Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Redirecting Film Subsidies to Roads

66 Percent Surveyed Support Reprioritizing $50 Million Film Subsidy for Road Improvements

May 20, 2015

66 Percent Surveyed Support Reprioritizing $50 Million Film Subsidy for Road Improvements

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Poll Suggests Strong Turnout for May 5 Ballot Proposal

79 percent of respondents say they know how they’ll vote

April 10, 2015

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Court of Appeals Orders Wayne County Circuit Court to Hear Claim Related to Union’s End Run of Right-to-Work

‘The merits are clear. The union and school district violated the law and thumbed their noses at the legislature.’

April 9, 2015

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Mackinac Center Gets FOIA Charges Reduced from $1,550 to $50

Michigan Liquor Control Commission waives fees for virtual copies

March 16, 2015

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Michigan Appeals Court Denies Stay in Taylor Teacher Case

Teachers could exercise right-to-work starting on March 6, 2015

March 5, 2015

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High Court Should Strike Agency Fees

U.S. Supreme Court decision could bring right-to-work to public sector

March 2, 2015

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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

February 26, 2015

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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

February 17, 2015

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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

January 22, 2015

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

January 20, 2015

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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

January 14, 2015

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Legislators Miss 1,626 Votes in 2014

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

December 30, 2014

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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’

December 3, 2014

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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

November 20, 2014

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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

November 11, 2014

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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

October 28, 2014

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Brighton Teachers Union, School Board Acquiesce to Center Lawsuit, Strike Illegal Language from Contract

‘Legislature still needs to look at impropriety of release time’ ‘Similar illegal contract language found in Okemos’

October 24, 2014

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Two-Thirds of School Districts Contract for at Least One Major Support Service, According to Center’s 2014 School Privatization Survey

Federal school lunch regulations could be driving increase in food service contracting

October 23, 2014

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Brighton Teacher Who Served in Afghanistan Sues Union, School District Over Right-to-Work Violation

‘What part of opting out does the union not understand?’

October 15, 2014

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SEIU Allowed to Keep Millions in ‘Dues’ Money it Siphoned Away from Medicaid in Stealth Unionization, Court of Appeals Rules

‘Union has refused every opportunity to defend Granholm administration and itself in concocting this scheme’

September 22, 2014

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