News Release: GDP Drop Exposes MEDC Failures
Michigan has had negative GDP growth since the inception of the MEDC while millions of tax dollars have been given to companies as tax credits and cash subsidies.
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Spending Habits
A graduated income tax is not the answer for Michigan's budget.
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News Release: Top Schools Post Checkbooks
Three top-performing Michigan school districts have posted their checkbook registers online as part of the Mackinac Center’s Transparency Project. … more
Michigan Privatization Digest
Pontiac budget, privatization, Manistee trash … more
Seeing is Believing
A look at government transparency efforts in the U.S. and Canada.
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Ask and They Shall Receive
Ken Braun tells lawmakers how they can fix their budget mistakes.
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Revenue Neutral
Municipal finance expert Robert Daddow discusses Michigan tax revenues. … more
Trading Places
Michigan's exports remain strong. … more
News Release: Daddow: 2020 Before Property Tax Base Returns
In a video interview, Mackinac Center Adjunct Scholar and Oakland County Deputy Executive Robert Daddow predicts "a decade problem" for Michigan governments and recommends they "do business differently." … more
David and Goliath
David Littmann discusses Michigan's fiscal failures. … more
Fearless Forecaster
David Littmann's take on the future of the auto industry. … more
News Release: Bill Curbs Regulatory Regime
New legislation would make legislators more accountable and limit regulatory agencies’ power, which Russ Harding called for in 2005.
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News Release: Labor Law for Charters
The Mackinac Center today released “Leveling the Playing Field,” a guide to labor law and how it applies to charter public schools. … more
Strong Words
The Mackinac Center provides a steady voice in uncertain times. … more
Can I Ask You a Question?
Questions Tea Party activists should ask political candidates. … more
News Release: Mich. Unemployment Could Rise
Mackinac Center Senior Economist David L. Littmann predicts in a video interview that Michigan could see 20 percent unemployment as a result of the auto crisis. … more
Tea Minus 10 Minutes
An easy guide to becoming a Tea Party activist. … more
Attitude Adjustment
Seven things that Tea Party activists get right. … more
Michigan Education Digest
Michigan Education Digest: School Reform, Swine Flu, Teacher Strikes. … more
Undefined Benefit
The Michigan school employees' retirement fund is losing money. … more
News Release: More Schools Embrace Transparency
More schools across Michigan, including the second and fifth largest districts, have responded to the Center’s call to post their checkbook registers online.
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Drawn to Liberty
A collection of Henry Payne's editorial cartoons for the Mackinac Center. … more
Straight Talk
Center analysts discuss what Michigan must do to survive. … more
News Release: AG Agrees Film Office Violated Law
A state attorney general's letter has confirmed the Michigan Film Office failed to report information required under state law. … more
News Release: Center Analysts on Chrysler 'Bankruptcy'
Taxpayers would be better served by a market settlement or Chapter 11 bankruptcy than by a plan dictated by the federal government. … more
Media Alert: Center Analysts Testify on Film Subsidies
Mackinac Center analysts today will testify before the Senate Finance Committee on inadequacies of a report on subsidies given by the Michigan Film Office. … more
Hitch a Ride
Michigan can't wait for the auto industry to rebound. … more
Siren Song
A look at who pays for the Michigan Film Incentive. … more
On the Bubble
TEA Party remarks by Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman. … more
News Release: U.P. School Posts Spending
A tiny school district in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has embraced transparency by posting its spending online. … more
Mean Green Machine
A second look at "green" jobs this Earth Day. … more
A Rising Tide
Michigan's unemployment has increased since the 2007 tax hike. … more
Natural Selection
MichiganScience explores how and why more farmers are going organic. … more
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Bailouts and stimulus packages equate to a government bubble. … more
High Impact
A video update of the Center's activities for the first quarter of 2009. … more
Apples to Apples?
Comparing school performance across the states. … more
A Different Bankruptcy
How T.S. Eliot and Russell Kirk viewed the "moral imagination." … more


