state has been improving

Jarrett Skorup | October 11, 2019

By most measures, the state has been improving

Five Unionized Public Schools Don't Get Funding Hike, Union Silent

Employees unionized at just five of 300 Michigan charter schools; all excluded from state aid increase

Tom Gantert | October 11, 2019

Corporate Subsidy Formula: Big Promises In Headlines, Failures Invisible

Take those job promises with a grain of salt

Tom Gantert | October 10, 2019

Keep Pure Michigan Spending at $0

The program is ineffective and a waste of taxpayer dollars

Michael D. LaFaive | October 10, 2019

The program is ineffective and a waste of taxpayer dollars

540 Apply For One Teaching Opening, Zero For Six Others

Union contract provisions narrow candidates for some of 184 open positions

Tom Gantert | October 9, 2019

Teacher Shortage? District Gets 1,177 Applications for 30 Openings

Superintendent says 'abundance of applicants without proper certification'

Tom Gantert | October 8, 2019

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