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NFL and NBA pros battle teaching cons.
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Tracking interlocal agreements.
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Since the announcement of a $25 million film incentive cap, the Michigan Film Office has approved nearly $10 million in film credits.
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The Hangar42 film studio scandal in Grand Rapids continues to grow. If not for the questions initially raised by the Mackinac Center, this scheme could have very well cost Michigan taxpayers, and worse, done so without their knowledge.
… morePosted on January 31, 2011 at 12:00am
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Published on Dec. 23, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Outgoing
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is wrapping up her eight years in office with a series of ‘final interviews’ with media outlets around the state. And in the waning days of her reign, the governor is finally talking about the forced unionization of
Michigan’s home based day care providers. But her comments are contrary to evidence uncovered by
Mackinac Center analysts over the past 15 months.
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Just in time to brighten the holidays, GlobalWatt, a Saginaw-based solar panel manufacturer, is selling
five solar panels on the popular auction website, eBay. But GlobalWatt did not make the panels. A company in India did.
… morePosted on December 8, 2010 at 4:07pm
Published on Nov. 29, 2010
It appears likely the starry-eyed promise of Hollywood has left the taxpayers of Allen Park with quite the handful of overpriced real estate.
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Published on Nov. 1, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
For more than a year, the
Mackinac Center Legal Foundation (MCLF) has been battling the
forced unionization of Michigan's home-based day care owners and providers in the state Court of Appeals. Four times, the appeals court rejected the Foundation's case with the legal equivalent of a wave of the hand.
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A direct descendant of Francis Scott Key on "The Star Spangled Banner."
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What could have been a ‘burning’ issue for the incoming director of the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG) may be all but washed out. That’s after a hearing Tuesday in Lansing before the director of Michigan’s Bureau of Construction Codes, Irvin J. Poke. He heard comments from about three dozen people, most of whom were opposed to making fire sprinkler installation mandatory for new home construction in Michigan.
… morePublished on July 26, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
What could have been a ‘burning’ issue for the incoming director of the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG) may be all but washed out. That’s after a hearing Tuesday in Lansing before the director of Michigan’s Bureau of Construction Codes, Irvin J. Poke. He heard comments from about three dozen people, most of whom were opposed to making fire sprinkler installation mandatory for new home construction in Michigan.
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Published on July 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
A rather blistering May 16 Livingston Daily editorial asked a few simple questions of three state lawmakers about the Michigan Film Incentive and how well it's working. Two of the legislators responded in a guest column Sunday, arguably dodging the real questions raised in the original editorial and putting up a weak defense of the two-year-old subsidy program. … more
Published on June 11, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
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