Arrest Of Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Violated Court Guidelines

Jamie A. Hope | April 9, 2021

How The Union Contract And Bogus Merit Pay Hurt Teacher Of The Year Finalist

Tom Gantert | April 8, 2021

Mackinac Center Sues Highland Park for Policy Personnel and Salary Records

April 7, 2021

Experts Have Answers For Michigan’s COVID Spike, But Nothing Definite

Tom Gantert | April 7, 2021

Indiana Considers Worker Freedom

Taylor Piotrowski | April 6, 2021

What Local Government Should Do with Their Stimulus Checks

James M. Hohman | April 7, 2021

Michigan 12th-Most Restrictive State For COVID Policies

Tom Gantert | April 6, 2021

“It is one of the most important public health tools known to man.”

April 9, 2021

When Will Gov. Whitmer Relinquish Unilateral Control of Michigan Society?

James M. Hohman | April 6, 2021

Cities’ Clever And Prohibitive Fees Are Killing Michigan’s Open Records Law

Tom Gantert | April 5, 2021

UK Variant In Just 0.02% Of Michigan’s COVID Cases; WaPo Blames It For Current Surge

Tom Gantert | April 7, 2021

Putting Patients First

Greg George | April 6, 2021

If Not Numbers, What Drives Whitmer’s COVID Policies?

Tom Gantert | April 6, 2021

Four Years Running, Auditors Ding Benton Harbor Schools On Free Lunch Accounting

Tom Gantert | April 2, 2021

Invest COVID-19 Relief in Michigan's Financial Future

James M. Hohman | April 5, 2021

Michigan Should Consider A ‘Regulatory Sandbox’

Jarrett Skorup | April 6, 2021

Flint Has 29 Cents For Each Dollar Needed To Cover Pension Promises

Tom Gantert | April 1, 2021

Corporate Welfare Agencies Need Greater Transparency, Accountability

Michael D. LaFaive and Stephen Delie | April 5, 2021

Postal Delays Didn’t Deter Giving

April 1, 2021

The Family Man

April 1, 2021

Center Again Ranked Among Nation’s Most Influential Think Tanks

Michael Van Beek | April 1, 2021

Require Union Dues, Expand Administrative Powers, Tax Breaks for Home Buyers and More

Jack McHugh | April 2, 2021

The Most Hyperbolic Thing You’ll Ever Read

Michael J. Reitz | April 1, 2021

Giving Missouri’s Workers A Choice

April 1, 2021

Lawsuits Keep Michigan’s Open Records Law Strong

Stephen Delie | April 1, 2021

Michigan Job Losses Nation's 12th Worst Since Pandemic Began

Tom Gantert | March 29, 2021

Media Off-Base On COVID Hospitalization Rate Report

Tom Gantert | March 25, 2021

How the Mackinac Center’s National Footprint is Making a Difference for Students and Workers

Lindsay B. Killen | April 1, 2021

Mackinac Center Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Union Agency Fee Case

March 30, 2021

Fewer Students And More Teachers Means - A Michigan Teacher Shortage?

Tom Gantert | March 29, 2021

Michigan Daily COVID Deaths: 12 On March 21, Versus 133 On Dec. 14

Tom Gantert | March 25, 2021

Andrew B. Gillman: Translator, entrepreneur and free-market supporter

Lorie A. Shane | April 1, 2021

Mackinac in the Media

Holly Wetzel | April 1, 2021

Underfunded? Detroit, Benton Harbor, Flint Schools Got Far More Than State Average

Tom Gantert | March 31, 2021

Work-From-Home Challenges City Income Tax Reach

Dawson Bell | March 24, 2021

Mackinac Center Signs on to Federal Coalition Letter Regarding Biden Spending Plan

Michael D. LaFaive | March 23, 2021

Young Workers Harmed the Most by Minimum Wage Increases

Warren Anderson | April 6, 2021

Legislator Calls For Funding All College Students Equally

Dawson Bell | March 27, 2021

Victories From Decades of Fighting Against Business Subsidies

James M. Hohman | April 1, 2021

Temporary Pandemic Reforms Should be Made Permanent

Greg George | April 1, 2021

Pandemic Shutdown? Pay Up Anyway, Says Utility

Michael D. LaFaive | March 30, 2021

Limit Epidemic Orders, Caps on Insulin, Broadband Exemptions and More

Jack McHugh | March 26, 2021

Michigan Has More Teachers Per Student Than 13 Years Ago

Tom Gantert | March 30, 2021

High School Prom Planners Await Government Permission

Tom Gantert | March 26, 2021

Mackinac Center Sues University of Michigan Over Salary FOIA

March 25, 2021

How To Make A School District Appear Underfunded: Ignore Big Pieces Of Revenue

Tom Gantert | April 3, 2021

Helping Freedom’s Advocates Become Persuasive Communicators

April 1, 2021

IMPACT Mar/Apr 2021

State’s Private Sector Workers Lost Income In 2020; Public Sector, Not So Much

Tom Gantert | March 29, 2021

Mackinac Center Sues City of Flint for Public Salaries

March 22, 2021

Lawsuit: U-M Defies Open Records Law To Hide Pay Rates

Tom Gantert | March 19, 2021

Mackinac Center Sues U-M Over Public Salary Information

March 25, 2021

Mayor Calls Stimulus ‘Critical’; His Pay Rose From $132k To $137k In 2020

Tom Gantert | March 23, 2021

State Experts Have A New Plan — It Includes Lockdowns

Tom Gantert | March 19, 2021

When Will Gov. Whitmer Relinquish Unilateral Control of Michigan Society?

James M. Hohman | March 23, 2021

Gov. Whitmer’s Inadequate Line 5 Replacement Plan

Jason Hayes | March 24, 2021

No Rush For Government-Owned Traverse City Internet

Dawson Bell | March 22, 2021

Michigan Residents’ 2020 Employment Income Decline Is Nation’s Eighth-Worst

Tom Gantert | March 25, 2021

Celebrate Sunshine Week By Suing A Government Open Records Act Scofflaw

Tom Gantert | March 22, 2021

Mackinac Center Files Amicus Brief Supporting Worker Freedom

March 19, 2021

City of Flint Sued After Failing to Respond to FOIA Request

March 22, 2021

Reforming Pennsylvania’s Alcohol Monopoly in the Face of Union Opposition

James M. Hohman | March 26, 2021

States Should Reform Emergency Laws

Michael Van Beek | March 15, 2021

Michigan Attorney General Rebuffs Lawmaker Request To Investigate Nursing Home COVID Deaths

Tom Gantert | March 15, 2021

Sometimes You Need to Drink Goat Milk To Keep the Trade in it Legal

James M. Hohman | March 12, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges Fiscally Sound Approach to Federal Funds

March 23, 2021

Transparency Laws are Designed to Keep the Government Accountable. But do They?

Stephen Delie | March 18, 2021

University of Michigan Works To Conceal Records It Must Disclose Under Law

Tom Gantert | March 20, 2021

After A Year Of COVID, Media Asks If Lockdowns Actually Work

Tom Gantert | March 18, 2021

Pandemic Doesn’t Slow Down School Funding Gains

Ben DeGrow | March 15, 2021

It's Time to Eliminate Bureaucratic Barriers to Health Care Access

Greg George | March 29, 2021

Michigan Supreme Court, Lawmakers Have the Chance to Straighten Out Short-Term Rental Issues

Jarrett Skorup and Derk Wilcox | March 24, 2021

Government Workers A Protected Class In 2020

Tom Gantert | March 23, 2021

Expand Open Records Law, Cancer Liability, Later Liquor Licenses and More

Jack McHugh | March 19, 2021

Detroit Schools Get Clean Audit, Released From State Fiscal Oversight

Tom Gantert | March 12, 2021

“It Was a Little Bittersweet”

March 26, 2021

Holland Restaurant Owner Arrested Over COVID Orders

Taylor Piotrowski | March 19, 2021

She Fled Communism For Freedom, Now Faces Jail For Not Closing Restaurant

Dawson Bell | March 17, 2021

Get Creative with Federal Education Dollars

Ben DeGrow | March 24, 2021

Michigan Should Consider A ‘Regulatory Sandbox’

Jarrett Skorup | March 22, 2021

"Sometimes You Need to Drink Goat Milk To Keep the Trade in it Legal"

March 12, 2021

Lawmakers Want to Be More Careful With Pension Funds

James M. Hohman | March 9, 2021

Locking in Lockdowns: New State Pandemic Plans Now Recommend Gov. Whitmer’s Shutdowns

Michael Van Beek | March 19, 2021

Open-Records Law Reveals: Cops Take Cars From Little Guys; School Pay Tricks; Much More

Tom Gantert | March 16, 2021

Florida: Wide-Open Restaurants, No Mask Mandate, Plunging Case Counts

Tom Gantert | March 15, 2021

State Corporate Handout Programs Need More, Not Less Transparency

Michael D. LaFaive | March 17, 2021

Veto Overrides, Emergency Order Limits, Virus Spending and More

Jack McHugh | March 12, 2021

Use Michigan’s Newfound Federal Cash To Put State in Better Position

James M. Hohman | March 17, 2021

School Board Member Also MEA Union Official

Dawson Bell | March 12, 2021

Dodgy Metrics, No Real Accountability At Tax-Funded Tourism Marketing Program

Michael D. LaFaive | March 15, 2021

State Agencies And Local Governments Get Creative Dodging Open Records Requests

Tom Gantert | March 15, 2021

Michigan Per-Pupil Revenues Reach All-Time High

March 11, 2021

Michigan Should Use the Powers of (Tax) Deduction for Business Equipment

James M. Hohman | March 9, 2021

12 Months After Epidemic Arrives, State Ag Department Issues COVID Orders

Dawson Bell | March 11, 2021

Mackinac Center Sues State for Data on Nursing Home Deaths

March 9, 2021

Farmington Hills Mayor Pushes Government Broadband Effort

Dawson Bell | March 13, 2021

We're in a Minimum Wage Debate Loop

James M. Hohman | March 10, 2021

Cyber School Students Should Get Equal Funding

Ben DeGrow | March 9, 2021

North Dakota Repeals Mask Mandate, COVID Case Numbers Plunge

Tom Gantert | March 10, 2021

Virus Hard On Everyone? Not These Rochester School Employees

Tom Gantert | March 10, 2021