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How Lansing Dodges Tax Cuts

Never admit state government is taking more

March 31, 2017

Michael Moore: Trump Rule Change Means Human Extinction

Who sends the press release if humans are extinct?

March 30, 2017

Media's Attacks on DeVos Rife with Factual Inaccuracies

Progressive narrative trumps facts in coverage of Trump education secretary

March 29, 2017

Meet the New Detroit School District: Fewer Students, More Expenses, a Deficit

But teachers get a long-delayed pay raise July 1

March 28, 2017

You, Too, Can Be A Certified Media Fact-Checker For Just $99

March 25, 2017

Do High Tax States Grow Faster?

This Democratic state senator thinks they might

March 24, 2017

Michigan Wants to Fine Schools for Indian Mascots But Not for Violating State Laws

School contracts violate laws related to racial preferences, right-to-work, and more

March 18, 2017

Extra Caution Needed On 'Average' Teacher Salary Claims

It's easy to paint a false picture of decline even when everyone's getting raises

March 16, 2017

Close To Immortal: Michigan Won't Close Failing Public Schools After All

Parents may not be impressed by the alternative

March 11, 2017

How Many College Bureaucrats Does It Take To Answer A Records Request?

U-M employs three highly paid administrators

March 11, 2017

Obscure Websites and Protecting Great Lakes

Big pot of federal money attracts attention

March 9, 2017

Teacher Making $53,000 Says She Could Earn More as a Waitress

Also receives pension and generous health benefits

February 27, 2017

Michigan's Largest School Districts Breaking Teacher Pay Law

12 of 20 ignore law completely, another 6 pay lip service

February 23, 2017

Who Watches the Union’s Fake News Watchers?

'Where is the evidence?' A very good question for teachers union

February 10, 2017

School Pension Iceberg: Beware What’s Under Budget Surface

Above or below the line, pension costs come out of education budgets

February 9, 2017

'Tax Cut Fever' In Lansing? Spending Increases Show Opposite

Spending fever hard to break

February 8, 2017

School Board Says DeVos 'Unfit' For Advocating Policies It Practices

East Lansing schools big outsourcers; but board attacks Education Secretary pick for pro-privatization stance

January 26, 2017

Rising Economy Increased Michigan Tax Revenue More Than Gas Tax Hike

With different priorities, Legislature could have spared motorists big road tax hikes

January 24, 2017

Washington Post Bashes Detroit Charters Citing Study That Praises Detroit Charters

January 21, 2017

Most Charters Perform 'Significantly Better' Than District Schools on Core Subjects

January 20, 2017

Yesterday's Pension Underfunding Means Fewer Raises For Today's Teachers

January 19, 2017

Incomes Rise in Right-to-Work Michigan; Officials Project More To Come

Opponents' 'right-to-work for less' predictions fall flat

January 17, 2017

President of Nation's Largest Teachers Union Got 23 Percent Pay Bump Last Year

Michigan teachers contributed

January 14, 2017

Another Charter School Critic Misses the Mark

Accountability? Failed charter schools are closed; no record of same for district schools

December 19, 2016

New York Times Wrong: Detroit Charter Schools Didn't 'Desert' Kids, the City Did

Mayor and city council banned selling shuttered schools to charters serving neediest children

December 17, 2016

Teachers Union Said They Were Done Losing Members (They’ve Lost 17K Since)

MEA membership is down to 90,000 from 117,000 before right-to-work

December 5, 2016

School Budgets, Senate Pension Reforms Under Attack From Pension System

System costs Birmingham schools 60 percent more, but managers say don’t touch it

December 1, 2016

ACLU Joins DeVos Assaults By Ignoring Inconvenient Charter School Truths

Charters do better, and outcompete conventional unionized schools when parents can choose

December 1, 2016

The New York Times’ Comprehension Problem on Detroit Charters

November 30, 2016

School Choice Opponents Recycle Myths as Trump Picks DeVos for Education

No myth: Most children in charters learn more than peers in district schools

November 29, 2016

Higher Education Spending Still Down After Michigan's 'Lost Decade,' But Rising

Union overshoots with claim of 30 percent decline

November 28, 2016

Cost of Federal Employees Who Said They'd Quit Under Trump: $65 Billion

Poll says 25 percent would leave, but going to private sector could mean big pay cuts

November 26, 2016

Annual Cost To Pay Teachers Same As Doctors $1,283 Per Person

Viral song’s pop politics only cool until you do the math

November 16, 2016

Only Two of the Nation's 72 Largest Newspapers Endorsed Trump

Not a single newspaper in Michigan picked the winner

November 15, 2016

MEA Union's Latest In Persistent Pattern of Lowballing Teacher Salaries

New engineers weren't making $164,000 in 1964

November 14, 2016

Ghosts Of Corporate Welfare Past To Suck $7.6 Billion From State Budget

Granholm administration economic development giveaways dumped multi-decade liability on taxpayers

November 11, 2016

Free The Unions — Let Workers Who Don't Pay Represent Themselves

Labor unions who complain about right-to-work 'freeloaders' should free them

November 9, 2016

Pension Debt Soaring After Three Rounds of Reform Half-Measures

GOP almost enacted real reform in 2012, but even good tweaks can't fix core problem

November 3, 2016

Liberal Math: Millions More Equals a 'Billion Dollar Cut'

Partisan 'big lie' campaign still going

November 2, 2016

Pension Debt ‘Like a Mortgage?’ Yeah – On a Home You Sold Years Ago

Shakiest cover story yet from defenders of unsustainable government pensions

November 1, 2016

Metro Transit Tax Ad's False Claims About Riders With Disabilities

If the tax hike fails, buses will continue as usual

October 29, 2016

Wayne Co. Schools’ $80 Million Annual Tax Hike Won’t Cover Pensions

Backers promise more teachers and smaller classes, but filling pension hole is the reality

October 27, 2016

You'd Be In Big Trouble If You Spent Like Uncle Sam

How big? A $147,631 credit card balance and growing

October 25, 2016

Granholm Touted Failed Companies in Bid for Federal Energy Job

WikiLeaks memo cites flops as proof of her leadership

October 20, 2016

Michigan Spends Hundreds of Millions Supporting Private Schools

But liberal commentator believes small amount added this year is 'clearly unconstitutional'

October 12, 2016

State Takes Minnow-Bite From City’s Budget, Lobbyist Cries 'Shark'

Media outlet follows their lead

October 11, 2016

Progress Michigan Hits Road With False School 'Cuts' Claims

Respect for the facts still matters

September 27, 2016

Note to Hillary Clinton: Right-to-Work Laws Are Very Popular

Democratic candidate asks ‘why aren’t I 50 points ahead’ because of union issue

September 22, 2016

We Verify Teachers Union Pay Claims, You Choose Whether to Trust Them

Union president’s compensation storylines often don’t hold water

September 20, 2016

Union Claims Experienced Teachers Make Less Than $30K; They Don't

Benton Harbor teacher pay below average, but apparently not low enough for union rhetoric

September 19, 2016

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