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Whitmer's Back-and-Forth on Football Raises Questions On The 'Science' She Cites

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

Without Context, Water Use Claims Are Misleading (Millions? Billions? Trillions?)

Water use debate often occurs in an information vacuum

Tom Gantert | January 16, 2020

Corporate Subsidy Formula: Big Promises In Headlines, Failures Invisible

Take those job promises with a grain of salt

Tom Gantert | October 10, 2019

Michigan Teacher Pay Scales: Top Out Fast, Then Go Nowhere

That’s the union contract most teachers accept when they enter the profession

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2019

No Such Thing As An Average Teacher Salary In Michigan

One teacher saw a $19,166 increase over three years; another, $435 over seven

Tom Gantert | September 13, 2019

Will Wild Rice Really Save The Great Lakes?

Without prioritization, it’s hard to know if Great Lakes Restoration money is well-spent

Tom Gantert | September 5, 2019

Website Calls Detroit Charter School ‘Struggling,’ Silent On Failing District Schools Nearby

Charter scored a ‘C’ on income-adjusted school ratings, but its conventional competitors got an ‘F’

Tom Gantert | August 20, 2019

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Underfunded? Detroit Is State's 15th Best Funded Larger School District

Gets less from some sources and more from others

Tom Gantert | August 29, 2020

Licensure Mandates Cost Michigan Jobs And Millions In State Revenue

Job restrictions also have disparate impact on youth and minorities

Sandy Malone | December 2, 2019

What the Mackinac Center is Thankful for in 2019

Freedom, fairness and fiscal responsibility

Jarrett Skorup | November 28, 2019

Those Who Do Not Learn from History…

Years of bad economic development deals haven't prevented politicians from trying again

Michael D. LaFaive | September 11, 2020

Years of bad economic development deals haven't prevented politicians from trying again

New Study Shows 21st Century Jobs Fund a Bust

These programs should be repealed and their administrative agencies shut down

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 31, 2020

These programs should be repealed and their administrative agencies shut down

House Republicans 'No Way' on Detroit School Choice Restrictions

Speaker Kevin Cotter faced down intense political opposition

Tom Gantert | June 7, 2016

Michigan vs. Minnesota Report Says Little About What Policies To Pursue

Michigan Future study lists lots of correlation, no causation

Jarrett Skorup | June 18, 2014

337 Hospitalized In Michigan With COVID-19 On Sept. 25; 3,357 Were Hospitalized on April 20

Tom Gantert | September 26, 2020

State Health Department Halloween Advisory: Trick Or Treat With Household Members

Tom Gantert | September 24, 2020

Whitmer Declares Small Business Week; 13% Of Owners Don’t Think They’ll Survive Virus, Lockdowns

Tom Gantert | September 24, 2020

Michigan No. 14 In Closed Businesses Since March 1; Whitmer Declares Small Business Week

Tom Gantert | September 23, 2020

Michigan Coronavirus Deaths Down Dramatically

Tom Gantert | September 22, 2020

Power Play: State Levies Legally Dubious Virus Rule Fines On Business

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

State Uses Unrelated Law To Extract More From Businesses Breaking Pandemic Rules

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

Doxxing That Causes Harm Becomes 10-Year Felony Under Michigan House Bill

Posting private or identifying information about an individual with malicious intent

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

Law's ‘Immediate Danger’ Justifies Ongoing Emergency, But Not Cancelling Casinos Or Football

Tom Gantert | September 19, 2020

Michigan's Big Ten Campuses Deemed High Risk For COVID-19 Yet Football Continues

Tom Gantert | September 17, 2020

State Takes On First $800 Million In New Road Repair Debt

First installment on $3.5 billion of 'bonding' will cost taxpayers $565 million in interest

Tom Gantert | September 15, 2020

COVID-19 Hospitalization Cases Now 2,100 Less Than On April 30

September 14, 2020

Official Michigan Regional Virus Risk Map Out Of Date

‘Map colors reflect official risk levels...’ - not anymore

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2020

Not '100% Safe': State Medical Director Tells Parents To Cancel Play Dates

'...be creative and have video conference calls with your children’s friends...'

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Five Times More Whitmer Executive Orders Than Ohio

But Florida's governor has issued even more

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Michigan Averaged 125 COVID Deaths A Day In April; It’s Down To 4.9 In September

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Liberal Group Gives City Of Lansing $443,000 For Voter Outreach

Funders and founders a who’s who of the moneyed left

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

State School Board Member Claims Teachers And Students Dying; Data Doesn’t Support It

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

Michigan Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge To Whitmer's Emergency Powers Sept. 9

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

Southfield Schools: Too Dangerous To Teach Classes, But Do Send Kids For $150 Per Week Daycare

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

$600 Weekly Fed Unemployment Boost Also Boosted Michigan Income Tax Collections

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

More Charters A ‘Complete Assault On Public School System’? Not Quite

Results of 2011 expansion not what school choice opponents said

Tom Gantert | September 7, 2020

Could Be More Lockdown Fallout: Opioid Overdoses Up 22%

‘I’ve seen far too many people die’ of overdoses, says state’s chief doctor

Tom Gantert | September 5, 2020

Governor Allows High School Swim Team Members To Remove Mandated Masks 'When Swimming'

Other athletes must mask-up even on the field

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

In UP, One Confirmed COVID Case In The Hospital; Its Bars Still Closed For Indoor Service

Tom Gantert | September 2, 2020

Face Mask Mandates For Some But Not Others Among Inconsistencies In Epidemic Orders

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

Five School Options For Parents And Children This Fall

But nothing is certain

Parker Thayer | July 30, 2020

MEGA Mistake: Big Corporate Welfare Program Still a Waste

State economic development incentives often don’t result in much development.

Michael D. LaFaive | August 28, 2020

State economic development incentives often don’t result in much development.

Jobs Program Creates Jobs at Killer Cost

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 21, 2020

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

Michigan's Corporate Welfare Programs Are a Bad Investment

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 18, 2020

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

Former Crain's Detroit Business Publisher Calls Rand Paul 'Bed-Wetting Snowflake'

Tom Gantert | August 28, 2020

Perpetual State Of Emergency? Michigan One Of 15 States That Don’t Rule It Out

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Cancel The Narrative: Schools Serving Michigan’s Poor Among State's Highest Funded, Not Least

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Whitmer's Idea Of Bullying: Is It Small Business Politely Pleading To Reopen?

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Superintendent Gets $240K, School District Out Another $100K In Pension 'Catch-Up Costs'

Past pension underfunding takes amount equal to 40% of school payrolls

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Michigan Hospitals Less Full Than Nonpandemic Years

Keeping occupancy down one of the rationales of ongoing lockdowns

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Union ‘Safety Strike’ Tells Detroit Teachers To Stay Home, But Will Students Show Up Remotely?

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Judge: ‘Governor Can Order Anything, Forever, A Truly Striking Concept In A Democratic Republic’

Appeals court judge dissents

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Not Training Staff On COVID Symptoms And More Earns Speedway Station $6,300 Fine

Tom Gantert | August 22, 2020

Michigan's Jobless Will Get An Extra $300 Per Week In Federal Unemployment Benefits

Extra amount authorized under Trump executive order

Tom Gantert | August 21, 2020

Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Below Pre-Coronavirus Levels

August 20, 2020

Michigan Unemployment Numbers Plummet As $600 Federal Bonus Ends

August 20, 2020

Strike! Detroit Teachers Union Demands Teachers Stay At Home

Children may not return to school until number of cases ‘falls to nearly zero’

August 20, 2020

Biden Plan Would Let Nation's Worst School District Shut Down Charter Competitors

Detroit school district has long history of underserving the neediest students

August 18, 2020

Schools Spend $228 Per Pupil On Supplies; Teachers Claim They Spend, Too

August 18, 2020

What Defines 'State of Emergency?' What The Governor Says It Is

And the governor keeps changing the criteria

August 17, 2020

Stores Could Be Committing Coronavirus Crime If Hand Sanitizer Less Than 60% Alcohol

Using 'best efforts' a defense but it's not defined

August 17, 2020

Two Day 1943 Riot Inspired Law Authorizing 159-Days-And-Counting State Of Emergency

August 16, 2020

State Will Pay Schools For Unenrolled 'Ghost' Students

August 15, 2020

One Michigan Child Age 5-To-14 Has Died Of COVID-19; Four Of That Age Group Died From Flu

August 14, 2020

Fauci Poor-Mouths As 'Government Worker'; His Federal Job Pays $417,608

Average federal worker gets $124,600 in pay and benefits

August 14, 2020

Law Whitmer Cites For Unilateral Emergency Powers Used Just Once Before In 43 Years

Other governors have used less undemocratic 1976 emergency law dozens of times

August 13, 2020

School District And Superintendent Both Get More —But Not Enough, He Says

Wayne County district gets $862 more per student more than in 2010; his after-inflation hike since 2014 is 4.6%

August 13, 2020

Virus Killed 2,021 In Nursing Homes; Whitmer Defends Not Letting Them Bar COVID Patients

Average age of Michigan coronavirus fatalities is 75.4 years

August 13, 2020

Whitmer’s Unilateral Governance Opposed By More Than Just Trump Supporters

About two dozen lawsuits filed against Michigan governor by a variety of interests

August 12, 2020

Schools May Be Empty But State Superintendent Says Send Money Anyway

Wants funding to be based on same student counts - even if there are no 'live' students

August 12, 2020

State Offers Corporations $593,913 On Average To Create A Single Job

New Mackinac Center study questions the return from corporate handouts

August 12, 2020

112 Outbreaks In Nursing Homes, 5 In Bars - So Lock Down The Bars?

Michigan governor defended placing virus patients in nursing homes, and just closed inside service at bars

August 11, 2020

New Mandate: Two Weeks Of Self-Lockdown After 15 Minutes With Person Who Has Sore Throat

Applies to any one of 'principal' COVID-19 symptoms including severe headache, vomiting and fever

August 7, 2020

Whitmer's Latest Order: Two-Year-Olds Must Mask Up On The Bus

August 6, 2020

Governor’s High Threshold Suggests Reopening Will Be A Long Time Coming

No end in sight for Michigan lockdowns under this standard

August 6, 2020

Whitmer Blasts Federal Epidemic Strategy, Vague About Her Own

Health director, 'there are many things that we’re looking at'

August 5, 2020

Teachers Union: Vast Majority Of Students Should Stay Home In Detroit Until Pandemic Is Over

They would cancel in-school classes for coming school year, and maybe next year too

August 5, 2020

State Trooper Funerals Draw Thousands, But Not Now

COVID-19 restrictions limit fallen officer’s funeral to 100

August 5, 2020

Union: Remote Classes Only Until County Has No New Coronavirus Cases For Two Weeks

Oakland County currently averages about 103 new COVID-19 cases a day

August 4, 2020

U-M To Incoming Students: Quit Your Job 14 Days Before You Return To Campus

August 4, 2020

Dance Studio Latest Victim Of Governor’s Lockdowns

‘I am officially announcing the permanent closure of my studio’

August 4, 2020

Michigan No. 7 In US In Permanent Restaurant Closures

August 3, 2020

Whitmer's Been Busy; Does That Mean She's 'Winning' The Epidemic?

August 3, 2020

County Health Official: Michigan’s Bars and Restaurants Are ‘Silly Things’

Yet they employ 1 out of 11 workers

August 3, 2020

Bill Would Give State Coronavirus Checks To 'Undocumented Individuals'

No papers, no citizenship, no federal 'Cares Act' benefits - no problem

August 3, 2020

Are You 'Sickened' If You Have No Symptoms?

Death rate has plummeted, and many who test positive never become ill

August 3, 2020

Whitmer Moving The Goal Posts On Why The Persistent Lockdowns?

Hospitalizations dramatically lower, but on July 29, the governor reimposed previously lifted restrictions

August 2, 2020

Two Metro Overflow Facilities Cost Taxpayers $21.45 Million, Treated 55 COVID Patients

Coronavirus 'insurance' was expensive at start of epidemic learning curve

August 1, 2020

Perfectly Explainable? Governor Chooses To Close Water Parks, Open Public Pools

July 31, 2020

Not A Single Yooper Hospitalized For COVID-19, But Whitmer Orders U.P. Bar Patrons Outdoors Anyway

July 31, 2020

Whitmer's Latest Instruction: Wait In The Car Until Your Appointment Calls

The doctor is in; you're not

July 31, 2020

Data Shows Nursing Homes The Largest COVID-19 Source, Whitmer Shuts Down Bars

Bars are but a footnote in state list of top infection sources

July 30, 2020

U-M Prof On Sabbatical With $148k Salary Complains About Paying For Home Internet

July 30, 2020

Casino Gambling Yes, Family Gatherings No

Casino taxes a significant source of Detroit’s budget

July 30, 2020

Gov. Whitmer Repeals Rule She Says Helped Michigan Fight Coronavirus

Less strict medical scope-of-practice rules should remain

Jarrett Skorup | July 21, 2020

Less strict medical scope-of-practice rules should remain

Defund Corporate Welfare Agency for Better Public Health

Higher taxes won't be as effective at eliminating smoking habits

Michael D. LaFaive and Todd Nesbit, Ph.D. | July 8, 2020

Higher taxes won't be as effective at eliminating smoking habits

Revisit Spending Priorities

Lawmakers won't have as much revenue to spend this year

James M. Hohman | July 1, 2020

Lawmakers won't have as much revenue to spend this year

Two Deaths, But Whitmer Still Closes Bars And Limits Indoor Gatherings To 10

On one day in April more people died of coronavirus in Michigan than all of July

July 29, 2020

If Detroit Teachers Stay Home Why Does District Need $85.1 Million Federal Coronavirus Dollars?

July 29, 2020

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