Efforts to address climate change should not ruin the economy or harm the environment.
The Mackinac Center’s Context and Performance Report Card rewards school leaders whose students perform better than expected on state tests.
Citizens have the power to decide how much their local governments collect in taxes.
A report from the United Way gives an unusual and unhelpful way to estimate the extent of poverty in Michigan.
Proposed laws now in the Michigan Legislature could reform the way Michigan subsidizes a few businesses in the name of creating jobs.
School elections do not get enough attention from voters. Some reforms from state government could help.
Michigan lawmakers have only a few months to create a budget for the next fiscal year, address the Medicaid program and enact criminal justice reforms.
In 2019, lawmakers dialed back taxpayer support for business subsidies, perhaps reflecting a change in thinking.
A legislator from northern Michigan wants the state to restart taxpayer funding of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Lawmakers should let its funding stay at the current level: zero.
A set of regulations and laws that a high school student proposed as part of a biology class suggests that Michigan schools should take a closer look at the environmental impact of renewable energy sources when teaching about the benefits.
