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Newspapers, Experts Agree: Climate Causes Plummeting, Record High Water Levels

Tom Gantert | February 22, 2020

Public Sector Pay Transparency All About Accountability

Tom Gantert | February 21, 2020

Bill Would Tax Residences For Local Business Improvements

Holly Matkin | February 20, 2020

Use Better Assumptions to Pay for Pensions

James M. Hohman | February 19, 2020

Michigan Teacher Pay Complicated Enough To Spin Many Narratives

Tom Gantert | February 19, 2020

Bad Arguments for Government Broadband in Metro Detroit

Jarrett Skorup | February 18, 2020

Michigan Officials Skeptical of Controversial Drug Rationing Program

Dawson Bell | February 18, 2020

More Talk, Less Action for Troubled School Districts?

Ben DeGrow | February 17, 2020

Do Teachers Buy Classroom Supplies? Districts Say ‘We Do’ And Have Receipts

Tom Gantert | February 17, 2020

How Independent Will Michigan’s New Redistricting Commission Be?

Jarrett Skorup | February 15, 2020

Michigan Law Clear: Taxpayers, Not Teachers, Buy Classroom Supplies

Tom Gantert | February 14, 2020

Analyses Critical Of Michigan School Funding Ignore Almost 20% Of Detroit Operations Money

Tom Gantert | February 13, 2020

How Tax Policy Gets Poked Full of Holes

James M. Hohman | February 12, 2020

State Says Schools Must Provide Classroom Supplies

Tom Gantert | February 12, 2020

Doubling Down on Government Preschool

Ben DeGrow | February 11, 2020

It’s Never Enough: Government Beneficiaries Always Want More

Jarrett Skorup | February 11, 2020

A Teacher Union Fact Check on School Choice

Jarrett Skorup | February 11, 2020

‘Watch What They Do,’ Whitmer Says — And State Road Funding Down This Year

Tom Gantert | February 11, 2020

Michigan Union Membership Reached Historic Low In 2019

Marc Kilmer | February 10, 2020

Great Lakes Water Levels Too High? Too Low? For 60 Years Newspapers Answer: Yes

Tom Gantert | February 8, 2020

Governor’s Budget Proposal Revisits Pure Michigan, Other Industry Welfare

Michael D. LaFaive | February 7, 2020

Schools Will Get No Relief From Construction Mandate, Whitmer Says

Dawson Bell | February 7, 2020

Taking Michigan’s Literacy Challenge Seriously

Ben DeGrow | February 6, 2020

How Michigan Regulates Child Care Shows How Ineffective Licensing Laws Are

Jarrett Skorup | February 6, 2020

Wayne County Took Thousands of Vehicles Without Filing Criminal Charges

Dawson Bell | February 6, 2020

Unions Praise Governor’s Modest School Funding Hike, Rebuked GOP Predecessor’s Much Larger One

Tom Gantert | February 5, 2020

Michigan Can Spend its Fuel Taxes on Roads

James M. Hohman | February 4, 2020

Residents Question Replacing Michigan Farmland With Miles Of Solar Cells

Dawson Bell | February 4, 2020

10 Years Of Michigan Capitol Confidential Online

Tom Gantert | February 3, 2020

Rough Estimate Puts Cost Of 25-Year Whitmer Road Debt Well Above $1 Billion

Tom Gantert | February 1, 2020

Using State's Credit Card To Fix Roads Now Means 25 Years Of Payments

Tom Gantert | January 31, 2020

Ed Trust-Midwest Report Misses the Mark

Ben DeGrow | January 30, 2020

Auditors Discover Oversight Failure At Detroit Fire Department

Tom Gantert | January 30, 2020

Some Basis For Voters' Suspicion No Tax Hike Needed To Fix Roads

Tom Gantert | January 29, 2020

All On Its Own, Flint Was A Financial Basket Case For Years

Tom Gantert | January 28, 2020

Better Economy Means More Tax Dollars

James M. Hohman | January 27, 2020

Detroit Schools Spent $250K Sending Students, Staff To Italy

Tom Gantert | January 27, 2020

No Debt, No Tax Hike: Michigan Can Add $897 Million To Road Budget Right Now

Madeline Peltzer | January 25, 2020

Proposed Flavor Bans Invites Trouble

Michael D. LaFaive and Todd Nesbit, Ph.D. | January 24, 2020

Michigan College’s $98k Equity And Inclusion Officer To Political Opponents: ‘F**k Trump’

Dawson Bell | January 24, 2020

Bans And Bad Feelings After ‘Stealth’ Odd-Year, August School Tax Hike Election

Sandy Malone | January 23, 2020

Bill To Increase State Transparency Could Reduce It

Holly Matkin | January 22, 2020

No Need to Fear ‘Uncertified’ Teachers in Michigan – There Are Thousands of Them

Jarrett Skorup | January 21, 2020

More Attention for Interstate Compacts to Eliminate Business Subsidies

James M. Hohman | January 21, 2020

It’s Time to Improve the School Bond Election Process

Ben DeGrow | January 21, 2020

Open Records Law Request? See What The Lawyers Say (You Pay)

Tom Gantert | January 21, 2020

State Worker Salaries Stagnate Due to Skyrocketing Cost Of Benefits

Dawson Bell | January 20, 2020

Change In Basic Water Use Law Could Hit Michigan Farms

Tom Gantert | January 18, 2020

Rational Environmentalism in 2020

Thomas M. Doran | January 17, 2020

The Working Class Is Not Worse Off Today Than During the Recession

Jarrett Skorup | January 17, 2020

Strong Demand For Government-Owned Broadband – From Government Officials

Dawson Bell | January 17, 2020

Without Context, Water Use Claims Are Misleading (Millions? Billions? Trillions?)

Tom Gantert | January 16, 2020

Road Debt Gives Michigan Little Other Than Interest Payments

James M. Hohman | January 16, 2020

These Teachers Earning More Under ‘Right To Work For Less’

Tom Gantert | January 15, 2020

A Good Economy Means More State Revenue Without a Tax Hike

James M. Hohman | January 14, 2020

Motorists Already Doing More For Roads Without Another Tax Hike

Tom Gantert | January 14, 2020

Gov. Whitmer Says Michigan Carmaker Jobs Up; They’re Not

Madeline Peltzer | January 13, 2020

Detroit School’s Response On Costly Travel Expenses Raise More Questions

Tom Gantert | January 11, 2020

Moving Company Reports More Customers Leave Michigan Than Move Here

Dawson Bell | January 10, 2020

Public Transit: Moving Few at a Huge Expense

James M. Hohman | January 9, 2020

Lawmakers Should Not Resurrect Pure Michigan Subsidy Program

Michael D. LaFaive | January 9, 2020

Motorists Still Paying For Engler And Granholm’s Road Debt

Tom Gantert | January 9, 2020

Water Bottler A Drop In The Trillions Of Gallons That Fall On Michigan

Tom Gantert | January 8, 2020

‘The Nation’ Blames Michigan GOP For Cuts In School Budgets Signed By Dem Governor

Tom Gantert | January 7, 2020

Democratic Minority Voters Overwhelmingly Favor School Choice

Ben DeGrow | January 6, 2020

Michigan Lawmakers on Pace for the Smallest Increase in Business Subsidies

James M. Hohman | January 6, 2020

Forfeiture Cases Can Take Years, Even for the Innocent; Supreme Court May Help

Jarrett Skorup | January 6, 2020

Bill Extends Criminal Sanctions To Eavesdropping Via Siri, Alexa, Smart TVs

Sandy Malone | January 6, 2020

More Inaccurate Media On Amount Michigan Taxpayers Pay For Schools

Tom Gantert | January 4, 2020

Nature Outstrips Commerce In Discharging Great Lakes Water

Tom Gantert | January 3, 2020

‘Trump Tax Cuts’ Have Benefited Union Workers

Jarrett Skorup | January 2, 2020

This Land Is Your Land - But Under These Bills Not The Water

Dawson Bell | January 2, 2020

CapCon’s Top 10 Stories For 2019

Tom Gantert | January 1, 2020

More Michigan Internet Purchases Taxed Starting New Year’s Day

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | December 31, 2019

Michigan Nurse Sues Teamsters For Taking Illegal Union Dues

Madeline Peltzer | December 30, 2019

Decade’s Top 10 Legislators For Missing Votes: 9 Represented Detroit

Tom Gantert | December 28, 2019

‘It’s Not Getting Better Here': Teacher On Life After Right-To-Work

Tom Gantert | December 27, 2019

DTE’s Renewable Energy Plan Won’t Satisfy Green Groups

Dawson Bell | December 26, 2019

70 Times Gunshots Fired On School Grounds In Michigan Since 1970

Tom Gantert | December 24, 2019

How Did Detroit Schools Spend $286,596 On LA Conference?

Tom Gantert | December 23, 2019

A Record In Snyder’s Last Budget, Transportation Budget Down in Gov. Whitmer’s First

Tom Gantert | December 21, 2019

Three Reasons to Oppose New Corporate Incentives

Jarrett Skorup | December 20, 2019

Simplistic ‘Teacher Shortage’ Claims Hype, But Big Challenges In Some Areas

Tom Gantert | December 20, 2019

Legislative Year Finishes With High Fiscal Notes

Michael D. LaFaive | December 19, 2019

Study: Legislators Authorize Penalties, Unelected Bureaucrats Decide Where They Apply

Dawson Bell | December 19, 2019

A Cautionary Tale About Job Promises And Corporate Subsidies

Tom Gantert | December 18, 2019

Michigan Bureaucrats Want to Force Unions on Pot Businesses

Jarrett Skorup | December 17, 2019

For First Time Since 1949, US Exported More Oil Than It Imported

Holly Matkin | December 17, 2019

Persistent Accounting Failures Risk Benton Harbor Schools’ Federal Money

Tom Gantert | December 16, 2019

Michigan’s Largest Teachers Union Got Nearly $500k From Collections Agencies

Tom Gantert | December 14, 2019

Michigan’s Two Big Teachers Unions In Decline

Tom Gantert | December 13, 2019

State School Aid Deal Fits Decade-Long Upward Trend

Ben DeGrow | December 12, 2019

Why Do Complaints About Teachers’ Pay Never Say How Much They Get?

Tom Gantert | December 12, 2019

Politicians Get Too Much Blame — and Credit — for Economic Trends

James M. Hohman | December 11, 2019

Oakland County’s New Chief Diversity Officer To Get Up To $143k

Dawson Bell | December 11, 2019

Dues-Paying Membership In Teachers Union Has Collapsed Since Right-To-Work

Tom Gantert | December 10, 2019

Bills Would Slightly Ease, Not Repeal, Anti-Competitive Hospital Rationing Law

Sandy Malone | December 9, 2019

Teachers Union HQ Contracted Out For Janitors, Opposes Same For Schools

Tom Gantert | December 7, 2019

Whitmer Ran On Road Repair Promise, But Will Spend Less To Fix Them Than Last Year

Tom Gantert | December 6, 2019

Teachers’ Pay Didn’t Fall, But Great Recession Did Drive ‘Reduction In The Rate Of Increase’

Tom Gantert | December 5, 2019

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