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Legislation representing Gov. Rick Snyder’s latest attempt to tackle the operating debt accumulated by years of overspending by Detroit Public Schools was introduced Thursday. The centerpiece of the effort is relieving the district of having to repay $715 million in multiple successive emergency-finance loans approved and essentially co-signed by the state. … more
Vote “yes” for our tax hike or you may die of a heart attack and your house may burn down. That’s the message implied by mailings sent out last fall by the city of Rochester Hills to promote a property tax hike labeled as being for public safety. … more
Vote “yes” for our tax hike or you may die of a heart attack and your house may burn down. That’s the message implied by mailings sent out last fall by the city of Rochester Hills to promote a property tax hike labeled as being for public safety. … more
In the Friedrichs case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the core of union-supporters’ argument is that government employees should be forced to pay fees to a union because they benefit from union activities. Not paying the union, they say, makes an employee a free rider. … more
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A series of sickouts orchestrated by Detroit Public School teachers that have closed 83 schools since Dec. 10 are jeopardizing the chances of a bailout being approved by the Legislature, according to some Republican lawmakers. … more
While more than 6,000 children in Detroit Public Schools have recently been shut out of their classrooms because teachers are staging sickout strikes, charter school students can still attend their classes. … more
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a case that could end mandatory union dues and fees for public sector workers, which are currently required in about half the states in the country. … more
Union officials haven’t found a very receptive audience for their warnings of a doomsday scenario in a legal case about making teachers pay dues in order to keep their jobs. The case is called Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association and it is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has scheduled oral arguments next week. … more
One man’s resignation announcement from a relatively obscure public office puts back in the spotlight a debate over the role of markets versus regulation in the field of energy. … more
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Senate Bill 13, which eliminates the option on election ballots to vote a straight party ticket with a single action. Michigan voters who want to vote a straight-party ticket can still do so, but will have to mark their votes for each candidate one at a time. … more
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On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Senate Bill 13, which eliminates the option on election ballots to vote a straight party ticket with a single action. Michigan voters who want to vote a straight-party ticket can still do so, but will have to mark their votes for each candidate one at a time. … more
About 10 union activists protested Thursday outside the Midland headquarters of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The issue was the free-market think tank’s involvement in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could make it illegal to force government employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. … more