Even if the governor and lawmakers can’t agree on whether to raise the gas tax, that’s no reason to shut down state government.
Lawmakers who want to spend more taxpayer money on roads can find another extra $1 billion by using these 13 suggestions.
The state’s Schools of Choice program does not merit the attacks it recently received on a national scale.
A bill in Congress to increase the national minimum wage would harm young and inexperienced workers who need on-the-job experience.
A recent report significantly overstates the number of jobs that renewable energy sources provide.
Michigan should give parents of special needs students more say over their children’s education.
The three competing proposals for the next state budget direct more money to the roads and cut money for corporate welfare.
Michigan improved its school-grading system last year by giving parents more detailed information, but it could still be better.
Michigan has almost doubled its spending on roads since 2010, but it will take a while for the changes to show up.
State lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered on a long-needed fix to fix Michigan’s auto insurance laws, which made auto insurance here more expensive than anywhere else in the country.
Michigan should make it easy for people who have obtained occupational licenses in other states to work legally here.
The state would be better off sticking to funding roads rather than subsidizing film festivals, orchestras and garden poetry readings.
Gov. Whitmer wants government to give students a free community college education. The idea will cost at least $292.5 million per year and accomplish little.
Increasing the gas tax by 45 cents per gallon could raise $2.5 billion, but it would also cost 22,500 jobs in the private sector. Spending that money on roads and cutting other areas of state government spending by the same amount could create 24,000 jobs.
Criminal justice, government transparency and occupational licensing are just three areas ripe for reform.
Too few young schoolchildren know how to read and write at grade level. Spending more money on preschool won’t fix that problem.
State funding of Michigan schools has already increased significantly after years of economic stagnation
The Janus decision is having an effect on membership
