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Farmington Hills Fire Lieutenant’s $193k Annual Pay More Than Chief’s Or Manager’s

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Schools Collect $6.1 Billion Federal COVID Bucks, Teachers Union Calls State Tax Cut Irresponsible

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Whitmer Says ‘Do All We Can’ To Put Money Back In Pockets, Opposes $2.5 Billion Tax Cut Awaiting Signature

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State Spending Up Nearly $10 Billion Over Five Years; Whitmer Expected To Veto Income Tax Cut

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Democrats Advocate Good-Paying Jobs, Except For Elected Democrats’ Staff

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Detroit Schools To Children, Parents: Accept Weekly COVID Saliva Tests Or Stay Home

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‘Years Of Budget Cuts?’ Dearborn Schools Funding Increases $957 Per Student, Even After Inflation

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Granholm Said In November Gas Prices Would 'Turn The Corner' In Early 2022

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College Loan Payoffs For Government Employees — And These Teacher Union Officials

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Michigan’s Households Pay Nation’s 12th Highest Rates For Electricity

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Teacher Who Forecast Doom Under Right-To-Work Getting $20k More Since Its Passage

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Michigan Education Department Touts Video That Makes False Claims About School Funding

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Michigan’s Highest-Paying School Districts

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Hamtramck Superintendent Hasn’t Worked In Four Months But Is Still Getting Paid

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Long Reach: 2007 Michigan Income Tax Hike Has Taken $2,823 From Median Household

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New Buffalo’s Anti-Airbnb Mayor Is Warned, Cut The Cracks About Illinois People

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Lansing School District Set To Receive More than $100M In Federal COVID Money

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Teacher Union’s Legislative Laundry List Long On Members’ Perks But Has Nothing For The Kids

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Teacher And Local Union Official Gets $103K/Year, Says State Should Give Teachers More

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Schools To Get $6.1B From COVID Money; Teachers Union Still Opposes Tax Cut

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With $600 Million From State, GM Must Only Retain Battery Car Jobs For Six Months

Somehow such legal fine-print rarely appears in media reports on these taxpayer handouts Read more

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Stabenow Slams Plan To Store Nuclear Waste Near Michigan, Earlier Opposed Remote Site

Voted no on considering plan for storing Michigan’s spent nuclear fuel in Nevada facility Read more

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Grand Ledge School Board Member Apologizes For School Policies

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Bloomberg News Credits Whitmer For Economic Recovery From Harms Her COVID Policies Created

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Debt-Ridden Flint Schools To Give Each Employee $22k In Federal COVID-19 Money

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