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Trump Admin needs to move fast to undo Obama’s midnight regulations Click Here for Story
Should Construction Workers Pay Taxes to Billionaires?
If you were wondering whether your government works for you or for politically connected special interests, your elected officials are about to give you a simple answer. … more
Firefighter Training in Whitmore Lake
Area firefighters get opportunity to train while removing old building Click Here for Story
A $4.3 million project in Chicago shows the tenuous relationship between the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the stated intention of restoring the Great Lakes. … more
Texas Bans Sanctuary Cities
Governor Abbott signs law Click Here for Story
Paris on Lockdown?
Police looking for 3 heavily armed men Click Here for Details
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Celebrity puts California’s woes directly on liberals Click Here for Story
Admission of Playing Politics
Sally Yates shows how vile and political she is Click Here for Details
No Evidence Against Russia Hacking US Election
Clapper says no evidence Click Here for Story and Video

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In addition to a bill to give more taxpayer dollars to select developers to build buildings, state lawmakers are considering another package that would give more taxpayer dollars to select businesses.
New York Schools promote sympathy for terrorists?
Michigan’s largest teachers union is promoting a myth that public schools in poorer communities get less funding than those elsewhere.
How many solar workers equal one coal worker?
Congressman Tim Ryan has a novel idea for the Feds
Colbert gets investigated by FCC for comments
Prefer to use H1B visas to pay cheaper foreign labor
Nokos accuses US and South Korea of attempted assassination?
Jobs in manufacturing are growing
In a previous blog post titled “What’s Old Is New Again” I mentioned just three similarities between the state’s disastrous Michigan Economic Growth Authority law of 1995 and the proposed Good Jobs for Michigan legislation (specifically, Senate Bill 242). There are many others — 12 major ones by my count — and most are marked by some identical language or concept.
Some parents in the Chippewa Valley Schools district are upset about the district calling their cell phones on Tuesday, which was election day for a district tax hike proposal. Some residents received several robocalls urging them to vote.
And her top staff?
If Schumer likes the budget bill it must be bad
Student stabs students killing one at the University of Texas Austin
Voters in more than 200 communities across the state of Michigan go to the polls today to vote on property tax increases and extensions.
Mesick Consolidated Schools has posted a video promoting a property tax increase. The district altered the video to make the cars shown passing the elementary school look like they are going faster.
Trump says shutdown showdown might be good in DC?
US now has THAAD missile shield operational in South Korea
President says truckers have asked for a fuel tax increase
Feds warn travelers heading to Europe about terror attacks
The following is legislative testimony given by James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center, to the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee on April 19, 2017, concerning a series of bills — Senate Bills 111-115 — intended to give taxpayer-financed subsidies to select real estate developers.
Even Chris Matthews says Dems have gone too far
Hungary solved its problem
The Michigan Senate has already passed and the House is considering a major expansion of Michigan’s corporate welfare regime.
Activists trash every city they protest in