

Jack McHugh writes today about a couple of labor reform bills just hanging around the Michigan State Senate. The first of them stopping the practice of union employees being paid by school districts: “… many school district payrolls contain “phantom employees” in the form of full-time union stewards who...
LANSING–State Sen. Phil Pavlov (left), R-St. Clair Township, and Gov. Rick Snyder hold Senate Bill 618, accompanied by Rep. Tom McMillin and Rep. Deb Shaughnessy. Snyder on Tuesday signed Pavlov’s bill, which will lift the arbitrary cap on charter schools in Michigan. The bill signing marks an important milestone...
Latest labor report shows more than 456,000 Michiganders Are Still Jobless WASHINGTON – Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) today issued the following statement after the release of Michigan’s November jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Steven Law, Crossroads GPS President and former Deputy Secretary of the U.S....
Ruling allowing unionization case to proceed ‘undermines due process’ Students’ status as non-employees needs statutory clarification MIDLAND — Hundreds of University of Michigan students who object to being re-designated as government employees for the purpose of a unionization effort have no say in the administrative proceedings pertinent to the...
Corzine Scheduled to Testify Before Stabenow’s Committee Today LANSING, Mich., Dec., 13, 2011 – The Michigan Republican Party today called on Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to return all campaign donations from Jon Corzine, Corzine family members and any MF Global employees. Corzine is scheduled to testify today before the...

Sunday night cartoons can go in any direction sometimes. The best ones present a perspective on certain topics that are probably more effective in offering a warning than active campaigns. In last night’s Simpson’s episode, a look 30 years into the future reveals with humor, a possible reality as...
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