Gov. Snyder’s 2014 State of the State Address Included Six Proposed Government Expansions, Two Limitations

January 16, 2014

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City of Westland Restructures FOIA Fees in Response to Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Lawsuit

‘FOIA meant to encourage participation in the democratic process’

January 13, 2014

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Administrative Law Judge Recommends Dismissal of Taylor Teachers’ Challenge to Decade-Long Forced Dues Extension

Ruling could allow lengthy collective bargaining agreements to sidestep state law

January 6, 2014

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Legislators Miss 1,093 Votes in 2013

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

December 20, 2013

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New Study Examines Michigan’s Public School Market

Schools of Choice up 144 percent in the last decade; policy changes could provide more students with better public school options

December 19, 2013

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New Policy Brief and Documentary Highlight Changes in Highland Park Schools

District was converted to a charter system in 2012; test scores show improvement

December 16, 2013

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Teamsters Local 214 Capitulates on Discriminatory Policy Against Dearborn Employees Who Exercised Worker Freedom Rights

Union agrees to follow ‘the laws of the State of Michigan and the United States’ in modified policy

December 11, 2013

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New Policy Brief Recommends Reforms to Protect Individual Rights and Improve Clarity of Criminal Statutes

‘People can be charged, convicted and imprisoned for committing crimes without having any criminal intent’

December 10, 2013

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Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case

Illinois scheme similar to Michigan SEIU ‘dues skim’

December 3, 2013

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Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Client a Possible Plaintiff in Challenging MEA’s Opt Out Process for Agency Fee Payers

October 23, 2013

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Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaints at Michigan Employment Relations Commission on Behalf of Eight Public School Teachers Against MEA Affiliates

Educators are being bullied and intimidated by the union for attempting to exercise their worker freedom rights

October 21, 2013

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Michigan Taxpayers Could Save $5.8 Billion Annually if Public Sector Benefits were Benchmarked to Private Sector Averages

Money could be directed toward road repairs, tax cuts

October 17, 2013

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Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Asks Appeals Court to Correct Michigan Employment Relations Commission Error

‘Clients are caught in a Catch-22’

October 14, 2013

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New Mackinac Center Study Reveals Flaws in State’s ‘Top-to-Bottom’ School Rankings

‘Schools shouldn’t be penalized simply for serving more students from disadvantaged backgrounds’

October 10, 2013

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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide if Forced Unionization Violates Constitution

Illinois scheme was focus of MCLF amicus brief

October 2, 2013

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Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman Honored with 2013 Roe Award at State Policy Network Annual Meeting

‘I accept the award on behalf of our team and dedicate it to them’

September 30, 2013

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Mackinac Center Sues City of Westland Over FOIA Fee Structure

‘We’re not asking for calligraphy on gold-leaf parchment’

September 20, 2013

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Union Front Organizations the New Face of Big Labor

Key focus of AFL-CIO convention this week, according to labor policy expert

September 9, 2013

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State House Passes Medicaid Expansion; Will Cost Taxpayers $1.3 Billion over Next Decade

Vote based on faulty assumption that the federal government will approve requested waiversforever’

September 3, 2013

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Right-to-Work Laws Produce Greater Economic Growth

New study compares states vs. how they would have performed without right-to-work laws

August 28, 2013

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