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Public Transit: Moving Few at a Huge Expense

James M. Hohman | January 9, 2020

Lawmakers Should Not Resurrect Pure Michigan Subsidy Program

Michael D. LaFaive | January 9, 2020

Democratic Minority Voters Overwhelmingly Favor School Choice

Ben DeGrow | January 6, 2020

Michigan Lawmakers on Pace for the Smallest Increase in Business Subsidies

James M. Hohman | January 6, 2020

Forfeiture Cases Can Take Years, Even for the Innocent; Supreme Court May Help

Jarrett Skorup | January 6, 2020

‘Trump Tax Cuts’ Have Benefited Union Workers

Jarrett Skorup | January 2, 2020

Three Reasons to Oppose New Corporate Incentives

Jarrett Skorup | December 20, 2019

Legislative Year Finishes With High Fiscal Notes

Michael D. LaFaive | December 19, 2019

Michigan Bureaucrats Want to Force Unions on Pot Businesses

Jarrett Skorup | December 17, 2019

State School Aid Deal Fits Decade-Long Upward Trend

Ben DeGrow | December 12, 2019

Politicians Get Too Much Blame — and Credit — for Economic Trends

James M. Hohman | December 11, 2019

Dangers of the Regulatory State: Overly Precise Rules

Michael Van Beek | December 4, 2019

Targeted Tax Preferences are Unfair

James M. Hohman | November 12, 2019

What You Really Need to Know about Michigan Charter Schools

Ben DeGrow | November 12, 2019

The Bipartisan State Budget

James M. Hohman | November 4, 2019

Michigan’s Corporate Subsidy Board Faces Tough Questioning

Jarrett Skorup | October 27, 2019

The Student Debt Problem is Widely Misunderstood – Here Are Some Solutions

Jarrett Skorup | October 24, 2019

Clock is Running out for Michigan Legislators to Help Cancer Patients

Lindsay B. Killen | October 24, 2019

Kmart Property is MEGA Reminder Not to Extend Subsidy Program

Michael D. LaFaive | October 24, 2019

Public Servants Should Deliver More Than a List of Adjectives

James M. Hohman | October 22, 2019

What Happens Now to Roads in Michigan

James M. Hohman | October 17, 2019

Lawmakers Should Let Good Jobs for Michigan Expire

Michael D. LaFaive | October 17, 2019

An Update on Criminal Justice Policies in Michigan

Jarrett Skorup | October 11, 2019

Keep Pure Michigan Spending at $0

Michael D. LaFaive | October 10, 2019

A Global Climate Strike Isn't Enough

Jason Hayes | October 6, 2019

A Conservative Case for Expunging Criminal Records

Jarrett Skorup | October 4, 2019

Whitmer Targets Charter Students in Budget Veto

Ben DeGrow | October 2, 2019

A Case Study in Ineffectiveness for the MEDC

Jarrett Skorup | September 30, 2019

No Need for Veto Work, but if the Governor Insists...

Michael D. LaFaive | September 30, 2019

The Corporate Welfare Lady Protests Too Much

Michael D. LaFaive | September 27, 2019

Economic Growth Drives Budget Priorities

James M. Hohman | September 26, 2019

School Aid Budget Proposals Not That Far Off

Ben DeGrow | September 25, 2019

Omnipotent Moral Busybodies Appear at Climate Town Hall

Jason Hayes | September 24, 2019

Selective Favors to Companies Won’t Create Jobs

James M. Hohman | September 23, 2019

Vaping Ban Would Increase Cigarette Sales and Smuggling

Michael D. LaFaive | September 17, 2019

Senate Bill Revitalizes Skepticism about Corporate Handouts

James M. Hohman | September 12, 2019

Michigan’s Ineffective, Unfair and Expensive Corporate Handouts

James M. Hohman | September 9, 2019

National Groups Push Music Therapist Licensing – Which Benefits Themselves

Jarrett Skorup | September 5, 2019

Extension of Mislabeled Good Jobs for Michigan Program Would Be Added to the Business Subsidy Scorecard

James M. Hohman | September 5, 2019

Lack of Money For Universities Didn’t Cost Michigan Amazon – Or Economic Growth

Jarrett Skorup | September 4, 2019

State Gives Solar Preferences on Land 'Preserved' for Farmland

Aaron Lehman | August 29, 2019

Licensing Laws are Destructive and Ineffective – But There Are Alternatives

Jarrett Skorup | August 26, 2019

The Michigan Budget Fight Is Not Over Roads – It’s Everything Else

Jarrett Skorup | August 21, 2019

Lawmakers Shouldn’t Bend to Bad Road Funding Policy To Meet Arbitrary Road Deadline

James M. Hohman | August 15, 2019

Governor Whitmer Stands Up for the Michigan Constitution

Jack McHugh | August 15, 2019

Want More School Librarians in Michigan? Reform State Licensing Law

Jarrett Skorup | August 15, 2019

Let Corporate Handouts Expire

James M. Hohman | August 15, 2019

More Revenue in Lansing Seems Like a Higher Priority To Gov. Whitmer Than Fixing The Roads

James M. Hohman | August 6, 2019

Ontario’s Energy Woes Should Be a Warning

Jason Hayes and Elmira Aliakbari | August 2, 2019

Dear Michigan Press: Where’s the Tax-Hike Fever?

Michael D. LaFaive and James M. Hohman | August 2, 2019

Give Michigan Drivers Relief from High Auto Insurance Premiums

Michael Van Beek and Matt Coffey | March 6, 2017

Michigan Taxpayers Don’t Need to Spend Another $4 Billion Annually on Infrastructure

James M. Hohman | March 6, 2017

Michigan’s Licensing Laws Prevent Poor from Accessing Health Care

Chantal Lovell and Jarrett Skorup | December 5, 2016

Free Trade Agreements Have Been Good For America

Jason E. Taylor | December 5, 2016

The Double Standard in Environmental Protection

Jason Hayes | November 7, 2016

Let Dentists Hire Licensed Dental Therapists

Michael Van Beek | November 7, 2016

Individualized Solutions for Juvenile Justice Can Help Reduce Mass Incarceration

Kahryn Riley | November 7, 2016

Michigan Legislature Can End 2016 Strong by Acting on Key Issues

Jarrett Skorup | October 3, 2016

You Have My Permission to Speak … Unless

Jason Hayes | August 8, 2016

Michigan Adequacy Study Shows the State Already Spends Plenty on Education

Ben DeGrow | August 8, 2016

School Choice Withstands Twists and Turns of Detroit Debate

Ben DeGrow | July 25, 2016

Moving Forward on Forfeiture Reform

Jarrett Skorup | June 10, 2016

'I Don’t Know My Country Anymore'

Joseph G. Lehman | June 10, 2016

As Right-to-Work Expands, So Do Union Membership Rolls

F. Vincent Vernuccio and Jason Hart | June 6, 2016

Pure Michigan: An Economic Development Program That Doesn’t Create Any Development

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | June 6, 2016

End the 21st Century Jobs Fund

James M. Hohman | April 4, 2016

New Study Says Pure Michigan Campaign Not As Advertised

Michael D. LaFaive | February 16, 2016

Use a Charter School Board to Reorganize Detroit Public Schools

Greg Harris | January 4, 2016

Government as Santa

Joseph G. Lehman | December 25, 2015

MEA Upset at Having to Follow State Law

Audrey Spalding | June 19, 2014

Wage Hike Would Hurt Tipped Workers

F. Vincent Vernuccio | May 12, 2014

How to Pass a Detroit Bailout the Majority Party Opposes

Jack McHugh | April 28, 2014

A Center-Right Candidate Questionnaire that Digs Deeper

Jack McHugh | April 28, 2014

Utah's Lessons for Michigan Pension Reform

James M. Hohman | April 25, 2014

Ticket Sales a Matter of Property Rights

Dr. Mark J. Perry | April 22, 2014

Michigan State Budget Process Allows For Plausible Deniability

Jack Spencer | April 21, 2014

The Winners and Losers in Detroit Bankruptcy

James M. Hohman | April 8, 2014

Corporate Welfare for New Red Wings Arena Won't Spur Economic Development

Christopher C. Douglas, Ph.D. | April 5, 2014

Not Pretty: 2013 Legislative Roundup

Jack McHugh | March 11, 2014

Michigan's 'Pay It Forward' College Tuition Plan Will Equal Higher Costs

Audrey Spalding and Jarrett Skorup | February 28, 2014

Cigarette Smuggling Still Rampant in Michigan, Nation

Michael D. LaFaive and Todd Nesbit, Ph.D. | February 17, 2014

Trim Corporate Welfare to $0

Michael D. LaFaive | February 12, 2014

Detroit's Spruce Goose: City Airport

Michael Farren | January 31, 2014

The Ghosts of Christmases Past

Jack Spencer | December 18, 2013

A Tax Hike Al Capone Could Have Loved

Michael D. LaFaive | November 20, 2013

Exemptions, Navigators and New Members

F. Vincent Vernuccio | November 18, 2013

Michigan's Higher Ed Bubble

Dr. Richard Vedder | October 23, 2013

Affirmative Action for Kindergartners

Prof. Harry Hutchison | September 26, 2013

What Does College Really Cost?

Paul Mitchell | September 18, 2013

Detroit's 'Operation Compliance' Shows the Dangers of Too Many Regulations

Jarrett Skorup | September 18, 2013

Township Supervisor: 'I Want People to Know Where Their Money is Going'

Manny Lopez | August 22, 2013

Pontiac School District’s Financial Crisis Due to Poor Management, not Lack of Money

Jarrett Skorup | August 9, 2013

Mother May I?

Michael J. Reitz | July 1, 2013

Why You Shouldn’t Care (Much) About Income or Wealth Inequality

James M. Hohman | March 18, 2013

Proposal 2 Power Grab Demands Review of Government Unionism

Jack McHugh | November 14, 2012

Land Banking: An Old Idea With A Poor Track Record

March 22, 2012

Top Michigan Health Official Says 'Talking Without A Mask On Increases The Risk'

Tom Gantert | October 23, 2020

Hospitals Predict Crisis, But Current 71% Occupancy Rate Not Abnormal

Tom Gantert | October 22, 2020

Risk Appears Minimal, But Health Department Locks Down U-M Undergrads Anyway

Tom Gantert | October 21, 2020

Whitmer Supports Defunding Police 'In Spirit'; Her Last State Police Budget Added $522 Million

Tom Gantert | October 21, 2020

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