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The Wall Street Journal
Can We Build It? Not With Michigan’s Prevailing-Wage Mandate
“Michigan law is clear: The prevailing wage is supposed to be dead. All my guys want to do is build the local library at the best cost to taxpayers. But before that can happen, a judge needs to throw the book at Gov. Whitmer.”
Jimmy Greene, President of Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan and Mackinac Center Legal Foundation client
The New York Times
Even With Biden as a Pro-Labor Champion, Unionizing Is Still a Grind
“Overall support of Republicans by union households is almost back up to where it was under Ronald Reagan, who won two landslide elections, says Jarrett Skorup, the senior director of marketing and communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government.”
Farah Stockman, New York Times Editorial Board
Bridge
No One Subsidizes Business Like Michigan
“Lawmakers ought to be maintaining the few existing limitations on the program, not figuring out how to give away taxpayer funds more freely.”
James Hohman, Director of Fiscal Policy
The Detroit News
Whitmer, Nessel must end Line 5 legal games
“It’s now well past the time for Whitmer and Nessel to admit they’ve been wrong and get out of the way. They need to cease their actions to impede the construction of the Line 5 tunnel and allow this essential infrastructure project to proceed.”
Jason Hayes, Director of Environmental Policy and Derk Wilcox, Senior Attorney
RealClear Policy
Ohio Jobs Head for Right-to-Work States
“The Buckeye State remains a manufacturing intensive state. Policymakers there would be wise to adopt a right-to-work statute.”
Todd Nesbit, Assistant Professor at Ball State University and Michael LaFaive, Senior Director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Holland can get better internet without taxpayer risk
“It is crucial that cities use their funds appropriately, and not put taxpayers on the hook for 25-year commitments that are unlikely to offer meaningful benefits after the first few years.”
Ted Bolema, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Growth and Jarrett Skorup, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
