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Survey Finds Issues With One-Quarter of Teacher Contracts Regarding Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law

‘Thousands of teachers could be misled’

September 3, 2014

Mackinac Center Joins Nationwide Effort to Celebrate Employee Freedom Week

Many unions, like the MEA, only allow members to resign during specified ‘windows’ that curb members’ rights

August 11, 2014

Policy Brief: Proposal 1 Would Result in Net $500 Million Tax Break Annually

‘Taxing machinery and equipment discourages growth’

July 2, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Home-Based Caregivers in Nine States Free from Union Dues Skim

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed two briefs at the High Court regarding the case

June 30, 2014

Michigan Employment Relations Commission Rules Again that Graduate Student Research Assistants Cannot be Unionized

‘Recognized that our clients are students and not employees’

June 20, 2014

Mackinac Center Requests Michigan Liquor Control Commission Rescind Rule Requiring ‘Post and Hold’ for Beer and Wine Prices

‘It effectively imposes a form of government-facilitated price collusion’

June 19, 2014

Mackinac Center Unveils New Website to Help MEA Members Opt Out During ‘August Window’

‘We’re making sure that every eligible member who wants out of the union has the ability to do so’

June 9, 2014

Mackinac Center Requests Michigan Employment Relations Commission Create New Rule Requiring Public-Sector Unions to Notify Members of Opt-Out Windows

‘Streamlined process will help unions keep members informed’

June 5, 2014

Mackinac Center Experts Available to Discuss Gov. Snyder’s Detroit Bailout Plan

New VoteSpotter app will be used to track every vote of every legislator on multi-bill package

May 6, 2014

Teamsters Local 214 Drops Legal Claims Against Dearborn Employees Who Exercised Worker Freedom Rights

Union earlier agreed to change discriminatory policy

May 5, 2014

Seventy-Five Percent of Michigan Voters Think Local, Family-Owned Businesses Will Have More Difficulty Adjusting to Higher Minimum Wage

By 3 to 1 margin, voters also say they will tip less if businesses are forced to pay higher costs

April 28, 2014

Mackinac Center Executive Vice President Michael J. Reitz Joins Board of Michigan Coalition for Open Government

April 21, 2014

Large Majority of Republican, Independent Voters Object to Gov. Snyder’s Detroit Bailout Plan, According to New Polling Numbers

April 14, 2014

Michigan Education Association Gives Up Fight Against Two Teachers Who Exercised Worker Freedom Rights

Union still threatening to ruin the credit ratings of thousands of other teachers who did the same

March 6, 2014

Majority of State’s Largest School Districts Have Language Prohibited by State Law in Their Contracts; Includes Teacher Evaluations, Layoffs, Seniority

‘School leaders may not fully be aware of the latitude they have to improve the quality of teaching in their schools’

March 5, 2014

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit in Oakland County on Behalf of 39-Year Teaching Veteran to Prevent MEA Harassment

Union threatens to turn up to 8,000 educators over to collections agency

February 28, 2014

Mackinac Center Experts Available to Discuss Detroit Bankruptcy Plan

February 21, 2014

Mackinac Center’s VoteSpotter App Allows Constituents to Give Legislators Immediate Feedback on How They Voted

iPhone version now available; Android-compatible version forthcoming

February 18, 2014

Analysis: Michigan’s Cigarette Smuggling Rate Falls Slightly; State Still in Top 10 Nationally

More than 27 percent of Michigan’s total cigarette consumption in 2012 was smuggled into the state, according to Center study

February 17, 2014

Scholarship Endowment Created in Honor of Teri Olson

Wife of founding board member; Endowment will fund one Mackinac Center intern annually from Hillsdale College

February 5, 2014

Mackinac Center Expert Available to Discuss Detroit Bail Out

January 22, 2014

Two-Thirds of School Districts Contract for at Least One Major Support Service, According to Center’s 2013 School Privatization Survey

Satisfaction at all-time high 93 percent

January 21, 2014

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

January 16, 2014

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

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

Legislators Miss 1,093 Votes in 2013

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

December 20, 2013

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

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

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

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

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

Illinois scheme similar to Michigan SEIU ‘dues skim’

December 3, 2013

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

October 23, 2013

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

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

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

‘Clients are caught in a Catch-22’

October 14, 2013

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

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

Illinois scheme was focus of MCLF amicus brief

October 2, 2013

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

Mackinac Center Sues City of Westland Over FOIA Fee Structure

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

September 20, 2013

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

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

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

New Mackinac Center Study Cautions Against Relying on ‘Waivers’ to Reform Medicaid

‘Waivers are temporary but expansion is forever’

August 26, 2013

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit Against Teamsters Local 214 on Behalf of Four City of Dearborn Employees over Policy Charging Special Fees to Those Who Exercise Worker Freedom Rights

Union policy a ‘spiteful reaction to workers lawfully exercising their independence’

August 22, 2013

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Appeals Circuit Court Dismissal of Lawsuit Related to 10-year Forced Dues Agreement

The three Taylor Teachers represented by MCLF have also filed charges with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission

August 13, 2013

Judge Rules She Lacks Jurisdiction to Decide Lawsuit Filed by Three Taylor Teachers Against Union and School District Over Forced Dues Extension

Teachers’ options include appellate court and/or Michigan Employment Relations Commission

July 9, 2013

Study: New Report Card Measures Elementary and Middle School Performance by Adjusting for Student Family Income

#1 School is DPS' Thirkell Elementary

June 27, 2013

Study: Lure of Federal Medicaid-Expansion Subsidies Should Not Lead Policymakers to Underestimate Medicaid’s Drawbacks or Overlook Other Viable Insurance Options

512,000 people in low-income target group of Medicaid expansion had private insurance, according to most recent statistics; affordable exchange insurance also available

June 14, 2013

Michigan Should Look to Florida to Improve Public Education

New study contains six specific policy recommendations to increase student performance, parent-driven accountability

June 6, 2013

MEA Loses Court Battle

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Michigan law; school districts do not have to do union’s work in collecting dues

May 9, 2013

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