Mackinac Center Fiscal Director: ‘Governor’s Tax Hike Proposal Is Madness’

Total proposed spending for next year is $2.1 billion higher than current fiscal year’s budget

February 11, 2010

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Filmmaker Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" Approved for Taxpayer Subsidy in Michigan

Moore, now a member of the state's Film Office Advisory Council, was once seemingly critical of the program, Mackinac Center video reveals

January 28, 2010

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News Release: Court of Appeals Decision Undermines Freedom of Information Act, Says Mackinac Center Senior Legal Analyst

Ruling that exempts school officials’ communications from FOIA ‘turns each individual e-mail into a legal battle’

January 28, 2010

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Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Seeks Court of Appeals Reconsideration in Home-Based Day Care Union Case

Center's attorney calls Appeals Court's failure to provide an opinion a "palpable error"

January 20, 2010

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News Release: Health Insurance Information for More Than 500 Michigan School Districts Available Online

Teachers do not contribute to the cost of their own premiums in more than 300 plans

January 6, 2010

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Michigan Court of Appeals Dismisses Without Explanation Mackinac Center Lawsuit in Home-Based Day Care Union Case

Center's attorney reviewing legal options, reiterates that governor and Legislature could end this "bizarre and unconstitutional arrangement"

January 5, 2010

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News Release: MichiganVotes.org Offers 2009 "Missed Votes Report"

How Many Votes Did Your State Representative and Senator Miss in 2009?

December 31, 2009

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News Release: Michigan Department of State Police Misses Two FOIA Deadlines, Including One Related to $6.9 Million Fee for Earlier Request

Pattern violates law and sends message that "freedom of information is not all that free"

December 17, 2009

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News Release: Huron Valley Schools Posts Check Register

Spending transparency in Oakland County continues to lead the way

November 25, 2009

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News Release: Almost Half of Michigan's Largest School Districts Embrace Spending Transparency

State legislator first to disclose personal salary, benefits details

November 19, 2009

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News Release: House Testimony Claiming Mackinac Center Support for Michigan Film Subsidy 'False,' Says Senior Economist

'Incentives' must be ubiquitous and market-driven

November 18, 2009

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Lawsuit to End DHS Practice of Diverting Funds From Child Care Subsidies Should Move Forward on Merits, Argues Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director

Home-based day care owners from Brighton and Flint seek to join the case

October 29, 2009

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News Release: Nationally Known Speaker and Author on Health Care to Discuss 'Obamacare'

Students for a Free Economy co-hosting East Lansing event

October 28, 2009

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News Release: Nationally Known Speaker and Author on Health Care to Discuss 'Obamacare'

Students for a Free Economy co-hosting Northwood event

October 27, 2009

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Media Advisory: Mackinac Center Hosting Forum on Canadian Health Care, Impact of "Universal Care"

Stars of Mackinac Center Videos warn against nationalized health care

October 21, 2009

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News Release: Four Mid-Michigan Public School Districts Open Books

Gladwin acknowledges 'responsibility' to embrace transparency; resident's effort gets Clare on board

October 20, 2009

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News Release: DHS Declines to Defend Merits in Mackinac Center Lawsuit

Motion to dismiss is procedural, technical; fails to address how state can force independent contractors into a union, Center legal analyst explains

October 12, 2009

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News Release: Mackinac Center Releases Critique of Recent Paper ‘The Retrenchment of the State Employee Workforce in Michigan’

Ballard-Funari conclusions ‘are not substantiated by the data presented’ and ‘the use of data is in some cases misleading,’ says Center scholar

October 1, 2009

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News Release: Three Michigan Public School Districts, Two Charter Schools and the City of Portage Open Checkbooks for Public Inspection

Resistance remains in West Michigan

September 23, 2009

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News Release: Mackinac Center Launches Public-Interest Law Firm

September 16, 2009

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News Release: Public School Support Service Privatization Increases 5.4 Percent in Michigan

Troy Community Schools projects $310 per-pupil savings from contracting out for food, custodial and transportation services

September 8, 2009

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News Release: Michigan's Public Employee Relations Act Undermines Democratic Principles and Adds to Cost of Government, According to New Mackinac Center Study

PERA gives union officials "an effective veto over elected officials"

September 3, 2009

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News Release: Carman-Ainsworth, Lakeview, Birch Run School Districts Post Checkbooks Online

But spending transparency lacking for residents in West Michigan

August 25, 2009

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News Release: Mackinac Center Economist: Film Incentive Possible Job Killer

Overall costs of the subsidy, including taxes on existing businesses, must be considered

August 18, 2009

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News Release: Mackinac Center Posts Hundreds of New School Employee Union Contracts Online

Center's 'Michigan School Databases' updated with current collective bargaining agreements and available to the public

August 17, 2009

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News Release: MEGA and MEDC Growing “Aggressively Less Transparent,” Says Center Analyst

Center database will fill gap by providing information about each MEGA deal

July 29, 2009

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News Release: Norwood Township and Two More School Districts Show Michigan the Money

But 21st century spending transparency still unrealized for taxpayers in Grand Rapids and West Michigan

July 23, 2009

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State Committee to Consider Mandatory Fire Sprinklers in New-Construction Michigan Homes

Mackinac Center video examines impact on affordable housing for low-income families

July 21, 2009

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Unemployment, Migration Statistics Underscore Failure of MEDC, Says Mackinac Center Economist

State unemployment increases to 15.2 percent; 70 percent of United Van Lines Michigan traffic is outbound

July 20, 2009

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News Release: Check Registers Now Online for Plymouth-Canton Schools and Six Other Districts

“More to come,” predicts director of “Show Michigan the Money” project

July 6, 2009

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News Release: Mackinac Center Unveils "Right-to-Work Dashboard"

A quick guide to how much Michigan could gain by protecting worker rights

June 23, 2009

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News Release: The Mackinac Center and Novi Schools Inspire City of Novi to Take Lead on Local Government Transparency

June 22, 2009

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News Release: Mackinac Center Study Defends Eight Budget Reforms Proposed by Gov. Granholm

Center's McHugh expresses concern that Legislature is failing to act on budget challenge

June 8, 2009

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News Release: Michigan Goes Full Decade Without GDP Growth

State “economic development” programs a failure, analyst says

June 3, 2009

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News Release: Elite School Districts Join Growing Transparency Trend

Berkley, Grand Blanc and Freeland post check registers

June 2, 2009

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For Immediate Release: May 20, 2009

May 20, 2009

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Mackinac Center Releases Labor Law Guide for Charter Schools

May 14, 2009

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Senate Bill Would Rein In State Regulatory Agencies’ Powers, Says Center Analyst

Bill would make legislators more accountable; improve Michigan’s job environment

May 14, 2009

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Littmann: 'Unemployment in Michigan will be approaching somewhere between 17 and 20 percent by the end of this year'

Auto industry’s contribution to state’s tax base could drop by more than half, economist says

May 12, 2009

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School Districts Statewide Embrace Transparency; Roadblocks Remain in West Michigan

One of every seven Michigan public school students attends a district with an online check register

May 5, 2009

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News Release: State Attorney General Agrees That Michigan Film Office Violated State Law by Failing to Disclose Required Film Spending Information

AG’s letter is released during Michigan Senate hearing this afternoon; Film Office finally produces data legally required in earlier report

April 30, 2009

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Mackinac Center Analysts Express Concern Over Announcement of Chrysler’s 'Surgical Bankruptcy'

April 30, 2009

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Mackinac Center Analysts to Testify at State Senate Hearing Today on Michigan Film Incentive

April 30, 2009

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Stephenson Schools Show Michigan the Money

Small school district among first in Upper Peninsula to post online checkbook

April 23, 2009

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Mackinac Center President Emeritus Lawrence W. Reed Will Discuss “Lessons from the Great Depression” at CMU

Economist and author of “Great Myths of the Great Depression” to speak April 13

April 1, 2009

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House Effort to Reverse Coal Plant Moratorium Is Principled and Necessary for State’s Energy Demands, According to Mackinac Center Analyst

The DEQ should not be involved in energy policy or regulation

March 26, 2009

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News Release: David Littmann to Speak About State and National Economies at MSU

Top economist will discuss the current economic crisis and the road to recovery at March 31 event

March 19, 2009

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News Release: Film Office Report Violates Michigan Law and the Spirit of Sunshine Week

Office’s annual report fails to provide legally required film spending details and presents figures that appear to significantly overstate Michigan Film Incentive’s impact

March 19, 2009

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News Release: House Minority Leader Sets the Transparency Standard

Rep. Elsenheimer reveals more payroll data than any elected official in state government, according to director of Mackinac Center’s “Show Michigan the Money” project

March 18, 2009

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News Release: Sunshine Week an Ideal Time to Make Public Payrolls Public

“Show Michigan the Money” director encourages media to hold politicians accountable

March 12, 2009

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