Detroit Children’s Business Fair

May 4, 2019

How to Strike a Balance on Short-Term Rentals

Jarrett Skorup | May 3, 2019

New High School Rankings Need More Context

Ben DeGrow | May 3, 2019

We’re No. 1? Michigan Could Get Nation’s Highest Gas Tax

Michael McGrady and Tom Gantert | May 3, 2019

Dues Skimming Meets Its Demise

Patrick J. Wright | May 2, 2019

Mackinac Center Applauds Federal Change Ending Dues Skimming

May 2, 2019

Bills Make Criminal Record Less Of A Bar To Occupational Licenses

Evan Carter | May 2, 2019

Michigan Lawmakers Propose Strict Hunting and Fishing Guide Regulations

Jarrett Skorup | May 1, 2019

Detroit Schools Just Aren't That Crowded

Tom Gantert | May 1, 2019

Hike Taxes — Or Just Wait A Half Year

James M. Hohman | April 30, 2019

No New Permanent Jobs From State Corporate Subsidy

Dawson Bell | April 30, 2019

Michigan Legislature Passes Bills Requiring a Criminal Conviction for Forfeiture

Jarrett Skorup | April 29, 2019

Mandated Payroll Fixes And Oversight Committee Didn’t Stop Detroit Embezzler

Tom Gantert | April 29, 2019

Company Defaults on $300,000 From State For Project, Repays $45,827

Dawson Bell | April 27, 2019

Lansing’s $100,000 Police Employees

Tom Gantert | April 26, 2019

Another Business Subsidy, Another Canceled Agreement

Dawson Bell | April 25, 2019

Critique of CAP Report Card Fires Blanks

Ben DeGrow and Michael Van Beek | April 24, 2019

County Project Imposes Illegal Union Wage Mandate On Bidders

Dawson Bell | April 24, 2019

The Hard Work Of Creating A Marijuana Business Cartel

Michael McGrady | April 23, 2019

Lessons from Ronald Reagan

April 23, 2019

Wealth and Freedom are the Best Means of Protecting Species

Jason Hayes | April 22, 2019

In Their Own Words: Democratic Socialists, Green New Dealers Meet In Detroit

Evan Carter | April 22, 2019

Criminal Justice Reforms are Next Big Measure of State Success

Kahryn Riley | April 20, 2019

Pro-Gas Tax Hike Democrat: Never Seen A Public Willing To Tax Itself

Tom Gantert | April 20, 2019

Average Detroit Student Missed 32.73 School Days Last Year

Tom Gantert | April 19, 2019

Will Troy’s Crackdown On Distracted Driving Spread?

Tom Gantert | April 18, 2019

Consultant: Green Jobs A ‘Lobbying Effort,’ Not Real Data

Dawson Bell | April 17, 2019

Happy Tax Freedom Day, Michigan!

Jarrett Skorup | April 16, 2019

Legislative Open Records Bills Overcome Constitutional Hiccup

Tyler Arnold | April 16, 2019

Project Gets $100,000 Taxpayer Subsidy, Creates Zero Jobs, Firm Returns Just $26,000

Dawson Bell | April 15, 2019

A Steady Decline for Unions Under Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law

Jarrett Skorup | April 15, 2019

AFSCME Michigan Pays Women 85 Cents For Every Dollar For Men

Tyler Arnold | April 13, 2019

Teacher Evaluations, Cryptocurrency, Hospice Painkiller Administration and More

Jack McHugh | April 12, 2019

Federal Prison For Trout Trafficking Raises Proportionality Concerns

Michael McGrady | April 12, 2019

State Business Subsidy Recipients Get, Keep Taxpayer Dollars

Dawson Bell | April 11, 2019

On Civility

Michael J. Reitz | April 10, 2019

My Smartwatch Inadvertently Humbled Me

Jim Walker | April 10, 2019

By The Numbers: Civil Asset Forfeiture

April 10, 2019

Mackinac Launches National “Workers for Opportunity” Initiative To Advance Employee Freedom

Lindsay B. Killen | April 10, 2019

Media Corner

Holly Wetzel | April 10, 2019

National School Choice Week 2019

Holly Wetzel | April 10, 2019

Mackinac Center Honors Top CAP School

Ben DeGrow | April 10, 2019

Celebrating the Miracle of Individual Liberty

April 10, 2019

Law Enforcement Calls for Forfeiture Reform

April 10, 2019

Revocable Living Trust

April 10, 2019

A Letter from Joseph P. Maguire

Joseph P. Maguire | April 10, 2019

After Years of Dedicated Effort, Forfeiture Reform is in Sight

Kahryn Riley | April 10, 2019

The New Governor’s State of the State Address

Michael D. LaFaive | April 10, 2019

Michigan Repeals Its Painters License

Jarrett Skorup | April 10, 2019

Medicaid Work Requirements’ Tremendous Potential for Positive Impact on Spending and the Workforce

Lindsay B. Killen | April 10, 2019

Local Governments Get a Raise From Property Tax Payers

James M. Hohman | April 10, 2019

Tax Sales Boost County Budgets, But Do They Violate Owners’ Rights?

Evan Carter | April 10, 2019

IMPACT March/April 2019

Charter School Critique Misses the Mark

Ben DeGrow | April 9, 2019

Collective Bargaining Does Not Equality Make

Morgan Shields | April 9, 2019

Impose Amusements Tax, Legalize Social Betting Pools, Drivers' License Renewals; More

Jack McHugh | April 9, 2019

Whitmer Suggests Government Shutdown If No Big Gas Tax Hike

Michael McGrady | April 9, 2019

Gas Tax Hike of 45 Cents May Kill More than 22,500 Private Sector Jobs

Michael D. LaFaive | April 8, 2019

Sound Policy in a Time of Divided Government

Michael Van Beek | April 8, 2019

More Money for Preschool Not the Answer

Ben DeGrow | April 8, 2019

The Roads Are Crumbling And Have Always Been Crumbling

Tom Gantert | April 8, 2019

City Spends $300,000 Extra On Construction Projects To Pay Union Wages

Dawson Bell | April 6, 2019

Professor: Forced Charity Isn’t Charity — Even For Special Olympics

Michael McGrady | April 5, 2019

Database Details Michigan School Funding Trends

April 4, 2019

Roads going for less than $2.5 billion

James M. Hohman | April 4, 2019

Oakland County Takes House For $8.41 Property Tax Mistake

Evan Carter | April 4, 2019

Right-to-Work Means Right-to-Freedom

Morgan Shields | April 3, 2019

Former Teacher Now Legislator Claims ‘Massive School Disinvestment’

Tom Gantert | April 3, 2019

Workers For Opportunity Labor Expert Testifies In Support of Kansas Bill To Protect Employee First Amendment Rights

April 2, 2019

Say No to Business Subsidies

James M. Hohman | April 2, 2019

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April 2, 2019

For Michigan Newspapers, Disaster Always Stalks Public Schools

Tom Gantert | April 2, 2019

Detroit Lawmaker Would Repeal City’s Post-Bankruptcy Financial Oversight

Tyler Arnold | April 1, 2019

Fewer Workers, Costlier Materials Spike Road Repair Costs

Dawson Bell | March 30, 2019

Michigan AG Withdraws State From Challenge to Federal Wetlands Rule

Bruce Edward Walker | March 29, 2019

How States Can Support Federal Reforms for Cross-state Health Insurance Sales

Lindsay B. Killen | March 29, 2019

Sunny With a Chance of Apocalypse

Jason Hayes | March 29, 2019

Whitmer Proposes $2.5 Billion Gas Tax Hike, Budgets Just $1.9 Billion More For Roads

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | March 28, 2019

People Are Leaving the Nation’s Largest Unions After Janus Case

Jarrett Skorup | March 28, 2019

Call to Roll Back Third-Grade Reading Law Misguided

Ben DeGrow | March 28, 2019

Michigan Needs Collective Bargaining Transparency

Morgan Shields | March 28, 2019

Wayne County Doubling Down On Forfeiture As Legislature Moves To Reform It

Tyler Arnold | March 28, 2019

Investment Programs

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Endnotes

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Appendix: Corporate Welfare Prohibition Compact

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Conclusion

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Achieving Healthier State Competition with a “Cease-Fire” Agreement

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Reining in Corporate Welfare

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Tax Competition

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Cultural Competition

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Regulatory Competition

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

An Alternative to Subsidies: Healthy State Competition

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Ranking the States: Improving the New York Times Corporate Welfare Ranking

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

What’s So Bad About Corporate Welfare?

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

What is Not Corporate Welfare?

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Lending programs

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Tax preferences

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

Deal-closing funds and grants

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

The Most Common Types of Corporate Welfare

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019

What is Corporate Welfare?

Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman | March 27, 2019