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MEDC Downplayed Pure Michigan Return On Investment Claims? Oh Really

Secretive numbers used in claims have headlined many tales told to reporters and lawmakers

October 24, 2017

School Choice Opponents Hold Another DeVos Protest

Government unions oppose parental choice options like tuition tax credits

October 21, 2017

The False Claim That Won’t Die: School ‘Funding Cuts’ By The State

Ann Arbor and other school districts getting more from the state, not less

October 19, 2017

Millions For Local Earmarks, But Not A Cent To Right An Injustice?

Legislature uses dodgy earmark device to sidestep constitutional restriction on special dealing

October 18, 2017

Auto Insurance Fix Is 2017’s ‘Lobbyist Full Employment Act’

Hospitals opposed to limits on how much they can charge crash victims enter full-spin mode

October 12, 2017

Public Radio Misses Point of U-M’s Open Records Deceptions

University mischaracterized nature of documents to prevent disclosure

October 7, 2017

For This City’s Politicians, Keeping A Lid On Spending Called ‘Trying Times’

Their easy way out is to put city income tax on the Nov. 7 ballot

October 6, 2017

Lansing’s Political Dictionary: $400 Million Tax Revenue Increase Called ‘Shortfall’

Government math at work

October 4, 2017

Does ‘True Success’ for Michigan Business Mean Government Handouts?

Step 1: Sen. Debbie Stabenow introduces you to state corporate welfare agency

September 29, 2017

Michigan’s Best Teacher Gets Recognition But No Reward

No raise for three years under union contract pay scale

September 27, 2017

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

September 23, 2017

Ann Arbor Considering City Income Tax, Blames State

But city is collecting and spending more, not less

September 16, 2017

State Payments To City Hold Steady, Mayor Claims They’re ‘Abandoned’

And payments are projected to increase over the next two years

August 31, 2017

Puffery And Spin The Norm When Industry Advocates Are Protecting Tax Favors

Michigan forestland owners want to keep state and federal tax breaks

August 29, 2017

UAW Spins 26 Percentage-Point Defeat By Nissan Workers As Just ‘A Few Hundred Votes’

Union spent years trying to organize auto ‘transplant’ factories in South — and was blown out

August 28, 2017

Michigan Having ‘Hardest Times In The Union’? That’s So 2009

British media profile of gubernatorial candidate here is behind the times

August 26, 2017

Union Head’s Latest Media Tall Tale: Teachers Get No Time For Conferences

His home district gave its teachers 746 days for professional conferences

August 19, 2017

Cities hurt budgets with police/fire pension spiking schemes, blame state

Got a ticket in Ann Arbor? That cop may have added to his income for the rest of his life

August 14, 2017

Hundreds Apply, But Grand Rapids Union Claims 'Teacher Shortage'

Look for the union agenda

August 12, 2017

Unflattering Comparisons Never Made About Male-Politicians – NOT!

There’s a double standard all right – but the opposite one of what this Democrat claims

August 10, 2017

State Revenue Up Almost Twice The Amount Of Defeated Income Tax Cut

Asked and answered: Governor wanted to know where the money would come from

August 5, 2017

84 Companies Offered $63.8 Million Michigan Taxpayer Dollars In 2016

Yet Gov. Snyder says he doesn't believe in 'buying companies into our states'

August 1, 2017

It Failed

High-end nonprofit found no fix for Detroit schools in doubling down on status quo system

July 28, 2017

Substitute Teachers Paid Fraction Of Full-Time Rate, May Explain Why They’re Hard To Find

Easier to find full-timers, yet official claims they’re in short supply, too

July 24, 2017

Beware the Union Label on Teacher Pay Newspaper Columns

Teacher union president spins and misleads

July 20, 2017

Kid Rock: ‘Work Your Butt Off And Pay Taxes’

Some of those taxes may have been promised to brewer of Kid Rock’s beer

July 19, 2017

East Lansing Cries Poverty in Newsletter, But Fails to Mention Revenue Is Up

Readers of woeful report will be surprised city is taking in more, not less

July 15, 2017

Detroit Schools Chief Wants Out of Charter School Business

Except, the state’s two best elementary schools are charters authorized by his district

July 11, 2017

The Unreported Reason Why Detroit’s Unemployment Rate Dropped

There are 33,619 fewer people in the labor force

July 5, 2017

Teacher Says Young People Don’t Want Teacher Jobs; Data Say They Do

Nearly 30 applicants per opening last year in his district

July 3, 2017

‘Richest Person in Michigan’ Could Get Richer With New State Subsidies

Gilbert named ‘richest’ just weeks after bills signed authorizing millions from taxpayers

June 26, 2017

Teacher Pay Rates Unusually Stable

No one’s getting rich, but to most, it looks like pretty good money

June 23, 2017

Watchdogs Sleep

June 21, 2017

As Soaring Pension Debt Eats Budgets, Teacher Says Reform ‘Makes No Sense’

On public radio website he suggests Republican pension reformers are ‘pathological’

June 13, 2017

U-M Student Newspaper: Shouting Down Speakers Doesn’t Infringe Free Speech

June 12, 2017

$500,000 Retirement Nest Eggs Likely Under Teacher Pension Alternative

Like the current system, new one intended as a hefty supplement to Social Security

June 7, 2017

If This Is Considered 'Working' ... We'd Hate To See What Failure Looks Like

June 3, 2017

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Underestimates Teacher Pay — By $26,000

Candidate needs better information

June 1, 2017

Michigan School Pension Debt Resembles Credit Card Junkie’s Fiscal Death Spiral

May 30, 2017

Writer Insinuates Racial Politics in DeVos’ Hometown, But Events Rebut Claim

Says Holland Michigan unlikely to financially support its schools — but this month voters did just that

May 25, 2017

Official State Plan for Failing Schools: Meetings, Plans, Discussions, More Plans

State won’t close chronically failed Detroit schools, but bureaucrats and stakeholders plan to make plans

May 20, 2017

If US Relied on Solar, Not Coal, 12 Million Workers Would Need to Be Repurposed

Solar produces few watts per worker; with low unemployment who will generate the juice?

May 18, 2017

Union Says Don’t Change Pension System, But Most Teachers Get No Pension

56.6 percent get nothing from ‘most efficient and secure’ school retirement system

May 11, 2017

Big Pension Bite Likely On Kellogg's $51 Million Battle Creek Schools Gift

Underfunded state-run system erodes school budgets and donor largesse

May 10, 2017

Operating Some of Michigan's Best Public Schools is Not A Crime

Politician would make it one, while genuine crooks really were ripping-off schools not far away

May 9, 2017

How Much Are Goldfish Worth? $4.3M If Called ‘Great Lakes Restoration’

Legislator wanted Michigan taxpayers to replace federal spending cuts

May 8, 2017

Dem Amendment Would Define Michigan's Top High School As Criminal Enterprise

Look for the union relationship

May 5, 2017

Former Legislator Over-the-Top on Lobbyists Lying

Second generation politician says lobbyists can ‘trick somebody into a terrible vote’

May 1, 2017

Top 3 Public Schools in Michigan Are Charter Schools

Yet Democratic legislators proposed wiping them out

April 29, 2017

Teachers Union Claims Poverty Is Growing In Michigan — But It’s Not

April 27, 2017

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