Find a balance between human welfare and environmental concerns
The United Way’s ALICE report misrepresents real poverty
Taking on more debt isn't the answer to fund road repairs
The case seeks to extend Janus rights
Whether this revenue will go to lawmakers’ highest priority is a different question
Recommendations are comprehensive and discerning
Michigan lawmakers have only a few months to create a budget for the next fiscal year, address the Medicaid program and enact criminal justice reforms.
In 2019, lawmakers dialed back taxpayer support for business subsidies, perhaps reflecting a change in thinking.
A legislator from northern Michigan wants the state to restart taxpayer funding of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Lawmakers should let its funding stay at the current level: zero.
More people walk to work in Michigan than use public transit
Its funding should stay at zero
Too many people are locked up for too long at too high a cost
Energy lets us live a life of relative ease
Don’t downplay party’s racial divide on charter schools
Legislators reduced some corporate welfare spending
Mackinac Center signs onto amicus brief in Salgado v. United States
Almost everyone got a tax cut
Just 768 roll call votes were missed in 2019
Legislators introduced 1,996 bills this year
Criminalizing harmless behavior puts people at risk
