April 2025

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April 29, 2025
The History of the Western Enlightenment – And Why It Matters Today
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May 2025

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May 1, 2025
An Evening with the Mackinac Center
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May 7, 2025
The True Costs of Drug Pricing Policy
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May 9, 2025
Education "Unconference:" Activating Parents for Change & Choice
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May 28, 2025
Five Years from Lockdown: Emergency Powers Still a Problem
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June 2025

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The Real Costs of Red Tape: Rethinking Occupational Licensing in Michigan
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June 18, 2025
Planning for Life Workshop
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July 2025

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September 2025

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Past Events

Thursday, January 18, 2018

The Innocence Project is a well-known nonprofit organization whose goal is to exonerate the wrongfully convicted. Forty-six percent of its cases involved misapplied forensic science — meaning that a method, technique or analysis was conducted incorrectly. There have been 17 exonerations in Michigan involving misapplied forensic science. Now, in partnership with the Reason Foundation, the Innocence Project is calling for improvements to forensic science and for better transparency and quality control in crime labs. Panelists from the Innocence Project and Reason will discuss how the application of forensic science to criminal prosecutions can be improved by policy change and public education.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

As you read this, a future that features driverless cars on city streets, interstate highways and maybe in your driveway is steadily unfolding. But before this future fully arrives, policymakers need to think hard about how to properly regulate these new technologies. Regulations, after all, are powerful and often blunt tools — they can be used to foster innovation, competition and economic growth, and they can be used to prevent change, snuff out invention and slow technological advances. The predicted benefits of autonomous vehicles to society are large and widespread, and Michigan needs to be ensure that its residents can take full advantage of these upsides.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2017 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Join us for an evening of fellowship among friends of liberty.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

An increasing number of Michigan families are exercising choice within the public education system. More than 300,000 students attend either a charter school or another public school across district lines, most often through Schools of Choice. While there has been much debate about how school choice is working in Michigan, the voices of parents seeking educational alternatives have largely not been included in the discussion.

Thursday, September 7, 2017

The Republican Party fully controls most states and at the national level has captured the House, Senate and presidency. By many measures, the party has more power than it has had in many decades. But will that control last? And, more importantly, what policy priorities are coming about from these political victories?

Thursday, June 22, 2017

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2017 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2017 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Renting out the family summer cottage is a common practice in Michigan, but with today’s technologies, it’s easier than ever, empowered by companies like AirBnB, HomeAway, VRBO and more. These short-term rentals mean vacationers can find a place much more easily and inexpensively, while owners can earn some extra money. It seems like a win-win.

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Some institutions of higher education have cracked down on free speech. Even in Michigan, universities have speech codes that restrict students’ speech, campus groups have prevented speakers from delivering talks and administrators have stopped individuals from handing outcertain literature.