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  1. MichiganScience
    Summary: MichiganScience helps meet the need for accurate and accessible information about the increasingly complex scientific issues confronting voters and lawmakers.
    Details: Match Rating: 90. Posted: Apr. 1, 2009. Type: General Article. Part of a larger publication.
     
  2. Science, Environment and Technology Initiative
    Summary: Promoting environmental improvement through sound science and new technologies.
    Details: Match Rating: 80. Posted: Dec. 20, 2006. Type: General Article. Part of a larger publication.
     
  3. Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief in Michigan Department of Transportation v. Tomkins
    Summary: On November 16, 2007, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed a brief of amicus curiae with the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Michigan Department of Transportation v Tomkins. The legal dispute involves the amount of compensation a property owner should receive from state government when the state uses eminent domain to take part of the owner’s property. Specifically, the Michigan Supreme Court asked whether a state law that limits the property owner’s compensation to so-called "special-effect" damages violates the common understanding of the "just compensation" guaranteed in eminent domain cases by the Michigan Constitution.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Apr. 11, 2008. Type: Study.
     
  4. The Opportunities and Limitations of Biomonitoring
    Summary: Remarkable advances in analytical chemistry now make it possible to measure minute levels of both natural and synthetic compounds in human tissue and body fluids. This “biomonitoring” allows researchers to determine more precisely than ever the degree to which individuals have been exposed to specific chemicals in the environment, and how exposures change over time. Consequently, federal and state officials increasingly regard biomonitoring as a potential new underpinning of environmental and public health regulations.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Feb. 26, 2008. Type: Study.
     
  5. Assessing Stricter Mercury Controls in Michigan
    Summary: On April 17, 2006, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm directed the Department of Environmental Quality to draft a rule under the state’s Clean Air Act to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by 90 percent. The governor ordered the reductions to occur in two phases. The first phase is supposed to entail the reduction schedule established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year. The second phase is supposed to exceed the federal requirements by reducing emissions 90 percent by the year 2015.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 6, 2006. Type: Study.
     
  6. Groundwater Regulation: An Assessment
    Summary: In proposing the Water Legacy Act, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is attempting to increase state regulation of groundwater use through a costly and intrusive permit regime. If enacted, this drastic change would upend longstanding water rights and further weaken Michigan’s economy.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: May 4, 2005. Type: Study.
     
  7. Assessing Electric Choice in Michigan
    Summary: Ending the regional monopoly structure in the generation of electricity was intended to provide customers with lower rates and improved service quality, while also increasing generating capacity for electricity in the state. But attempts are underway to reverse the course of this restructuring.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Jul. 21, 2004. Type: Study.
     
  8. Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan’s State Budget — 2nd Edition
    Summary: An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2003-04 Appropriations and Recommendations for 2004-05.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: May 4, 2004. Type: Study.
     
  9. Michigan's Farmland Preservation Program: An Assessment
    An Examination of the Effectiveness of Michigan’s Principal Farmland Preservation Program, and Recommendations for Reform
    Summary: Michigan’s principal land preservation program has failed to achieve its goals.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Aug. 7, 2003. Type: Study.
     
  10. Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's State Budget
    An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2002-03 Appropriations and
    Recommendations for 2003-04
    Summary: If Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Legislature need specifics on how to close Michigan’s looming $1.7 billion budget deficit, they need look no further than the Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s new report on balancing the state budget, released today.

    More than 200 specific recommendations from Mackinac Center analysts total more than $2 billion in cost savings and revenue enhancements. All budget reductions, including those involving federal funds, total $3.7 billion. 157 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Mar. 4, 2003. Type: Study.
     
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