City Sued For Violating Public Records Law
In January, Charlie LeDuff sent a FOIA request to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for information on deaths related to COVID-19. The Michigan Department of Heath and Human Services denied this request.
February 26 MichiganVotes Roll Call Report
The Mackinac Center submitted a FOIA request to the city of Warren that asked for the salaries and names of every city employee. The city responded to the request with the estimated costs, but said it would omit employees' names. It failed to cite a reason for the exemption, a requirement of Michigan's FOIA law.
Taxpayers now owe more pensioners than the lenders
New report takes lessons learned to show how policymakers can both protect individual rights and effectively respond
U-M law professor makes flawed case to overturn recent Supreme Court decision
Districts raking in most CARES funds denied students in-person learning
Leave this bad idea on the cutting room floor
Lawmakers should prevent Michigan from suffering same fate
The state budget has done well through the pandemic
There are better methods to reduce smoking
It's important to consider the trade-offs
Do you need a college degree to be successful? Why does college cost so much? How do we ensure higher education is flexible and affordable? Come hear a nuanced discussion about college costs and what states and the federal government should do about it. Join us at 11 am EST. Opening remarks will be made by Joseph Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center. Featured panelists will be Jason Delisle, visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Jeremy Horpedahl, assistant professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas, and Jarrett Skorup, director of marketing and communications at the Mackinac Center.
New generation facilities should be reliable
Changing economics and species composition behind the push for legislative changes
Strong link between economic liberty and human flourishing
Mackinac Center primer shows how electricity is generated, transmitted and used in Michigan
State mandates put in place to temporarily limit the spread of COVID-19 created widespread, ongoing economic ramifications. Economists and others are working to estimate the full costs of these actions, but the task is difficult considering how unprecedented and broad these state mandates have been. This virtual event will discuss sound economic theory and practical suggestions for initiating research, locating data and producing good, original scholarship. Join us at 6:00 pm EST. Sponsored by the Charles M. Bauervic Foundation, and presented in conjunction with Northwood University, our presenters will be Michael LaFaive, senior director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Mackinac Center, and Northwood University department chair Dale Matcheck. This event will be moderated by John Gustincic, director of the Alden B. Dow Center for Creativity and Enterprise.
“I am still trying to make sense out of Washington.”
MichiganVotes Roll Call Report describes newly introduced bills
Patients would benefit if the state brought back temporary measures Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made to suspend some unnecessary and costly regulations in health care.
Whitmer’s repeated attempt egregious in light of COVID demands
ABC test may cause the gig economy to disappear
