Michigan Has 14th Highest Cigarette Smuggling Rate in the Nation

June 29, 2021

Clearing Up the Record on Michigan Charter Schools

Ben DeGrow | June 29, 2021

Workplace Regulators Abuse Power Extending State Emergency Rules Until Christmas Week

Jamie A. Hope | June 26, 2021

Michigan Schools Never Had More To Spend; MSU Prof Calls State Dead Last In Funding

Tom Gantert | June 25, 2021

Mackinac Center Praises Healthcare Transparency Efforts

June 23, 2021

Mackinac Center in WSJ: The Problem With Film Subsidies

Jennifer Wiland | June 23, 2021

America’s Illicit Smokes Market Set to Get Larger

Ulrik Boesen, Todd Nesbit, Ph.D., and Michael D. LaFaive | June 29, 2021

Center-Left Interest Group's Whopper On Michigan Teacher Retirement Benefits

Tom Gantert | June 23, 2021

Teachers Who Are Paid $97K Annually Say Low Pay Is A Problem

Tom Gantert | June 24, 2021

Teacher Went From $61,701 to $81,328 In Six Years, Tells Newspaper Low Pay A Hurdle

Tom Gantert | June 29, 2021

House Bill Could Help Michigan Get Back to Normal

Michael D. LaFaive and James M. Hohman | June 18, 2021

Whitmer Says 'Science' Governed State Epidemic Responses; Record Suggests Otherwise

Tom Gantert | June 19, 2021

CDC Data Suggests Stricter Lockdowns Didn’t Reduce COVID Deaths

Tom Gantert | June 22, 2021

City Demands Vacation Renters’ Data; Homeowners Question Its Security And More

Olivia Miller | June 28, 2021

Study: Michigan Falls Behind In Recovering From Pandemic

Olivia Miller | June 22, 2021

Michigan Company, Lauded As A Face Of Green Energy in 2012, Now Defunct

June 18, 2021

Michigan’s 100 Year-Plus Teacher Shortage

Tom Gantert | June 21, 2021

“Federal, State and Local Lawmakers: You Need to get Ahead of This. The Lawsuits are Coming.”

James M. Hohman | June 18, 2021

Another School Establishment Ally Understates Michigan Teacher Salaries

Tom Gantert | June 16, 2021

An Intriguing Proposal For High-Speed Internet in Metro Detroit

Jarrett Skorup | June 17, 2021

These Parents And Children Looking For Alternatives After Virtual Instruction Failed Them

Dawson Bell | June 15, 2021

Michigan Capitol Confidential Inaccurately Described Attendance Policies Of Two School Districts

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | June 17, 2021

Open Records Lawsuit Reveals State Undercounting of COVID Deaths in Eldercare Facilities

Stephen Delie | June 15, 2021

Governor’s Pandemic Response Was Rarely Backed by Science

Michael Van Beek | June 15, 2021

Voter ID, Tax Breaks, Knife Carry and More

Jack McHugh | June 18, 2021

“Federal, State and Local Lawmakers: You Need to get Ahead of This. The Lawsuits are Coming.”

June 18, 2021

Michigan School Pension Deficits Eat District Budgets

Jamie A. Hope | June 11, 2021

Heavy Agency Email Chatter Before Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner’s Arrest

Jamie A. Hope | June 17, 2021

Whitmer Persists With Line 5 Closure As East Coast Experiences Fuel Shortages

Jason Hayes | June 15, 2021

Waive Late Fees, Tax Breaks for Businesses, Wolf Council and More

Jack McHugh | June 11, 2021

State Agency’s ‘How To Form A Union’ Adventure Wilted Under Sunshine

Dawson Bell | June 14, 2021

State Lawmakers Need to Get Better Outcomes With Newfound Federal Cash

James M. Hohman | June 15, 2021

Attorney General Wanted Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Arrested Before Going On Fox News

Jamie A. Hope and Tom Gantert | June 11, 2021

Vaccination Rate Lags Sharply In Detroit

Tom Gantert | June 7, 2021

While Michigan’s Electricity Rates Increase, Reliability Suffers

Jason Hayes | June 11, 2021

Mackinac Center Stands Behind Interstate Compact

June 9, 2021

Michigan Families Flock to Charter Schools During COVID

Ben DeGrow | June 4, 2021

State Spent $13 Billion More Last Year Than A Decade Ago, Even After Inflation

Jamie A. Hope | June 3, 2021

“It Was an Idea Whose Time had Come in West Virginia”

James M. Hohman | June 4, 2021

No Fine For Restaurant Where Whitmer Caught Skipping Social Distance

Jamie A. Hope | June 2, 2021

Granholm Wind Scheme Lauded At First, But Then Fell Into Obscurity When It Failed

Tom Gantert | June 8, 2021

Governor Overshoots Demand for State-Funded Pre-K

Ben DeGrow | June 11, 2021

Link Teacher Pay To Quality? But Annual State-Required Ratings Fail To Separate Best

Tom Gantert | June 12, 2021

Michigan Op-Ed Writer’s Defense Of Whitmer COVID Orders Confuses Cause With Effect

Tom Gantert | June 9, 2021

What Michigan Residents Got For Their Increased Road Spending

James M. Hohman | June 14, 2021

Fanning the Flames

Michael D. LaFaive | June 4, 2021

No State COVID Death Tracking At Nearly 3,500 Care Facilities

Olivia Miller | June 5, 2021

Secretary Of State Fines Motorists For Delayed Service, Blames Legislators

Jamie A. Hope | June 10, 2021

“It was an idea whose time had come in West Virginia”

June 4, 2021

Michigan Capitol Confidential

June 1, 2021

What Do We Know About the Impact of Prevailing Wage Laws?

Dr. Michael Thom | June 4, 2021

Whitmer Says She Would Use Emergency Law To Impose Her Non-Emergency Policies

Tom Gantert | May 28, 2021

Giving Michigan Universities More Money is Not a Good Return on Investment

Jarrett Skorup | June 10, 2021

State Health Department Budget Up 25%, Still Failed To Track COVID Nursing Home Deaths

Tom Gantert | May 28, 2021

For Most People, Coronavirus Presents Similar Risks as Car Accidents

Michael Van Beek | June 2, 2021

The Problem With Michigan’s Numbers on COVID-19 Deaths at Nursing Homes

Stephen Delie | June 4, 2021

Was This State COVID Spending Item ‘Appropriate?’ Auditor General Can’t Say

Jamie A. Hope and Tom Gantert | June 4, 2021

See You In Court: Contractors Sue Township Over Unlawful Union Contracting Privilege

Dawson Bell | May 31, 2021

How Does Michigan’s Tax System Rank?

Olivia Miller | June 5, 2021

Whitmer Would Pay Schools More To Educate Fewer Students

Tom Gantert | June 10, 2021

Michigan Unwisely Moving to Add New Licensing Requirements on Solar Panel Installers

Jarrett Skorup | June 4, 2021

Farmington Seeks New Broadband Network

Jarrett Skorup | May 25, 2021

A New Generation of Advocates

May 24, 2021

Michigan Democrats Propose Mass Spending for Government-Run Broadband Networks

Jarrett Skorup | June 2, 2021

Airline Case Could Free Millions of Workers from Union Agency Fees

Patrick J. Wright | May 24, 2021

Absentee Ballot Fraud, Substitute Teachers, Vaccinating Minors and More

Jack McHugh | May 28, 2021

Vaccine Passport Ban, Gravel Mining, Online Gambling and More

Jack McHugh | June 4, 2021

Time to Dream of Bigger Opportunities for Students

Ben DeGrow | May 28, 2021

It's Made No Biofuel For Six Years, But Feds Still Pumping This Granholm Energy Handout

Jamie A. Hope | May 27, 2021

Residents Testify Local Airbnb Bans Take Away Freedom And Income

Olivia Miller | May 26, 2021

A Lawyer You Can Love

May 24, 2021

Studies Can’t Prove Lockdowns Didn’t Work - Or That They Did

Olivia Miller | May 27, 2021

Why Business Subsidies Fail to Drive Economic Growth

James M. Hohman | May 24, 2021

To Fight Airbnb, Local Government Groups Falsely Say No One Has Banned Them

Jarrett Skorup | May 27, 2021

Granholm Green Energy Handout: A Glowing Promise And Cattle Feed

Jamie A. Hope | June 1, 2021

Michigan’s Highest-Profile Lockdown Scofflaw: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Tom Gantert | May 24, 2021

Our Year With COVID: What Have We Learned?

Michael Van Beek | May 24, 2021

Number Of Michigan Teachers Rises Even As Enrollment Declines

Tom Gantert | May 25, 2021

Billboard: Whitmer Dissed People With ‘One Rule For Others And A Different One For Themselves’

Tom Gantert | May 28, 2021

Workers for Opportunity Initiative Scores Win in Indiana

Stephen Delie and Taylor Piotrowski | May 24, 2021

Democrat’s Amendment Insinuates Legislative Leaders Affiliate With Domestic Terrorists

June 4, 2021

Mackinac Center Works With Coalition Partners to Provide Guidance to the State on How to Spend its Stimulus Check

James M. Hohman | May 24, 2021

Michigan Cannot Determine Whether Some COVID-19 Deaths Originated at Nursing Homes

May 21, 2021

Freedom Embassy Opens for Business

May 24, 2021

Healthy Teenagers are Not COVID Threats

Michael Van Beek | May 27, 2021

Pipelines, Free Enterprise, Bird Feeders and More

Jack McHugh | May 21, 2021

Media Group Gets Teacher Data From Union, Not State, Publishes Different Numbers

Tom Gantert | May 29, 2021

Bad Information About the Prevailing Wage Abounds

Michael D. LaFaive | May 27, 2021

Federal Funding is a Poor Plan to Improve Infrastructure

James M. Hohman | May 24, 2021

Michigan Schools to Receive Windfall in COVID Funds

Ben DeGrow | May 24, 2021

This District Has A Student Shortage, Not Teacher Shortage

Tom Gantert | May 26, 2021

Don’t Let Cancel Culture End Philanthropy

May 24, 2021

Trying To Find Out How Many COVID Nursing Home Deaths There Are in Michigan

May 24, 2021

“Uber Really Exploded the Window”

James M. Hohman | May 21, 2021

Four Reforms Every State Should Adopt to Help its Workforce

Jarrett Skorup | May 25, 2021

Mackinac in the Media

Holly Wetzel | May 24, 2021

Good News You May Have Missed

Joseph G. Lehman | May 24, 2021

One Year After the Edenville Dam Failure

Jason Hayes | May 21, 2021

“Uber Really Exploded the Window”

May 21, 2021

IMPACT May/June 2021