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Giving A Friend A Manicure Or Haircut Is Illegal in Michigan

And getting the license takes more training than homebuilders or EMTs Read more

Lawmakers, Education Officials Looking To Inject Gender Politics Into Michigan Schools

Yet no cultural consensus in sight on introducing this to schoolchildren Read more

Michigan’s Former Top Cop Given $639k In 'Deferred' Pension Benefits While Still On Payroll

Government solution to officer attrition from early pension eligibility was legalized double-dipping Read more

Pay Hikes Fewer But Still Happening At Fiscally Stressed Michigan School District

Falling enrollment and rising pension expenses mean cramped raises at Wayne-Westland Read more

Fiat Chrysler And Ford To Get $131M From Michigan Taxpayers; Earned $26.4 Billion Last Three Years

That subsidy program expired in 2019, but GOP lawmaker trying to bring it back Read more

Union Tribunal's $10,000 Hit On Electrician Brings Federal Labor Lawsuit

Former union contractor now working for wife's nonunion shop — and she was also threatened Read more

Highest-Pay School District’s Union Compares Teacher Pay To A Minnow

Average teacher pay is $82,065 at this Macomb district Read more

US House Would Overturn Michigan's Right-to-Work Law

Michigan voters rejected similar union overreach in 2012 Read more

Newspapers, Experts Agree: Climate Causes Plummeting, Record High Water Levels

Looks like a Great Lakes consensus Read more

Public Sector Pay Transparency All About Accountability

House-passed bill only goes half-way Read more

Bill Would Tax Residences For Local Business Improvements

Municipal governments, corporate welfare agencies, special interests all on board Read more

Michigan Teacher Pay Complicated Enough To Spin Many Narratives

Taxpayers ask a lot, pay a lot putting a teacher in front of a classroom Read more

Michigan Officials Skeptical of Controversial Drug Rationing Program

Who decides what another year of life is worth to a person? Read more

Do Teachers Buy Classroom Supplies? Districts Say ‘We Do’ And Have Receipts

Grand Rapids Schools Issues Over 170 Cards Employees May Use for Purchases Read more

How Independent Will Michigan’s New Redistricting Commission Be?

California’s experience provides cause for concern Read more

Michigan Law Clear: Taxpayers, Not Teachers, Buy Classroom Supplies

Union spin notwithstanding, districts give teachers purchase cards or other compensation Read more

Analyses Critical Of Michigan School Funding Ignore Almost 20% Of Detroit Operations Money

Reports disregard the revenue source that boosts funding for poor communities over wealthy ones Read more

State Says Schools Must Provide Classroom Supplies

Michigan Constitution requires school districts to pay, not teachers Read more

‘Watch What They Do,’ Whitmer Says — And State Road Funding Down This Year

To be fair, governors propose and legislators dispose — and yet Read more

Michigan Union Membership Reached Historic Low In 2019

Right-to-work law accelerated an ongoing trend Read more

Great Lakes Water Levels Too High? Too Low? For 60 Years Newspapers Answer: Yes

Variation appears the norm Read more

Schools Will Get No Relief From Construction Mandate, Whitmer Says

Governor vetoes bill that would have exempted schools from requirement to heat outdoor ticket booths Read more

Wayne County Took Thousands of Vehicles Without Filing Criminal Charges

Federal lawsuit filed against ‘unconstitutional’ civil asset forfeitures Read more

Unions Praise Governor’s Modest School Funding Hike, Rebuked GOP Predecessor’s Much Larger One

5.1% GOP increase got union ‘tsk tsks,’ a 2.3% Dem hike applauded Read more

Residents Question Replacing Michigan Farmland With Miles Of Solar Cells

Hundreds of wind turbines also changing character of rural communities Read more