The Michigan Economic Growth Authority yesterday approved its latest batch of tax credits to lure large business projects to Michigan.

Despite the press release, these big business projects are just not that consequential to Michigan's total economy.

The Associated Press is reporting that a convicted embezzler currently on parole has been approved for business tax credits under the state's Michigan Economic Growth Authority program. The article also noted that when the deal was announced, the embezzler, Richard A. Short, "shared the stage" with Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

Had the program managers performed even a cursory background check, they certainly would have discovered Short's past.

Nearly every aspect of a teacher's job falls under the rules of a union contract. The following is a synopsis of just one of those agreements in Michigan.

Recent charges and guilty pleas involving union officials.

The Michigan Information & Research Service (subscription required) reprinted this blog post by Paul Kersey, labor policy director, explaining why it would not be a violation of labor law for the Legislature to reject a 3 percent raise for state employees as some lawmakers claimed.