Mackinac Center in the News

Jack McHugh on how the state could save $65 million:

Midland Daily News … more
May 16, 2003

Editorial endorses Mackinac Center state budget idea:

Detroit News … more
May 15, 2003

Mackinac Center Viewpoint cited in column on Granholm:

The State News … more
May 15, 2003

Mackinac Center state budget study cited in the

Grand Rapids Press … more
May 12, 2003

Mackinac Center finds state buys land it can't afford: Editorial in

Lansing State Journal … more
May 12, 2003

Diane Katz on land purchases the DNR could not afford

May 7, 2003

Former prime minister visits Mackinac Center:

Midland Daily News … more
May 5, 2003

Michael LaFaive on privatizing Detroit's Public Lighting Dept.: the

Detroit News … more
April 30, 2003

Diane Katz on wetlands policy in the

Detroit Free Press … more
April 28, 2003

Lawrence Reed and Joseph Overton on the Mackinac Center's growth:

Philanthropy Magazine (pdf) … more
April 21, 2003

MichiganVotes.org documents the first 100 days of the 92nd Legislature

April 21, 2003

Mackinac Center and State Policy Network cited in

Philanthropy Magazine … more
April 20, 2003

Michael LaFaive on economic development in the

Detroit News … more
April 19, 2003

Lawrence Reed on an unfair car-ferry subsidy, for

The Detroit News … more
April 17, 2003

Andrew Coulson on public school competition:

St. Paul Pioneer Press … more
April 14, 2003

Editorial agrees with Mackinac Center on ferry service subsidy:

Battle Creek Enquirer … more
April 11, 2003

Mackinac Center state budget recommendations:

The Gladwin County Record … more
April 10, 2003

Michael LaFaive on helping Michigan's job climate: the

Associated Press … more
April 8, 2003

Michael LaFaive on five policy changes to improve Michigan's economy

April 7, 2003

Lawrence Reed on former Gov. Engler's legacy:

Midland Daily News … more
April 7, 2003

D. Joseph Olson receives Mackinac Center's Champion of Freedom Award:

PRNewswire … more
April 4, 2003

Diane Katz on regulation of telecom competition

April 4, 2003

Mackinac Center statement on fuel-cell bureaucracy:

The Indianapolis Star … more
March 23, 2003

$65 million Mackinac Center cost-savings idea cited in

The Macomb Daily … more
March 21, 2003

Mackinac Center student testing report cited in the

Seattle Post-Intelligencer … more
March 17, 2003

Newspaper endorses $65 million Mackinac Center cost-savings idea:

The Oakland Press … more
March 17, 2003

Mackinac Center study cited in school consolidation story in

The Detroit News … more
March 16, 2003

Joseph Lehman on municipal contracting costs in

The Flint Journal … more
March 16, 2003

Michael LaFaive on higher education spending in

The Detroit News … more
March 16, 2003

Joseph Overton on privatizing state services in the

Lansing State Journal … more
March 15, 2003

Mackinac Center environmental spending study prompts several stories in

The Detroit News … more
March 14, 2003

Michael LaFaive on midwest economic growth:

United Press International … more
March 14, 2003

Michael LaFaive on corporate welfare in the

Christian Science Monitor … more
March 13, 2003

Oakland County sheriff pushes Mackinac Center cost-saving idea worth $65 million in

The Oakland Press … more
March 13, 2003

Editorial concurs with Mackinac Center environmental spending study in

The Detroit News … more
March 12, 2003

Robert Hunter on the MEA's maximum union-dues hike for teachers

March 12, 2003

Mackinac Center environmental spen- ding study cited in

The Detroit News … more
March 9, 2003

Mackinac Center officials on school spending: Port Huron

Times Herald … more
March 9, 2003

Lawrence Reed discusses the state budget on

WKAR-TV's Off the Record … more
March 7, 2003

Mackinac Center state budget study coverage by

The Associated Press … more
March 6, 2003

Mackinac Center state budget study coverage in the

Midland Daily News … more
March 5, 2003

Michael LaFaive on municipal budget cuts in the

Detroit Free Press … more
March 4, 2003

Lawrence Reed on Gov. Granholm's budget cuts in

The Detroit News … more
March 4, 2003

Joseph Lehman on dismissal of MEA lawsuit in

The Midland Daily News … more
March 4, 2003

Appeals court will consider dismissing MEA's lawsuit: the

Associated Press … more
March 4, 2003

Appeals court accepts Mackinac Center appeal to dismiss MEA legal attack

March 3, 2003

Brian Carpenter on school quality, on

Family News in Focus … more
March 2, 2003

Robert Hunter on the troubled AFL-CIO, in the

Detroit Free Press … more
Feb. 25, 2003

Lawrence Reed on long-term state budget fixes, for the

Detroit Free Press … more
Feb. 24, 2003

Mackinac Center study on school unionism cited in

The Detroit News … more
Feb. 23, 2003

Paul Kersey testifies; House committee passes 'living wage' preemption

Feb. 20, 2003

Diane Katz on Canadian trash imports, for

The Detroit News … more
Feb. 19, 2003

Editorial agrees with Mackinac Center prevailing wage study in

The Detroit News … more
Feb. 14, 2003

Joseph Overton on merit pay for educators in

The Detroit News … more
Feb. 10, 2003

Mackinac Center charter school per- formance data cited in

The Oakland Press … more
Feb. 10, 2003

22 Mackinac Center budget ideas make the top 100 in the

Lansing State Journal … more
Feb. 9, 2003

Diane Katz on Internet sales taxes in the

Detroit Free Press … more
Feb. 8, 2003

Michael LaFaive: MEGA corporate tax loophole is worth $45.5 million to state

Feb. 7, 2003

Farm Bureau official responds to Mackinac Center budget ideas:

Gaylord Herald Times … more
Feb. 5, 2003

Mackinac Center "invaluable" in budget debate:

The Daily Mining Gazette … more
Feb. 3, 2003

Editorial agrees with Mackinac Center budget approach:

The Macomb Daily … more
Feb. 3, 2003

Lawrence Reed on the 'Prague Spring' for

National Review Online … more
Jan. 31, 2003

New Mackinac Center web service provides state budget research

Jan. 30, 2003

Prevailing wage repeal could save state $400 million; schools could save $150 million

Jan. 30, 2003

Diane Katz on the salary of the state 'tech czar' in the

Detroit Free Press … more
Jan. 27, 2003

Mackinac Center scholars on the item pricing law:

The Holland Sentinel … more
Jan. 27, 2003

Joseph Overton on school funding in the

Traverse City Record-Eagle … more
Jan. 27, 2003

Gov. Granholm responds to Mackinac Center budget idea:

Detroit Free Press … more
Jan. 24, 2003

Michael LaFaive on agriculture budget savings in

Michigan Information Research Service … more
Jan. 23, 2003

Mackinac Center budget savings report covered in

Gongwer News Service … more
Jan. 23, 2003

Mackinac Center budget recommendations in

The State News … more
Jan. 23, 2003

Mackinac Center state budget ideas in

The Detroit News … more
Jan. 20, 2003

Mackinac Center data cited in remedial education editorial in

The Detroit News … more
Jan. 20, 2003

Kirk Johnson on restructuring the state education dept.:

Booth Newspapers … more
Jan. 17, 2003

Diane Katz on Senate Bill 1 that would control telephone prices

Jan. 17, 2003

Michael LaFaive: Gov. Granholm's resistance to tax hikes is sound policy

Jan. 17, 2003

Michael LaFaive on state belt-tightening, for the

Lansing State Journal … more
Jan. 13, 2003

Mackinac Center asks for dismissal in MEA lawsuit:

Associated Press … more
Jan. 8, 2003

Michael LaFaive on the state budget crisis in the

Lansing State Journal … more
Jan. 8, 2003

Charter school editorial cites Mackinac Center in

The Detroit News … more
Jan. 8, 2003

Joseph Lehman on tax policy in the

Lansing State Journal … more
Jan. 8, 2003

Editorial on Engler's legacy cites the Mackinac Center:

The Oakland Press … more
Jan. 8, 2003

Mackinac Center asks Michigan appeals court to dismiss union legal attack

Jan. 7, 2003

Paul Kersey on a new union organizing tactic, for the

Detroit News … more
Jan. 6, 2003

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