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Waste, Fraud and Abuse
21 May 2013 Last updated at May 17, 2013
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University of Michigan Claims “Progress” for its “Undocumented Students” Website

MI state law does not permit 'tuition equality' 17 May 2013

The new “Undocumented Students at U-M” site created by student group "Coalition for Tuition Equality" ...

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Stand With Franklin Center: Support Freedom of the Press

We will not be silenced 18 April 2013

The Citizen Watchdog team is committed to the cutting-edge investigative journalism of The Franklin Center ...

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Free Speech & Private Property: A Victory for Farmer’s Political Signs in Michigan

'Political speech is the most valuable' 5 April 2013

After deliberating permanent vs. temporary, content-based vs content-neutral, and debating the definition ...

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Michigan Airport Home To No Planes Or Hangars Receives Over $150K A Year In Tax Dollars

Taxpayer costs sky-high 19 March 2013

Analyst: 'It's the "bridge-to-nowhere" that you can land your Cessna on.' ...

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Media Ignores Costs In Film Coverage

What You See and What You Don't 12 March 2013

Lawmakers exchange bad policy for Hollywood glitz. ...

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Big Hollywood Bailout: Taxpayers Spent Nearly $40 Million To Subsidize Disney’s ‘Oz’

Michigan citizens pay Disney's profits. 7 March 2013

Gov. Rick Snyder has proposed slashing the amount the state gives to filmmakers by 50 percent, cutting ...

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Government Won’t Trim Itself: No Meaningful Regulation of Salons

What's a girl to do? 26 February 2013

Salon regulations don't make the cut. ...

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High-Priced Bus Drivers In Lansing

'The wheels on the bus' cost how much? 21 February 2013

“That’s one reason there is a lot of skeptics with mass transit. It’s not about getting people ...

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Subsidized Housing for Government Workers

Land banks to public-sector employees? 15 February 2013

While offering reduced-priced homes to firefighters and police officers might sound like a nice idea, ...

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School District Reaches Five-Year Contract Preventing Teachers From Leaving the Union

District Subverts Right-to-Work Law 31 January 2013

Taylor School District board is expected to approve deal Thursday. ...

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