Stories tagged: "Betsy DeVos"
A Betsy DeVos-backed proposal to help Michigan families use taxpayer funds to cover private school tuition and other education-related expenses appears finished after organizers withdrew petitions they’d submitted to the Secretary of State.
In Part 5 of our series, Managing Editor Lisa Hayes offers a takeaway on who the loophole benefits.
In Part 3 of the Legislative Loophole series, we investigate Let MI Kids Learn's proposal. It takes from public tax dollars and public education, and gives Michigan's wealthy residents 100% matching tax breaks for donations.
In Part 2, we put the indirect initiative loophole under the microscope to highlight three levels of deception that can be used to exploit the process.
Michigan citizens have more collective power than the Legislature when it comes to passing laws. But a loophole lets MI's Legislature take it away.
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Whoever sits behind the governor’s desk in Michigan over the next four years will play a critical role in protecting public education.
A four-part investigation into Michigan's legislative loophole, the indirect initiative.