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Michigan Supreme Court Unanimously Orders the State of Michigan to Return Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Pay Illegally Taken from Teachers
Wednesday , 20, December 2017 Bill Schuette, Nerd Problems, Section 16 1 CommentThe Michigan Supreme Court ruled 6 – 0 on December 20, 2017 an unconstitutional law that stripped three percent of teacher pay from Michigan’s public school teachers must be returned. The unconstitutional law imposed by the Republican-controlled State Legislature and Republican Governor Rick Snyder stole over $550 million from teachers’ paychecks in another move to […]
All-Volunteer Petition Campaign to End Gerrymandering in Michigan Delivers 425,000 Signatures
Monday , 18, December 2017 Elections, Gerrymandering The Vote Leave a commentVolunteers from the citizen group Voters Not Politicians arrived in Lansing, Michigan on Monday, December 18, 2017 to deliver over 400,000 signatures to the Michigan Bureau of Elections to put an end to gerrymandering in the state. The group needed 315,654 signatures to qualify for the November 2018 mid-term ballot. The hard-working organization of 3,500 […]
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