Budget 2021: State of Corporate and Industry Handouts

Lawmakers should cut unnecessary and ineffective subsidy programs

Michael D. LaFaive and James M. Hohman | September 30, 2020

Lawmakers should cut unnecessary and ineffective subsidy programs

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September COVID-19 Hospitalizations A Fraction Of April

They’re down 85%; Whitmer cites current figure to extend 204-day emergency

Tom Gantert | September 30, 2020

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Despite Epidemic, State Of Michigan Rolling In Dough

Tom Gantert | September 30, 2020

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Big On Spending, Light On Restoring

Spent $117,198 in seven years studying the Michigan Monkey Flower

Tom Gantert | September 30, 2020

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More Great Lakes Spending Hype: It’s A Multiplier!

Tom Gantert | September 29, 2020

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WSJ Reports Most COVID-19 Fatalities Lack Life Insurance

Most of the fatalities are older people where coverage is no longer practical

Tom Gantert | September 28, 2020

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Flint Started Online School Early, And 55% Of Students Showed Up

Tom Gantert | September 28, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 26, 2020

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Health Officials Say Don’t Play Contact Sports; Whitmer Says Follow The Science, Play Contact Sports

Tom Gantert | September 25, 2020

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Corporate Subsidy Agency Claims Giving 18 Firms Average $321 Per Job Saved Those Jobs

Tom Gantert | September 25, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 24, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 24, 2020

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Michigan Unions Back In Court To Keep State Employee Dues Flowing

2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocked dues withholding without employee consent and reapproval

Dawson Bell | September 24, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 23, 2020

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Fossil-Fuel Friendly Group Scores Many Michigan Congressional Democrats 0%

Republicans straggle between Amash and Walberg at 100% and Upton at 61%

Holly Matkin | September 23, 2020

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Michigan Coronavirus Deaths Down Dramatically

Tom Gantert | September 22, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 21, 2020

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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

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

Tom Gantert | September 19, 2020

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Cancel The Illegal 'Historic Abolitionist' Strike: U-M Grad Employees Return To Work

Demands included 'cut all ties with police' - and letting grad student instructors work from home

Dawson Bell | September 18, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 17, 2020

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Whitmer's Football Flip-Flops Look Like Politics Not 'Science'

Initially against it, governor reversed course after presidential politics entered the mix

Tom Gantert | September 17, 2020

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Recipe For School Budget Trouble: Enrollment Down, Teaching Staff Up, Pension Expense Rising

Bay City officials use the old ‘state funding cuts’ excuse — but their funding went up, not down

Tom Gantert | September 16, 2020

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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

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

September 14, 2020

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Official Michigan Regional Virus Risk Map Out Of Date

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

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2020

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District Alleges Teacher Shortage, Fires Pro-Trump Teacher Over ‘Liberals Suck’ Tweet

Teacher was twice rated ‘highly effective’ by district

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2020

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Left-Wing Group Funneling Money To Lansing Voter Outreach, Triggers Election Law Complaint

‘Targeting a demographic to increase turnout’ is flip side of targeting ‘to suppress the vote’

Tom Gantert | September 12, 2020

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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

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Michigan Woman Could Be Key To Changing Federal Labor Law

Dawson Bell | September 11, 2020

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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

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Five Times More Whitmer Executive Orders Than Ohio

But Florida's governor has issued even more

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

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Whitmer Hints She Won’t Lift State Of Emergency Until Coronavirus Vaccine Available

That could mean another two years or longer of lockdowns and restrictions

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

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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

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

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

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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

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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

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

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

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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

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Saginaw County Stops Requiring Union-Scale Wages On Government Projects

After state prevailing wage law was repealed, local versions became hard to administer

Dawson Bell | September 3, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | September 2, 2020

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Backed By Police Unions in 2018, Whitmer Silent On Police Union Reforms

Police collective bargaining contracts implicated in departments’ failure to dismiss bad actors

Tom Gantert | September 1, 2020

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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

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

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

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Whitmer's 'Enhanced' Executive Order Penalties Appear Outside The Law And Constitution

State sidestepping state of emergency law by pulling sanctions from a different law

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

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