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April 15, 2026
What Michigan Can Learn About Reading From Mississippi
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250 Summit
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Freeing Health Care Markets: State Solutions for Coverage, Costs, and Innovation
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Past Events

Thursday, January 19, 2023

This virtual workshop is designed to help participants of the 2023 Bauervic essay contest develop their essays. Experts will answer questions about the essay topic, point students to helpful resources and provide writing tips.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Using a case study of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, Lawrence W. Reed will illuminate the pros and cons of monopolies and free markets and draw conclusions for today. This event is sponsored by the Charles M. Bauervic Foundation and presented in conjunction with Northwood University.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Join us as we discuss reforms Michigan has made in the last decade as well as ideas for further progress.

Friday, August 26, 2022

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2022 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2022 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2022 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Michiganders were shocked to learn in 2020 that state law appeared to grant Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the power to issue unilateral and indefinite emergency orders. The scope of these powers was virtually limitless: they forced certain businesses to close, controlled who you could invite into your own home, prohibited the use of your own property, and restricted your right to exercise your religion freely, among many other dictates. While Gov. Whitmer’s use of emergency powers was unprecedented and eventually ruled unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan law contains many other grants of emergency power to the governor and other officials in the executive branch.

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Michiganders were shocked to learn in 2020 that state law appeared to grant Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the power to issue unilateral and indefinite emergency orders. The scope of these powers was virtually limitless: they forced certain businesses to close, controlled who you could invite into your own home, prohibited the use of your own property, and restricted your right to exercise your religion freely, among many other dictates. While Gov. Whitmer’s use of emergency powers was unprecedented and eventually ruled unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan law contains many other grants of emergency power to the governor and other officials in the executive branch.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Michiganders were shocked to learn in 2020 that state law appeared to grant Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the power to issue unilateral and indefinite emergency orders. The scope of these powers was virtually limitless: they forced certain businesses to close, controlled who you could invite into your own home, prohibited the use of your own property, and restricted your right to exercise your religion freely, among many other dictates. While Gov. Whitmer’s use of emergency powers was unprecedented and eventually ruled unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan law contains many other grants of emergency power to the governor and other officials in the executive branch.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces our 2022 Planning for Life Workshops around Michigan.