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First Time Since 2000, No Local Governments Under State Receivership

June 28, 2018

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

Sept. 23, 2017

State Teachers Union on Privatization: Watch What They Do, Not Say

June 6, 2018

$757 Million In Taxpayer Funds Handed To A Few Lucky Companies This Year

May 24, 2018

Compensation For Federal Employees Up 36 Percent In Michigan Since 2000

April 25, 2018

It’s Not Called The Great Lake State For Nothing

April 18, 2018

Another Michigan School Expert Misstates, Lowballs Taxpayer Contributions

Taxpayers keep giving more, public school establishment keeps denying it

June 15, 2018

$107,400-A-Year Teacher Says Teachers Must Work Second Job To Support Families

Union says she drives for Uber on weekends

June 9, 2018

Detroit Mayor: ‘We’ve Got To Change’ Children Fleeing City’s Failed Schools

Yes, make the schools more attractive, but don’t block parents’ ability to choose better for their kids

June 2, 2018

If Money To Detroit Schools Is A Measure Of Caring, Michigan's People Care

Detroit Free Press column says racism built into our school system

May 31, 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

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