What Price Information? Try $7 million Summary: $6,876,303.90, to be exact. That's what the Michigan Department of State Police is charging for more than two million pages of documentation I requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the state's handling of federal homeland security grant money from 2002 to present. This is definitely a record for Mackinac Center FOIA requests. In fact, this may be a record for any FOIA request. Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 10, 2009. Type: General Article.
Moviemakers Risk Biting the Hand That Feeds Them Summary: While some in the Michigan Film Office, film industry and state government are quick to boast about the ever-increasing number of movie productions that have come to Michigan as a result of film tax subsidies, there have been some unforeseen and hard-learned lessons for some Michigan businesses, schools and organizations. Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 7, 2009. Type: General Article.
Are We Being Too Tough on Hollywood? Summary: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has been critical of the Michigan Film Incentive since its inception in 2008. At first, the criticisms were focused on the pure principle of the thing: state government has no business trying to pick corporate winners from losers in the marketplace. This time, the perceived “winner” would be moviemakers who could get cash refunds of up to 42 percent of money spent in Michigan. This also became the most generous film incentive in the country. Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Sep. 23, 2009. Type: General Article.
Center Cited on Transparency Summary: The Mackinac Center's ongoing efforts to get public schools, municipalities and legislators to post spending online for public inspection was highlighted by WEYI-TV25 today. Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Sep. 23, 2009. Type: General Article.
