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Lansing Stadium Subsidy: Big Promises, Little Information

City claims massive return on investment; experts say no way

Dawson Bell | February 20, 2019

Watch The Fine Print On ‘Green Jobs’ Claims

Speculation often treated as fact, and definition may be only in eye of beholder

Tom Gantert | February 19, 2019

Taxpayer Backlash Coming Over Billions In Amazon Subsidies

But the rebellion against corporate handouts hasn’t reached Michigan

Tom Gantert | February 18, 2019

If At First ... Legislature Looking To Rein In Auto Insurance

Special interests halted past reform efforts

Tyler Arnold | February 16, 2019

Medical Welfare Programs Look To Price Another Year Of Life

Is a beneficiary’s ‘quality-adjusted life year’ worth the cost of a drug?

Michael McGrady | February 15, 2019

Court: OK For Wayne County To Seize Man’s Car For 3 Years

Legislators considering changes to state asset forfeiture law

Tyler Arnold | February 14, 2019

State Employee Morale Drops As State Spending Rises

Gov. Whitmer is concerned

Tom Gantert | February 13, 2019

Media Smokestack Images And Air Pollution Spin

Those billowing white clouds coming out aren’t what you may think

Tom Gantert | February 12, 2019

Michigan School Funding ‘Dead Last’? Watch That Methodology

Third in a series of how claims about public school revenue claims are often misleading

Tom Gantert | February 11, 2019

Pension Tax Affected 8 Percent Of All Taxpayers

It’s a lot of people and a lot of revenue

James M. Hohman | February 11, 2019

It’s a lot of people and a lot of revenue

Union Membership Continues to Drop Nationwide

The Janus decision is having an effect on membership

Jarrett Skorup | February 11, 2019

The Janus decision is having an effect on membership

Numbers Are In: Fossil Fuels Kept Furnaces Running During Polar Vortex

Wind production fell 79 percent over three coldest days

Evan Carter | February 11, 2019

One Source Of School Finance Confusion: ‘Equity In School Funding’

Second in a series of how claims about public school revenue claims are often misleading

Tom Gantert | February 9, 2019

No Surprise: Public Spending Lower After Deep ‘One-State Recession’

However, overall state spending has increased nine consecutive years

Tom Gantert | February 9, 2019

Michigan’s Democratic Governor Pushes Special Corporate Tax Break

There are more important priorities

Jarrett Skorup | February 8, 2019

There are more important priorities

Dead Last In Payments to Local Governments And Everything Else

The dangers of relying on outdated data

James M. Hohman | February 8, 2019

The dangers of relying on outdated data

Warning: Michigan School Finance Is Complicated

It’s also confusing, and spending interests often don’t tell the whole story

Tom Gantert | February 8, 2019

Drivers Will Pay More At Pump If Oil, Gas Pipeline Shut Down

Estimates vary on the effects of closing Mackinac Straits pipeline

Evan Carter | February 7, 2019

Will Your Furnace Turn On When Utilities Abandon Gas And Coal?

Polar vortex exposes risk with all-renewables approach to energy

Tom Gantert | February 6, 2019

The Free-Market Case for a Clean Slate

Clean-slate laws help people reintegrate into the workforce

Kahryn Riley | February 5, 2019

Clean-slate laws help people reintegrate into the workforce

Having Won Once, Reformers Want Even-Year Grand Rapids Elections

One official says their lower turnout makes odd-year elections look like suppression

Evan Carter | February 5, 2019

Diversity Programs Big Business at U-M

University pays $11 million to 93 diversity program administrators

Derek Draplin | February 4, 2019

How Much to Tax is Different From How to Spend

Trash tax a lesson in priorities and revenue

James M. Hohman | February 4, 2019

Six More Ideas for Savings in the State Budget

James M. Hohman | February 4, 2019

Even After Right-to-Work, Unions Still Big Political Spenders in Michigan

Morgan Shields | February 4, 2019

Official’s School Funding Complaints Cite Study Missing Billions

MSU study ends before last four years of school aid increases

Tom Gantert | February 2, 2019

House Dems: Make Charter Schools Hiring For-Profit Managers Unconstitutional

Proposed change to state constitution could shut down some of the state’s top schools

Tyler Arnold | February 1, 2019

Get Used to It

The wonderful world of energy rationing

Jason Hayes | January 31, 2019

The wonderful world of energy rationing

Justice in a Free Society

Why criminal justice reform matters to liberty lovers

Kahryn Riley | January 31, 2019

Why criminal justice reform matters to liberty lovers

Driverless Car Company Gets Big Subsidy From Michigan Taxpayers

Waymo’s parent company reported $12.7 billion in profits and received $8 million from Michigan taxpayers

Tyler Arnold | January 31, 2019

Auditor General Report Questions Michigan Strategic Fund and MBDP Jobs Program

The MBDP is a failure and should be shut down

Michael D. LaFaive | January 30, 2019

The MBDP is a failure and should be shut down

School Budgets Caught A Cold In 2000s, But Michigan Taxpayers Suffered Economic Pneumonia

Spending advocates’ budget comparisons ignore how Michigan’s ‘lost decade’ crushed taxpayers

Tom Gantert | January 30, 2019

MSU Uses Obscure ‘Government Purchases Index’ To Claim School Funding Down

The common CPI inflation measure shows funding up, not down

Tom Gantert | January 29, 2019

MSU Report Distorts School Funding Picture

Education revenues on track, Michigan near middle of pack

Ben DeGrow | January 28, 2019

Education revenues on track, Michigan near middle of pack

Taxing the Poor to Pay for Your Electric Car

Push for EV charging infrastructure is a wealth transfer from ratepayers to wealthy EV owners

Jason Hayes | January 28, 2019

Push for EV charging infrastructure is a wealth transfer from ratepayers to wealthy EV owners

State Revenue Looks Stagnant If Only Some Funds Are Excluded

Spending interests imply taxpayers not contributing enough

Evan Carter | January 28, 2019

DEQ Employees Accused Of Payroll Padding

Bioterrorism monitors falsified records, drove state vehicles for personal use

Dawson Bell | January 26, 2019

MSU Professor: Wind Turbines Can Cause Illness

Dizziness and nausea are just two symptoms

Michael McGrady | January 25, 2019

Schools Get More For Fewer Students, Spending Interests Claim Cuts

When a cut is merely a reduction in the rate of increase

Tom Gantert | January 24, 2019

Michigan Employment Up, Food Stamps Down

No government program can substitute for strong economic growth

Tyler Arnold | January 23, 2019

Unions Continued Steady Membership Decline In 2018

Percentage of total workforce in unions down from 10.7 to 10.5; government unions down a bit more

Dawson Bell | January 22, 2019

Spending Interests Wrong: Schools in Low-Income Areas Get More, Not Less

Media keeps repeating advocates’ misrepresentations

Tom Gantert | January 21, 2019

Right-To-Work Repeal Bill Denies Government Workers’ Civil Rights

Michigan Dem’s legislation appears to defy US Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus ruling

Michael McGrady | January 19, 2019

Michigan Roads Benefit From Decline In ‘Fix Now Pay Later’

Engler and Granholm used state credit card for road repairs, kicking costs into future

Dawson Bell | January 18, 2019

Administrators: 98 Percent Of Michigan Teachers Average Or Above

Just 1 out of every 384 Michigan teachers deemed ‘ineffective’ by their school’s administration

Tom Gantert | January 17, 2019

New Business Subsidies Authorized in Michigan

Lawmakers overwhelmingly supported corporate welfare

James M. Hohman | January 16, 2019

Lawmakers overwhelmingly supported corporate welfare

Charters Top List Of Detroit’s Best Public High Schools

City’s 3 best were charters

Tom Gantert | January 16, 2019

How Right-to-Work Affected Michigan’s State Employee Unions

See the status of five of the state's top unions

Jarrett Skorup | January 15, 2019

See the status of five of the state's top unions

Government Broadband’s Record Is Bad; Traverse City Going For It

City-owned utility wants a federal ‘energy savings’ loan to bankroll it

Evan Carter | January 15, 2019

More Budget Reform Ideas for 2019

Plenty of useless spending can be cut this year

Michael D. LaFaive | January 14, 2019

Plenty of useless spending can be cut this year

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