Creation of the Emergency Powers of Governor Act

Michael Van Beek | August 31, 2020

Introduction

Michael Van Beek | August 31, 2020

Detroit Superintendent Preserves Options, Avoids Strike

Stephen Delie and Ben DeGrow | August 31, 2020

New Study Shows 21st Century Jobs Fund a Bust

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 31, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

New Report Tracks History of Michigan’s 1945 Emergency Law

August 31, 2020

A History of Michigan's Controversial 1945 Emergency Powers Law

Michael Van Beek | August 31, 2020

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

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

Underfunded? Detroit Is State's 15th Best Funded Larger School District

Tom Gantert | August 29, 2020

Epidemic Related Insurance Bills

Jack McHugh | August 28, 2020

Former Crain's Detroit Business Publisher Calls Rand Paul 'Bed-Wetting Snowflake'

Tom Gantert | August 28, 2020

Raise a Toast to Alcohol Reform

Michael D. LaFaive and C. Jarrett Dieterle | August 28, 2020

Reducing Police Abuses Requires Reforming Police Discipline

David Guenthner | August 28, 2020

MEGA Mistake: Big Corporate Welfare Program Still a Waste

Michael D. LaFaive | August 28, 2020

Hasn't Opened Yet, And Traverse City's Government Broadband Needs Surprise Loan

Dawson Bell | August 28, 2020

Perpetual State Of Emergency? Michigan One Of 15 States That Don’t Rule It Out

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Cancel The Narrative: Schools Serving Michigan’s Poor Among State's Highest Funded, Not Least

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Some School Districts Fail to Disclose Superintendent Earnings

Jared Key | August 27, 2020

Don’t Use Pandemic as Excuse to Raise State Taxes

James M. Hohman | August 27, 2020

Celebrating 10 Years of Fighting for Freedom

August 27, 2020

Whitmer's Idea Of Bullying: Is It Small Business Politely Pleading To Reopen?

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

New Updates to Michigan Superintendent Compensation Database

August 26, 2020

Superintendent Gets $240K, School District Out Another $100K In Pension 'Catch-Up Costs'

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Lawmakers Need to Fix This Year’s School Funding Formula

Ben DeGrow | August 26, 2020

Ex-ACLU Head Plays Race Card On Detroit Schools

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Michigan Hospitals Less Full Than Nonpandemic Years

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Rich Families Have Choice; Poor Families Need It

Jarrett Skorup | August 25, 2020

Union-Friendly California Law Means End to Side Gigs, Alternative Transportation, for Millions

Stephen Delie | August 25, 2020

Marking Environmental Progress — Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary — Part IV

Aaron Lehman and Jason Hayes | August 25, 2020

Word ‘Epidemic’ Missing From Law Whitmer Bases Unilateral Governance On

Tom Gantert | August 25, 2020

Union ‘Safety Strike’ Tells Detroit Teachers To Stay Home, But Will Students Show Up Remotely?

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Judge: ‘Governor Can Order Anything, Forever, A Truly Striking Concept In A Democratic Republic’

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Should A Past Crime Bar Someone From Becoming A Roofer?

Parker Thayer | August 24, 2020

Not Training Staff On COVID Symptoms And More Earns Speedway Station $6,300 Fine

Tom Gantert | August 22, 2020

Michigan Health Official Calls COVID Survivors ‘Lucky,’ CDC Data Suggests Survival is Commonplace

Tom Gantert | August 22, 2020

Mackinac Center Statement on Court of Appeals Decision

August 21, 2020

Jobs Program Creates Jobs at Killer Cost

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 21, 2020

Michigan's Jobless Will Get An Extra $300 Per Week In Federal Unemployment Benefits

Tom Gantert | August 21, 2020

A Myth Too Politically Useful Not To Repeat: Schools In Poor Michigan Cities Get Less

Tom Gantert | August 21, 2020

Most Michigan Schoolchildren To Have One Interaction With A Teacher Most Months

Tom Gantert | August 20, 2020

Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Below Pre-Coronavirus Levels

August 20, 2020

Michigan Parents Want Educational Options

August 20, 2020

Michigan Unemployment Numbers Plummet As $600 Federal Bonus Ends

August 20, 2020

Strike! Detroit Teachers Union Demands Teachers Stay At Home

August 20, 2020

EVENT CANCELLATION: Planning for Life Workshop

August 20, 2020

Stop Punishing Educational Success

Ben DeGrow | August 19, 2020

When Public Servants Mislead the Public

James M. Hohman | August 19, 2020

Nearly Six Months Into Michigan Emergency, Lockdown Rationales Keep Changing

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | August 19, 2020

EVENT CANCELLATION: Planning for Life Workshop

August 19, 2020

Michigan's Corporate Welfare Programs Are a Bad Investment

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 18, 2020

Michigan School Funding Deal Chooses Schools Over Schoolchildren

James M. Hohman and Ben DeGrow | August 18, 2020

Biden Plan Would Let Nation's Worst School District Shut Down Charter Competitors

August 18, 2020

Schools Spend $228 Per Pupil On Supplies; Teachers Claim They Spend, Too

August 18, 2020

Epidemiologists To Michigan Supreme Court: Lock Down State Until Vaccine

Tom Gantert | August 18, 2020

Gov. Whitmer’s Unconstitutional Executive Orders

August 18, 2020

A New and Improved Unemployment Insurance System

Chase Slasinski | August 17, 2020

The Façade is Falling

Jason Hayes | August 17, 2020

What Defines 'State of Emergency?' What The Governor Says It Is

August 17, 2020

Stores Could Be Committing Coronavirus Crime If Hand Sanitizer Less Than 60% Alcohol

August 17, 2020

Union Contracts Protect Bad Cops, Mayors’ Report Says

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | August 17, 2020

Two Day 1943 Riot Inspired Law Authorizing 159-Days-And-Counting State Of Emergency

August 16, 2020

Mackinac in the Media

Holly Wetzel | August 15, 2020

Your Investment Strengthens Michigan

Jim Walker | August 15, 2020

Mid-Michigan Flooding and Dam Failure Confirm the Value of the Mackinac Center

Jason Hayes | August 15, 2020

Donor Profile: Dr. Lou and Mary Jane Zako

August 15, 2020

How To Merge Facts and Stories To Persuade

Tom Gantert and Jarrett Skorup | August 15, 2020

The 2020 Intern Class

August 15, 2020

Amicus Briefs Lead to Partnerships with Other Organizations

August 15, 2020

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Fights for Freedom in the Coronavirus Era

August 15, 2020

Mackinac Center To Argue At Michigan Supreme Court

Michael Van Beek | August 15, 2020

Educating Michigan’s Future Legislators

David Guenthner | August 15, 2020

A Job Gives Hope

Michael J. Reitz | August 15, 2020

IMPACT July/August 2020

State Will Pay Schools For Unenrolled 'Ghost' Students

August 15, 2020

Court Tosses Politicians’ Lawsuit Against Residents For Critical Comments

Dawson Bell | August 15, 2020

One Michigan Child Age 5-To-14 Has Died Of COVID-19; Four Of That Age Group Died From Flu

August 14, 2020

Teacher Fired For Dissing Liberals, U-M Prof Got Raises After ‘I Hate Republicans’

Tom Gantert | August 14, 2020

Give Learning Pads a Chance

Ben DeGrow | August 14, 2020

Fauci Poor-Mouths As 'Government Worker'; His Federal Job Pays $417,608

August 14, 2020

New Evidence Confirms Corporate Handout Shortcomings

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 13, 2020

Law Whitmer Cites For Unilateral Emergency Powers Used Just Once Before In 43 Years

August 13, 2020

School District And Superintendent Both Get More —But Not Enough, He Says

August 13, 2020

Virus Killed 2,021 In Nursing Homes; Whitmer Defends Not Letting Them Bar COVID Patients

August 13, 2020

EVENT CANCELLATION: Planning for Life Workshop

August 13, 2020

Efforts to Implement Janus Decision Met With Union Pushback

Anna Claire Rowlands | August 12, 2020

Whitmer’s Unilateral Governance Opposed By More Than Just Trump Supporters

August 12, 2020

Schools May Be Empty But State Superintendent Says Send Money Anyway

August 12, 2020

State Offers Corporations $593,913 On Average To Create A Single Job

August 12, 2020

Endnotes

August 11, 2020

Conclusion

August 11, 2020

Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

August 11, 2020

FERC and Federal Regulation of the Edenville Dam

August 11, 2020

Four Lakes Task Force

August 11, 2020

The Dams

August 11, 2020

Introduction

August 11, 2020

Did Michigan See 7,431 People Die In April, Or 13,011? Watch Those Revisions

Tom Gantert | August 11, 2020

112 Outbreaks In Nursing Homes, 5 In Bars - So Lock Down The Bars?

August 11, 2020

School at Home: The Educational Options In Michigan This Fall

August 11, 2020

Endnotes

Michael D. LaFaive, Dr. Michael J. Hicks, and Srikant Devaraj | August 10, 2020

Acknowledgements

Michael D. LaFaive, Dr. Michael J. Hicks, and Srikant Devaraj | August 10, 2020