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100,000 Public School Employees Near Deadline to Save $200 Each

Lawmakers Could Balance Budget by Cutting Spending and Selling State Assets

Legislature May Give Away $1.6 Billion ‘Racino’ Windfall

Michigan Education Association Sues Mackinac Center for Public Policy for Quoting the Union's President

March 27, 2004

A set of links related to the Michigan Education Association (MEA) lawsuit against the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for quoting the union's president.

MichiganVotes.org Assembles Database of Votes Lawmakers Missed in 2003

Union President Praises Institute, Then Files “Don’t Quote Me” Lawsuit

Mackinac Center Hires Former DEQ Director Russ Harding

Mackinac Center Applauds DNR’s Contract for Private Management of State-Owned Ski Area

Telecom Regs Stifle Competition and Investment, Raising Costs and Killing Jobs, Analyst Says

NMH Nurses’ Vote Puts Hospital, Teamsters in Legal Limbo

Mackinac Center to Host 13th Leadership Conference

2,948 Jobs Won’t Be Created if State Income Tax Cut Delayed, Economic Model Shows

Analyst Says: Close Teacher Strike Loophole That Allowed Anti-Charter School Protest

Dow Foundation makes major grant to Mackinac Center

Hearings Should Focus On Reforming Economic Development Policy, Mackinac Center Says

Mackinac Center Calls State Report on NMH Strike "Deeply Flawed and Inflammatory"

Michigan High Schoolers To Hone Debate Skills at Mackinac Center Workshops

Bay County Taxpayers Paying Extra for "Union Only" Deal

State’s Largest Land Preservation Program a Failure

State Should Remain Neutral in Hospital Strike

Teamsters May Be Set to Lose Petoskey Hospital Strike

MACKINAC CENTER MOURNS LOSS OF LEADER

Mackinac Center will use Economic Model to Analyze Michigan Tax Proposals

Mackinac Center Says Supreme Court FMLA Ruling Could Open Dangerous Policy Door

Policy Analyst: For Safety of Residents, Privatize Detroit Public Housing

DNR Purchased at Least $16 Million-Worth of Michigan Land Knowing It Could Not Pay Its Taxes

Decline in Union Membership Part of Long-Term Trend, Analyst Says

Legislature’s First 100 Days Documented by MichiganVotes.org

Abolishing MEDC a Great Idea, but Not the Only One

Don’t Stifle Telecom Competition, Analyst Warns

MEA Teachers Face Maximum Dues Hike to Ease $10 Million Union Shortfall

School Boards Could End Compulsory Dues by Teachers

March 12, 2003

Mackinac Center Offers Granholm, Legislature Specifics for More than $2 Billion in Budget Savings

Michigan Court of Appeals Accepts Appeal To Dismiss Teachers’ Union Attack

Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open Public Debate Feared Lost If Case Goes To Trial

March 3, 2003

House Committee Approves Living Wage Preemption

For Immediate Release

February 20, 2003

Mackinac Center analyst testifies that prohibition of local wage laws is “appropriate” measure

MEGA Corporate Tax Loophole Worth $45.5 Million

Kmart, Robert Bosch Corp., are latest program failures

February 7, 2003

Gov. Granholm Proposes 14 Expansions of Government, 6 Limitations

Well Short of Engler’s Record 18 and Blanchard’s Record 19 Expansions

February 6, 2003

Prevailing Wage Repeal Would Save State $400 Million Annually

Public Schools Alone Would Save $150 Million

January 30, 2003

New Website Provides "One-Stop Shopping" for State Budget Research

Forthcoming study will recommend more than $1 billion in total savings

Granholm, Legislature Could Save $34 Million in Agriculture Budget, Sell Land for $59 Million

January 21, 2003

Mackinac Center report identifies $34 million in state agriculture department savings; $59 million in one-time revenue.

Granholm’s Resistance to Tax Hikes Is Sound Policy

Mackinac Center Study to Identify over $1 Billion in Spending Cuts

January 17, 2003

Senate Bill Would Revive Telephone Price Controls

Department of Labor Proposes New Union Financial Reporting Rules

Mackinac Center Proposes Stronger State Disclosure Laws

January 8, 2003

Mackinac Center asks Michigan appeals court to dismiss union legal attack

Charter Bill’s Demise Signals Opportunity for Granholm Administration Legislation

"Six Habits" Recommended to Improve Public School District Finances

For Immediate Release

December 9, 2002

New study will help schools marshall scarce resources for better education. Register for Wednesday forum.

Granholm Should Move MEAP Test Administration Back to Education Department

MIDLAND—Governor-elect Jennifer Granholm should move the administration of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) test back to the education department, says Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., director of education policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

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