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School District Carries MEA President on its Books, Boosting His Pension

Steve Cook appears to be earning taxpayer-funded pension benefits while not actually working at Lansing School District

Labor Board Says Teacher Union Committed an Unfair Labor Practice and Acted “arbitrarily, indifferent and reckless”

Michigan Employment Relations Commission orders Taylor School District and Taylor Federation of Teachers to stop coercing teachers to financially support union

Mackinac Center Sues Michigan Liquor Control Commission Over FOIA Fees

State agency attempts to charge $1,550 for copying spreadsheet data that already exists onto a flash drive

Gov. Snyder’s 2015 State of the State Address Included Six Proposed Government Expansions, One Limitation

Analysis: High Cigarette Taxes Contributing to Increased Smuggling Rates in Michigan, Elsewhere

One-quarter of Michigan’s total cigarette consumption in 2013 was smuggled into the state, according to Center analysts

Legislators Miss 1,626 Votes in 2014

Down from 21,000 when MichiganVotes.org started in 2001

Mackinac Center Receives Two-Year, $1 Million Research Grant from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

Research aimed to help schools become more ‘responsive, measurable and efficient’

Second Edition of Michigan High School Report Card Gives ‘Apples-to-Apples’ Comparison of School Performance by Adjusting for Students’ Family Poverty Levels

Dearborn Heights charter public school retains top rank statewide

New Study Details How Unions Can Adapt for the 21st Century, Stem Membership Decline

‘The way for unions to grow again is to compete for the voluntary support of new members, providing added value to each worker, and focusing on their individual needs’ After Election Day defeat, recommendations for labor’s renaissance

Michigan’s Criminal Code Most Expansive in Region

Residents face punishment for helping children board school buses, disposing of spare tires, and raising livestock; state is adding 45 new crimes to the books each year