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1. Michigan Supreme Court Wrong on FOIA
2. Michigan Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Disastrous Lower Court Decision in Freedom of Information Act Case
3. Political Gridlock Is a Good Thing
4. The Rose-Colored Glasses of Political Dusk
5. Regulation Without Representation Alive and Well in Washington
6. Annual Missed Votes Report from MichiganVotes.org
7. Show and Tell
8. School Funding in Michigan: Common Myths
9. Your Favorites: 2010
10. Chevy Volt Will Win Car of the Year
11. Gov. Granhom Claims Ignorance of MEGA Failures
12. Is Silence Golden?
13. Saugatuck Township Uses Zoning Laws to Thwart Private Property Rights
14. Poor ROI for K-12 Schools in Michigan and the US
15. Nearly 3,000 Roll Call Votes of State Representatives and Senators Tallied for 2009-2010
16. Wu-Wu’s Dystopian Petals: A Review of “The Master Switch” by Tim Wu
17. Deals and Myths for Christmas
18. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 21, 2010
19. Grateful for President Obama
20. The Mackinac Center Is not 'Pro-Business'
21. California Leads Nation in Green Economic Suicide
22. Editorial Cites Center Analyst on Teacher Insurance
23. When Is an Emergency Not an Emergency?
24. Christmas Giving Fills School Buses
25. Projections vs. Reality
26. More federal money for K-12 called unlikely
27. Ann Arbor seeks to fire two teachers
28. MichiganVotes.org Dec. 17 Weekly Roll Call Report
29. The Return of the Company Union
30. Update on New Teacher Contracts
31. Benchmarking Benefits Methodology Sheet
32. Study: High Cigarette Taxes Cause Widespread Smuggling in Michigan, Elsewhere in U.S.
33. Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling 2010
34. Where There's Cigarette Taxes, There's Smuggling
35. Lawsuit says contract illegally prohibits privatization
36. Mackinac Center Analysts Pioneered Prison Sentencing/Cost Reform 'Grand Bargain' Proposals
37. Study: Worst schools stay open
38. Center Suing Kent County Schools, Unions Over 'No-Privatization' Contract Language
39. All The Cool Guvs Are Doing It
40. Privatize the University of Michigan?
41. New Tax Money Will Not Fix Brownfield Process
42. IMPACT Winter 2010
43. Gladwin leaves MESSA
44. Center Analyst Addressed MEA Pay
45. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 14, 2010
46. District, Union Drop Illegal Contract Language Following Suit
47. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit Against 10 Kent County School Districts, KCEA, on Behalf of Taxpayers
48. Weak dollar brings in foreign students
49. Two Governors
50. Vocabulary Lesson
51. Climate Negotiations Carry a Chilling Message
52. Columnist Cites Center Study on Union Disclosure
53. State Taxpayers Can Benefit from School, University and Local Government Benefits Reforms
54. Kent County School Services Privatization Lawsuit
55. Survey: Social studies teachers agree on content, not impact
56. Structural Overspending in Michigan’s State Budget: One Way to Fix It
57. How to Save $500 Million on Michigan Schools
58. Ann Arbor gets extra Great Start money
59. Owosso eyes salary, benefit cuts to resolve deficit
60. Blueprint for Success
61. Bid for Support, Planning Ahead, Par for the Course
62. Look to Michigan for a Lesson in What Not to Do
63. An Appealing Appeal
64. California parents demand switch to charter
65. Forget the Election, Focus on Outcomes
66. Fieldstone Golf Course Should Be Sold
67. Michigan's Cost of Trusting Pols to 'Do What's Right': $11.5 Billion
68. ObamaCare's Clear and Present Michigan Budget Danger
69. The Underfunded Myth
70. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Asks Michigan Supreme Court to Review Day Care Union Case
71. Salters’ compensation approaching $300,000
72. GlobalWatt Sells Someone Else’s Solar Panels – on eBay
73. Teacher Tenure Law Needs Changed
74. Harding Addresses Regulatory Concerns
75. Follow-Up MichiganVotes.org Dec. 3 Weekly Roll Call Report
76. Wins and losses in Detroit
77. National Park Rangers Rewriting History?
78. Warren Woods School District Pays Nearly Double the Private-Sector Average for Health Insurance
79. Editorial: End PLAs
80. MichiganVotes.org Dec. 3 Weekly Roll Call Report
81. Overton Window Cited by Columnist
82. Property Rights Come in Many Forms
83. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 7, 2010
84. Don't Tenure Current Teacher Tenure Law
85. Patterson, Center's Birmingham Event Cited
86. Government Spending Over Par, Overpriced
87. Are Intermediate School Districts Bloated?
88. Why Do Michigan’s Failed Economic Programs Stick Around?
89. Protecting Michigan’s Health Care System
90. Lawmakers OK Sale of School for the Deaf Site
91. DPS launches ‘full inclusion’ effort
92. Cass Tech still a hangout, but not for students
93. Littmann: Don't Extend Unemployment Payments
94. No Free Lunch for Failing Schools
95. Some local districts forego ‘Race’ money
96. Mutual Honor Society
97. Ethanol for Duckies
98. ‘Edujobs’ money approved
99. ISD Bloat Redux
100. Traverse City Schools Set Transparency Precedent
101. Trustees say reporting mandate should stop
102. In Memory of Peter C. Cook
103. More on an Autism Insurance Coverage Mandate
104. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2010
105. Center Analyst Debunks School Funding Myths
106. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 30, 2010
107. Just Keep Saying 'No' to Costly State Insurance Mandates
108. Littmann: Hold Fed Accountable
109. Exactly What Unions Are Expected to Do
110. Traverse City Puts Bargaining Details Online
111. Big Labor Vs. Lansing Entrepreneur
112. Jack McHugh Cited on 'Political Careerists'
113. RNC Chairman Candidate Favors Net Neutrality
114. Gov. Granholm's 'Mighty Wind' More a Light Breeze
115. Students to get mobile phones for homework help
116. Right-to-Work: Resistance Is Feudal
117. Does Anyone Still Believe in Ethanol?
118. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 23, 2010
119. Hohman: State Employee Pay, Benefits Costly
120. Harding: Regulatory Reform Needed
121. Editorial: Reform Teacher Pay, Benefits
122. School’s ‘green’ initiative to include cost-benefit analysis
123. Rothwells Good Choice for Snyder, LaFaive Says
124. Teachers switch insurance, receive pay hikes
125. "Green Energy" Subsidy Factory — not just Cap & Trade — the Real Test for GOP Energy Chair
126. Public can’t see new pact before board vote
127. MichiganVotes.org Nov. 19 Weekly Roll Call Report
128. Reading Between the Billboard Lines
129. Teacher salaries a budget target
130. ‘Fantastic’ Food and Energy — Let’s Get Real
131. Editorials Draw From Michigan Capitol Confidential
132. Michigan Falls to Bottom 10 in Key Economic Measure
133. School Transparency Laws Finally Catching Up With Mackinac Center Analysts' Research
134. Littmann on GM IPO
135. Fuel-Economy Standards Debate Could Shift
136. Detroit Students Hostages to the Union
137. How to Swipe $200K From Your Union
138. Unity Studios: Whose Unhappy Ending?
139. Tear Down This 'Film Industry' Facade
140. Ethanol a 'Solution'? Think Again.
141. Governor's Picks for the Civil Service Commission Will Matter
142. Saugatuck School District Saves Big on Insurance
143. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 16, 2010
144. Weekly MichiganVotes.org Roll Call Vote Report
145. College acts against potential financial aid fraud
146. Catholic academy intended to attract Latino students
147. Wishful Reporting of Governor’s Investment Missions
148. More on the School Employee Concession Myth
149. Michigan Should Reject High-Speed Rail Money
150. Thirst Quencher — Capitalizing on the California Exodus
151. Taxpayer Dollars, Not Politics, Makes the Difference in Broadcast News
152. Contract talks may hold up $25 million grant
153. Veteran’s Woes Illustrate Problem With Government Health Care
154. Sen. Switalski: Don't Ban Double-Dating
155. Hangar42 Investor in Court Today
156. Bill would limit tenure to “effective” teachers
157. Sen. Cassis's 'Going Away Present' to Taxpayers
158. Labor Files
159. Government Subsidies for Green Power Risky
160. David Littmann on Gas Prices
161. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 9, 2010
162. Tiger Stadium proposed charter school site
163. Michigan's Regulatory Climate Drives Businesses and Jobs to States With Fewer Barriers, According to New Mackinac Center Study
164. MSU Continues Plagiarism Investigation
165. Minimum Wage Hypocrisy in Congress
166. Trimming Ethanol Subsidies Early Test for New GOP Congress and Michigan Legislature
167. A MichiganVotes.org Apology to Rep. Dave Agema
168. Story Broken by Michigan Capitol Confidential Becomes Front-Page News in Lansing State Journal
169. State Supreme Court Will Hear MEA PAC case
170. Keeping Homeless Youth in School is Project Goal
171. Hydraulic Fracturing the Key to Michigan’s Energy Future
172. It Shouldn’t Take a Superhero to Fix Public Education
173. MEGA “GlobalWatt” Deal Raises Questions
174. Bus Drivers to Get Pay Raise, Time Off
175. Union Criticism May Have Helped Candidate Win
176. MichiganVotes.org Nov. 5 Weekly Roll Call Report
177. Getting Railroaded?
178. District loses $3.7 million in alleged Ponzi scheme
179. Beast of Burden
180. Why Do Michigan’s Failed Economic Programs Stick Around?
181. Transform Medicaid First
182. Michigan’s Economy: From Worst to Average
183. GM IPO Raises Questions
184. Newspaper: Union Postcard Got It Wrong
185. The Real Work Is After the Election
186. Renewable Electricity 'Net Metering' Capacity: 1/28,000 of Michigan’s Total Needs
187. Elected Officials Work for the People, not the Government
188. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 2, 2010
189. Center President Addresses Ballot Proposals
190. MEA, MESSA to Get Aid for Retiree Health Care
191. Tax Hike Would Fund Whose Future?
192. IMPACT Fall 2010
193. Bloated Regulatory System Hurts Agriculture
194. School Funding Myths, Privatization Featured
195. Crippling Our Economic Competitiveness
196. DHS Funding Continues for Forced Unionization
197. The School Employee Concessions Myth
198. Supreme Court won’t hear teacher case
199. Michigan Court of Appeals Judges – Not on the Same Page?
200. The myth of the ‘highly qualified’ teacher
201. Michigan Court of Appeals Denies Motion to Recommit — Once Again Without Comment — in Day Care Union Case
202. Trustee: Sell schools to prevent vandalism
203. Mike Barone Gets It
204. Overregulation Killing Economic Recovery
205. Is College Accessibility Really a Problem?
206. MEA Ignoring Membership
207. Carrot and stick for Detroit parents
208. The Alternatives: New Media
209. Lehman Cited in National Review on Elections
210. And They Think California Is a Lost Jobs Basketcase?
211. Green for Green
212. An Evening With the Mackinac Center
213. Michigan Mediocre on New Business Tax Climate Index (and Awful on MBT)
214. ISD Bloat?
215. Government Benefits Outpace Private Firms
216. Union recommends Democrats to its conservative members
217. Superintendent pay sparks headlines
218. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 26, 2010
219. Tax Rates Matter
220. Natural Resources the Key to Energy Security
221. How to Create Jobs
222. Retirement Benefits for Public School and State Employees Significantly Above Those in Michigan’s Private Sector, According to New Mackinac Center Study
223. Low-income numbers on rise in Dearborn
224. Michigan’s Public-Employee Retirement Benefits: Benchmarking and Managing Benefits and Costs
225. Reforming Michigan’s Auto Insurance Industry
226. Report: Half of Michigan college students graduate
227. Armada teacher receives $25,000 Milken Award
228. Political Careerists to Dominate Legislature
229. Oct. 22 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
230. Virg Bernero on Education: Was Lost, But Now He's Found
231. GlobalWatt Finds Colorado Partner
232. New Energy Policy for a New Governor
233. Jail time for missing conferences?
234. Bribing Voters?
235. Oops! $300k School Super Under-Reports Pay
236. Con-Con: No Pros, Just Cons
237. Superintendent getting $300k retiring
238. The Alternatives
239. Healthcare Corporatism
240. Livonia super gets $50k raise
241. Environmental Regulation in Michigan
242. Political Careerism and Current Legislature Candidates
243. Good News on Natural Gas Threatened by Regulatory Overreach
244. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 19, 2010
245. New 2011 Legislators 88 Percent Political Careerists
246. 'Rich States, Poor States'
247. Unelected EPA Bureaucrats Threat to Rule of Law
248. Recaps of New Teacher Contracts
249. Fees and Thank You
250. Unions Would Benefit From a Right-to-Work Law
251. In deficit, Ishpeming privatizes custodial work
252. Albion looks to lure back students
253. L. Brooks Patterson at Center Event
254. Center Files Motion in Forced Unionization Case
255. A 19th Century Solution to a 21st Century Issue
256. Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief to Michigan Supreme Court in Michigan Education Association v. Secretary of State
257. Green Investments Yield Little ‘Green’
258. MEA lawsuit may be costing teaching jobs
259. Bare-Knees-Over-Broken-Glass to Vote for Local Tax Hikes?
260. EPA Decision a Boon for Mechanics and Lawyers
261. Go for the Movie, Stay for the Audience Reaction
262. 'An Evening With the Mackinac Center' Live Video
263. Federal school money on hold
264. Mackinac Center Files Motion for Reconsideration in Home-Based Day Care Union Case
265. How to Hold Elected Officials Accountable
266. An Evening With the Mackinac Center
267. Pontiac Contracts With Oakland County Sheriff for Police Services
268. Teachers Picket as One of Michigan's Wealthiest School Districts Faces Big Deficit
269. Taylor announces concessions
270. MEA tops lobbyist spending list
271. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 12, 2010
272. Bailout Wal-Mart?
273. Lack of Transparency at MEDC, MEGA
274. Constitutional Convention Not the Answer
275. Putting education on speed dial
276. Mackinac Center Idea Tops Bestseller List
277. Flier on candidate reception draws questions
278. The play’s the thing
279. Governor: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose on Job Projections
280. Governor Describes Film Subsidies as Jobs Program, so "Why Not Give Them Spoons?"
281. Pocket Full of Kryptonite
282. Poor Subsidizing Rich to Buy New Cars
283. How to Fix Flint Schools
284. Covert asks for cash advance
285. Government Subsidy Deal Off for Competitor to Lansing Restaurant Owners
286. Beacon of Truth
287. Global Warming Fears a Threat to National Security
288. Slaves to Green Ideology
289. Pseudo School 'Cuts'
290. Joe Lehman on Comcast Newsmakers
291. State of Embarrassment
292. GlobalWatt Media Coverage Goes National; MEDC Gives Texas Different Story
293. North Carolina's Lessons for Michigan
294. Horse Racetracks Are Beneficiaries and Victims of State's Gambling Schizophrenia
295. DPS willing to sell to charter operators
296. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 5, 2010
297. Taxpayers Never Get Early Retirement from Paying for Government Pensions
298. A Little Good News for Kids and Taxpayers
299. Choice and Privatization Reform for Basic Welfare Services
300. Consolidating School Districts Won’t Save Michigan $600 Million
301. Michigan Schools Contract Out More Than Ever (Viewpoint)
302. Baltimore would end ‘step’ increases
303. Schools pay more for retirement
304. GR Press Cites Mackinac Center Study on Public School District Consolidation
305. Bad Week for Michigan Corporate Welfare Machine
306. Michigan FY 2011 Budget Ignores the Problem
307. Muskegon enrollment down by 800
308. A Plan to End ‘ObamaCare’ — and the Current Health Care Status Quo
309. Recaps of New Teachers Union Contracts
310. MEA: Merit Pay Works!
311. Media Reporting on MEGA Investigation
312. Parents say volunteer screening is unfair
313. Life is Good for State Employees
314. Bill would require schools to hold policies, not MESSA
315. GlobalWatt Claims on Applications for MEGA Deals Disputed, Raise Questions About MEDC Scrutiny
316. MEGA Questions Surround GlobalWatt
317. GlobalWatt's the Deal?
318. Politician Embraces Center Idea
319. Detroiters May Lose Right to Garden
320. Reconsidering Worker Rights
321. Big Savings With School Contracting
322. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 28, 2010
323. Hangar 42 Issues Unresolved
324. Court of Appeals Dismisses Forced Unionization Case Again
325. Superintendent defends salary
326. State may sell, then lease back School for the Deaf site
327. State Park Campground Additions a Bad Idea
328. Sept. 24 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
329. Panel would study service consolidation
330. Michigan Court of Appeals’ Second Terse Dismissal of Day Care Union Suit Again Fails to Address Core Legal Questions
331. Ain't No Party Like a Chrysler Party
332. We Still Need to Reform Teacher Pay
333. A Chance at Redemption: How the UAW Can Learn From the Past
334. Study: Bonus pay didn’t improve student performance
335. Broken Windows on Display in Michigan Senate Finance Committee
336. More Taxpayer Money for Social Engineering
337. Legislators Realizing Center Scholars Were Correct
338. Clio, intermediate district at odds over GenNET
339. Would Tea Partiers Favor Wealth Redistribution Without the Bureaucracy?
340. Virtual Learning Forum
341. Teacher retirements may not be helping newcomers
342. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 21, 2010
343. Littmann: How to Fix Michigan
344. May elections will cost schools more
345. Students use public transit
346. Schools would become senior housing
347. Study Verifies What Center Analysts Have Known All Along Regarding Failure of Film Subsidies
348. Court of Appeals Must Explain Itself
349. Sept. 17 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
350. Escape Is Never the Safest Path
351. ‘Lab school’ would offer teacher training
352. Bloated Public Sector Hurts Job Growth
353. Issues And Ideas Forum Live Video
354. Michigan Supreme Court Votes Unanimously to Require Michigan Court of Appeals to Explain Its Rejection of Day Care Unionization Lawsuit
355. East Grand Rapids limits choice enrollment
356. Issues & Ideas Forum, Sept. 16, 2010
357. Lawsuit Over Forced Unionization Gets Green Light
358. Michigan School Privatization Up 8 Percent
359. Bay City schools could move election
360. More schools than ever privatizing services
361. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 14, 2010
362. Consolidating School Districts Won’t Save Michigan $600 Million
363. 'The Star-Spangled Banner': A Key to My Past
364. 'Jobs' Fund: More Funds Than Jobs?
365. ‘Edujobs’ rules leave out many charter teachers
366. Special education numbers down
367. Storm Front
368. Flint Transit Manager: MichCapCon Story 'Accurate'
369. Center Analysts Cited on Job Growth, Road Construction
370. Detroit Public Schools Students Bear the Pain of Limited Educational Opportunities
371. School Aid Fund surplus sent to community colleges
372. Public School Support Service Privatization Increases 8.0 Percent in Michigan
373. Michigan Schools Contract Out More Than Ever
374. State Budget Deal Kicks Can Down the Road to New Guys
375. Districts choose improvement plans
376. Cool Cities Are Not So Cool When You Don't Have a Job
377. Grand Rapids Press Recognizes Importance of Right-to-Work in Michigan's Future
378. School invests in solar
379. Michigan Public School Health Insurance Costs Soar Above National Trends
380. Plagiarism, Credibility Issues for MSU Study
381. Common School Funding Myths
382. The Unstable Funding Myth
383. The Sales Tax and Lottery Myth
384. The School Employee Concession Myth
385. Professor says consolidation study misapplied his work
386. Districts bargain raises, insurance
387. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 7, 2010
388. Joe Lehman and David Littmann to Speak at West Michigan Policy Forum
389. Studying Right to Work
390. Worth the Wait?
391. Licensing Requirements Help Trade Associations More Than Consumers
392. Sept. 3 Michigan Legislature Report
393. Teachers union sues Detroit Public Schools
394. Right-to-Work: Looking Back, Moving Forward
395. Holland wants legal opinion on rate hike
396. Taking Stimulus Dollars Isn’t Hypocritical
397. Free Press Column Riffs on The MC
398. Plagiarism Investigation Continues at MSU
399. Charter schools begin to specialize
400. Improve your search with these tips
401. Republican Vows — Seven Lean Years Later
402. 10-year-old can't enroll in Windsor high school
403. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 31, 2010
404. The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry: A March to Liberty
405. Right-to-Work Is Right for Michigan
406. Principal sees potential in Facebook
407. Students featured in reality show
408. Schools receive automatic ‘A’ for reporting
409. Phony 'Sandbox Party' Uses Taxpayer Dollars to Lobby for More Goverment Spending
410. It Would Be a Living...
411. Aug. 27 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
412. Retirement spree means no DPS layoffs
413. Tea Partiers, Conventions, Politicians and Real Change
414. Horse Racing Subsidies Fail to Win, Place or Show
415. July Was a Good Month for Michigan
416. Merit Pay in Mt. Clemens?
417. Littmann: UAW in a 'Time Warp'
418. Flight Fight
419. Union: Federal money should end privatization
420. Disaster Losses From Global Warming Debunked
421. Snyder the Tax Cutter?
422. Community colleges want to offer baccalaureates
423. This Time It’s Liquor Distribution
424. Plagiarism at MSU? You Decide.
425. ...And a Few More Questions for Virg
426. Environmentalism Is a Threat to Liberty
427. MSU Investigates School Consolidation Study
428. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 24, 2010
429. 2010 Awards
430. Michigan Legislature No Slouch at Fiscal Malpractice
431. Schools Start to Comply With Transparency Law
432. State, National Media Report on Possible Plagiarism in MSU School Consolidation Study
433. About half of districts posting financial data
434. Another Year of Hollow School “Progress” Reports
435. DPS ordered to bring back union guards
436. Performance pay in Mount Clemens
437. Plagiarism, Flawed MSU Studies, and the People vs. the Ruling Class
438. Another Question for Snyder
439. Questionable MSU Scholarship Hurts Policy Debate
440. Aug. 20 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
441. Pay Attention to Candidates' Stance on Subsidies
442. MSU: 'Full Year' to Investigate Plagiarism Issue
443. Granholm: Give surplus to community colleges
444. PowerPoint Postscript
445. MSU Consolidation Study Seriously Flawed
446. Center Analyst Alerts Grand Rapids Press to Possible Plagiarism in MSU Study on Which it Reported
447. FOIA Lawsuit Should Continue
448. Michigan Film Subsidy Program Shortcomings
449. Montessori program gains charter status
450. Choice and Privatization Reform for Basic Welfare Services
451. Plagiarism in MSU Study?
452. Michael LaFaive, Ralph Nader: Separated at Birth?
453. Environmentalists Missing in Action on Protecting Great Lakes From Wind Farms
454. Government Press Release Journalism
455. City's 'Free Land' Offer Not Quite a Modern 'Homestead Act'
456. Nearly 19,000 apply for 71 teacher jobs
457. Center Analyst: MSU School Consolidation Study Appears to Contain Plagiarized Material
458. 'Edujobs' Will Hurt Public Schools
459. Consolidation vs. cooperation
460. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 17, 2010
461. Low-Carbon Fuel Standard a Gift to Ethanol Lobby
462. 'Bail Out Irresponsible Unions Act' Proposal Getting 11th Hour Push in Congress
463. The Defendants Plead Guilty, Your Honor
464. The Secret of Economic Growth in Michigan
465. Center Analysts at Heart of School Funding Issues
466. Los Angeles Times rates city teachers
467. The Public Employee Union Problem
468. Bill would facilitate tribal language courses
469. College comes early for home-schoolers
470. Guide Someone Hunting on National Forest Land and You Could be Breaking the Law
471. Aug. 13 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
472. Asking the Questions Others Won't
473. Interest payments eat into revenue
474. An Open Letter to Rick Snyder
475. This Economic Engine Needs a Tune-up
476. Explaining Why Public Schools Are 'Broke'
477. "Edujobs" Fact Check, Part II
478. Student loans surpass credit card debt
479. An Open Letter to Virg Bernero
480. 'Laid Off Teachers' a Fiction
481. Public Sector Still Doing All Right
482. 'EduJobs' Fact Check
483. The Foundation Allowance Myth
484. Riverview restores busing
485. New Report Misses the Mark on Higher Education
486. Teachers Should Pay Fair Share of Health Care
487. Michigan Primaries a Tea Party Failure?
488. Wind Power Will Blow Household Budgets
489. School leaders: MESSA facing more competition
490. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 10, 2010
491. Our Economics Knowledge Deficit
492. More MEA Obfuscation
493. Governor, DHS Disagree on Small-Business Owners They Forced Into Union
494. Impure Michigan
495. The Unequal Funding Myth
496. Oakland County Gives Local Governments Something to Shoot For
497. MEA Lawsuit on Retiree Health Benefits Misguided
498. College president wants out of MPSERS
499. Proposal: Turn high school into university center
500. FBI to review Pontiac finances
501. Governor's Role in Forced Unionization Case
502. Mail Call
503. Aug. 6 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
504. Grantees say they’ll spend money in Michigan
505. Breaking News: Complaint Filed Against Hangar42 Principals
506. Michigan Capitol Confidential Coverage Goes National
507. A Rocking Good Time
508. ‘Edujobs’ said to benefit unions
509. Center Video: Gov. Granholm Boasts of Role in Forced Unionization of Home Day Care Workers
510. The Granholm-AFSCME Partnership
511. Bob King's First Amendment
512. MEGA Careful?
513. Hangar42 in Court
514. IMPACT Summer 2010
515. Summer school at farmers market
516. Hangar42 Deal Shows Misguided Incentive Policies
517. Parks and Wrecks
518. Editorial on Tax Subsidies Ignores Facts
519. Will reform proceed without 'Race' money?
520. Court: Teachers can sue over assaults
521. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 3, 2010
522. Mackinac Center Ideas Permeate Primary Election
523. Charges Filed in Film Studio Deal
524. School Funding Myths Explored, Corrected
525. Lansing board considers downsizing itself
526. Charge Filed in Hangar42 Case Shows Greater Need for Transparency in State Government, Center Analyst Says
527. The Class Size Myth
528. States reconsider scholarships
529. DPS to require pre-algebra in seventh grade
530. Here's Michigan's REAL Tea Party
531. Michigan Education Association May Help Fund Oklahoma Revenue Grab
532. Michigan Capitol Confidential Stirs Radio Discussion
533. Michigan's REAL Tea Party Groups and Leaders
534. Islamic Academy plans expansion
535. No Conversation Allowed
536. Let He Who Is Without Jobs Sin Cast the First Stone
537. We Report. They Decide
538. United States no Longer Among Top Nations in Protecting Private Property Rights
539. Michael Moore Film Subsidy Blog Picked Up by Other Media
540. Students can choose: Business or ‘green’
541. Dangers of Status Quo Budgeting in Higher Education
542. Migration Troubling, Especially in Michigan
543. Greatest Tragedy of Gulf Oil Spill Isn't Environmental
544. Michigan out of ‘Race’
545. Students for a Free Economy Celebrates Milton Friedman Legacy Day
546. Luxury Is Not an Illness That Needs Cured
547. Michigan’s meaningless teacher certification reform
548. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 27, 2010
549. University to offer programs at charter site
550. Michael Moore Appears Ready to Take Film Subsidy for Anti-Subsidy Film
551. It's Not Rocket Science
552. New State Data Show Michigan Public Schools Spent Record Amount Per-Student
553. Poll: Voters split on mayoral oversight of DPS
554. Community college sets higher entry bar
555. Bill would require 200-day school year
556. MichiganVotes.org July 23 Weekly Roll Call Report
557. Cap-and-Trade Dead but Not Gone
558. Ann Arbor 'Sculpturegate' Gets National Attention; Fox News Appearance
559. About Those Companies Getting All the Electric Car Battery Subsidies ...
560. Michael LaFaive Discusses 'Sculpturegate' on Fox News
561. MME shows slight improvement
562. Bill Reveals New Politically Correct Economic Development
563. Federal Government Wants to Decide Which Car Models Americans Drive
564. Mandatory Fire Sprinklers – Reigniting or Fizzling Out?
565. Regular Joe
566. Michigan standards get mixed grades
567. Derailed: Michigan Should Heed Greece's Experience With Light Rail
568. Clarenceville privatizes custodial services
569. Inside the Overton Window
570. Chetly Zarko, RIP
571. New Teacher’s 'Hybrid' Pension Label a Phony Political Confection
572. Contrary to Popular Belief ...
573. Ribbon-Cutting
574. Angelo M. Codevilla — Our Era's Tom Paine?
575. Godwin Heights trying mini-laptops
576. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 20, 2010
577. Do Unemployment Benefits Stimulate the Economy?
578. Cost to Revive Economy With Battery Plant Subsidies: $5 Trillion
579. MichiganVotes.org July 16 Weekly Roll Call Report
580. The 'Green' in Green Jobs Is Money
581. City, school district team up on demolition
582. Holland workers move to high-deductible plan
583. ‘Project ReImagine’ taking shape in N.I.C.E.
584. Court: School data law violates Constitution
585. The Sales Tax and Lottery Myth
586. Michigan Taxpayers Writing Check to Second Electric Car Battery Maker for $100 Million
587. Schools consolidate on labor to save money
588. Mike Bouchard and Right-to-Work Legislation
589. Tuition up, but so is enrollment
590. Gulf Moratorium Similar to Directional Drilling Ban
591. Michigan Exports to China Grow
592. Detroit Taking Center's Advice 8 Years Later
593. Teachers to run DPS elementary school
594. Opinion mixed on minority-teacher emphasis
595. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 13, 2010
596. Michigan Needs Regulatory Certainty
597. Alpena board implements contract
598. Candidate Questionnaire for Tea Party Activists: 2009-2010 Edition
599. DPS students working on district construction
600. Failing schools eligible for turnaround money
601. DPS principals to be judged on performance
602. MichiganVotes.org July 9 Weekly Roll Call Report
603. School retirements don’t add up
604. Political Society vs. Civil Society
605. Michigan Public Payrolls Protected in Recent Recession
606. Students Prepare for Careers in Sagging Michigan Film Industry
607. Governor Surrenders on Service Tax
608. Severe Weather in Michigan
609. Berkley battles allegations
610. Federal Labor Board Sets Up Snap Union Elections
611. EPA Action on Sulfur Dioxide Points to Future Under Cap-and-Trade
612. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
613. An Apology
614. Census Bureau: Michigan Beats Most States in Tax Revenue Growth
615. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 6, 2010
616. The Unequal Funding Myth
617. Tax Hikes Kill Jobs and Tax Cuts Create Them
618. Are Public Schools Underfunded? No
619. ‘The Overton Window’: Made in Michigan
620. CMU, AFT agree on new bargaining unit
621. Schools would get $11-per-pupil bump
622. MichiganVotes.org July 2 Weekly Roll Call Report
623. Lawmaker: Shift ‘Race’ money to jobs
624. Reality Check: Governor’s Budget 'Poor Mouthing'
625. The 4th of July
626. Bobb says superintendent is out; board pushes back
627. Genesee County Land Bank Threatens Private Property Rights
628. G.R. Press: AG's Office Knew About Hangar42 Months Ago; Legislators Addressing Transparency
629. Ann Arbor Teachers Union Keeps District Out of Balance
630. Selective Disclosure
631. Why More Government Regulation Seldom Works
632. Michigan Taxpayers to Write $100 Million Check to Korean Battery Maker
633. Cap-and-Trade and Michigan's Economy
634. Center Analysts Detail Public-Sector Power
635. Districts Save With Health Savings Accounts
636. Judge puts new school health fund on reserve
637. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 29, 2010
638. Columnist: Film Subsidy Proponents Should Welcome Transparency
639. Gutted School Pension 'Reform' Could Come Back to Bite Schools
640. Clare to begin Chinese language immersion program
641. Yeah, That's How to Boost Confidence in Detroit's Finances (NOT)
642. An End to MEAP Tests?
643. School Boards Wary of No-Cut Promise
644. MEA Rally: Massive Failure or Just Waste of Time and Money?
645. MEA Complains About More Money To Spend On Education?
646. Subpoenas Issued in Hangar42 Investigation
647. State Has Better Things to do Than Worry About Bird Feeders
648. South Lyon Ties Wages to Per-Pupil Funding
649. School Funding Goes Up ... MEA Wants More
650. You Can't Make This Stuff Up (MichiganVotes Edition)
651. Threats of Eminent Domain Should Not Be a Bargaining Tool
652. The Unstable Funding Myth
653. Big Waste, Bad News
654. Kelo Decision Five Years Ago Today
655. New School Pension Reforms Will Be Worthless
656. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 22, 2010
657. Michigan Adopts National Standards
658. Michigan’s Borrow-and-Spend Politicians Eye Kids’ Piggybanks
659. DPS Suit: Who's to Blame?
660. Isn't Lottery Money Supposed to Be for Public Schools?
661. Attorney General Investigating Hangar42
662. The proper role of a public school board
663. 'Wannabes' may not return to Howell
664. Nominees for Top 5 Worst Government Services
665. Livonia considers charter school
666. Salary survey under way
667. Center Calls for Hangar42 Investigation Cited
668. MichiganVotes.org June 18 Weekly Roll Call Report
669. 'Administration of a Tax': The Big Lie Behind Government Secrecy on State Corporate Welfare Checks
670. EPA Crying Over Unspilled Milk
671. The Man Who Would Be (Bob) King
672. Support staff makes concessions
673. Joe Lehman, Glenn Beck and the History of the Overton Window
674. Legislature to Tea Party's Unfunded Liability Concerns: "Whatever"
675. America: The Story of Whom?
676. The Kalamazoo Promise vs. School Choice
677. Joe Lehman Explains the Overton Window on Fox News Channel With Glenn Beck
678. Michigan Unemployment Rate Down to 13.6 Percent
679. 'Doubling Down' with Detroit Retiree Pensions
680. Mackinac Center Legal Director Calls on Legislature, Law Enforcement to Scrutinize Hangar42 Deal
681. Monroe recalls 187 employees
682. Joe Lehman Discusses the Overton Window on Glenn Beck's TV Show
683. Joe Lehman to Discuss 'Overton Window' on Glenn Beck Show at 5:20 P.M. on Fox News Channel
684. New Questions Arise Over Hangar42 Funding
685. Service Tax Is Bad Policy
686. Film Office Director Agrees With Center on Hangar42 Movie Studio Deal
687. Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman To Discuss Overton Window on Glenn Beck’s Fox News Show Today
688. Teachers sue over retirement contributions
689. Politics Trumps Science on Great Lakes Drilling
690. Gov. Granholm’s Tax Hike Proposal Would Kill 30,000 Michigan Jobs in First Year, According to Tax Analysis Model
691. Low-performers eligible for grants
692. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 15, 2010
693. Tax Hikes Kill Jobs, Tax Cuts Create Them
694. Inspire Your Desktop!
695. Think Tank of the Future
696. Parent-Judge Conferences?
697. High-Speed Rail a Fast Way to Waste Money
698. The Overton Window at The Corner
699. Film Subsidy Rationale Revealed: Pixie Dust!
700. Retirement, insurance both create savings
701. Eight superintendents retiring in southwest Michigan
702. Experts differ on why colleges hike tuition
703. 'Jungle Primary' Proposal Won’t Get Michigan Out of the Woods
704. Another LIFO Victim
705. MichiganVotes.org June 11 Weekly Roll Call Report
706. Lawmakers Fail to Answer Questions About Film Subsidy Transparency
707. Joe Lehman Talks About the Overton Window With Glenn Beck
708. U.S. Senate Resolution Would Limit EPA Power
709. Blowing the Lid off Film Subsidy Duplicity
710. Clear the Farms to Promote Hunting and Gathering?
711. Transparency Demanded for Film Subsidy Program
712. Lehman Discussing the Overton Window in Studio With Glenn Beck
713. Joe Lehman Discusses the Overton Window on Glenn Beck's Radio Show
714. Ypsilanti joins busing consolidation plan
715. MIRS Reports Huron Valley Schools Super Paid More Than $400k in Final Year of Employment
716. East Lansing Should Look to China on Property Rights
717. Michigan Capitol Confidential Praised
718. Mackinac Center President to Discuss Overton Window Theory on Glenn Beck’s Radio Show Wednesday
719. Washtenaw school choice quadruples
720. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 8, 2010
721. Knockout Punch
722. Throwing Down the Gauntlet
723. More and More a Political Animal
724. Michigan Taxpayers Have Already Made Compromises
725. How Michigan’s School Foundation Allowance Works
726. Adding private schools to the school choice debate
727. Poll: Merge high schools, maintain tax rate
728. 15 Specific Ideas to Move Michigan Forward
729. Civil Society
730. MichiganScience No. 14
731. Retirement boost in Spring Lake
732. Fact-Checking and Adding Context to the Governor’s Economic Diversity Speech
733. MichiganVotes.org June 4 Weekly Roll Call Report
734. MEDC Letter an Admission of Failure
735. No agreement on education fix
736. A Lasting Legacy
737. States With More College Grads Don't Have Better Economies
738. Changes in Brownfield Laws Will Help Michigan
739. Flint imposes contract
740. 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Michigan Film Office
741. The Underfunded Myth
742. Administrators retire, then return
743. A Tale of Two Counties
744. Government Secrecy Rules on $10 Million Film Studio Subsidy
745. Tax Hikes Will Force More Michigan Residents Out
746. MEDC Failures Lead to Less Transparency
747. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 1, 2010
748. Teacher job bailout now uncertain
749. Budget bills show per-pupil gap
750. Governor Declares Climate Action Council Dead
751. MichiganVotes.org May 28 Weekly Roll Call Report
752. The Right's Partisan Oil Spill 'Gotchas' Misguided and Counterproductive
753. Freedom of, not From, Information
754. Paying Teachers Not to Teach
755. Michigan Department of Education Miscalculates Average Teacher Salary
756. State Report Shows Status of State Employee Pension Plan Worst in 15 Years: Less Than 80% Funded, With More Than $3 Billion in Unfunded Liability
757. Eradicating Jobs, Not CO2
758. Second ‘Race’ application wins union nod
759. Media Missed Opportunity to Enlighten Public on Current Climate Change Science
760. Ferris charters virtual school
761. Economic Opportunity Needs a Moral Dimension
762. Federal Regulators Harming Environment in Gulf Oil Spill
763. More Information Trickles Out Regarding Hangar42
764. Michigan Teacher Pay Tops in the Nation
765. Statewide Media Respond to MEDC Complaints Over Criticism of its Failures
766. Media Covers Grand Rapids Movie Studio Deal After Mackinac Center Analysts Release Results of Months-Long Investigation
767. Private schools cope with weak economy
768. Senator suggests pay-to-learn
769. Stop Pointing Out Our Failures, Says MEDC
770. The Constitutional Convention Begins
771. When Enough Really Isn't Enough
772. Editorial: Privatization Saves Schools Money
773. Supreme Court to hear education tax credit case
774. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 25, 2010
775. A Law Unto Itself
776. New Facts Exposed in Hangar42 Investigation
777. Buena Vista on ‘restructure’ list
778. Clear Conclusions from a Muddy Report on Michigan Tax Burdens
779. New Type of "Renaissance Zone": Real Estate Development Bailout Zones
780. Reports vary on higher education staffing
781. Some say retirement plan won’t help much
782. MichiganVotes.org May 21 Weekly Roll Call Report
783. State's Decision to Deny Wolverine Power Plant Smacks of a Double Standard
784. Service Tax Not Supported by Facts
785. Catholic schools to share staff
786. Two languages, two cultures, one global citizen
787. Homestead Act of 1862: America's Grandest Privatization Act
788. Risk Assessment: Parts I-IV
789. School aid fund has unexpected surplus
790. Funding Questions Surround Hangar42 Studios Deal, According to Center Analyst
791. Hangar42 Studios' Incentives Raise Questions
792. Film Noir
793. Cap-and-Trade: A Thorning Subject
794. Center Analyst's Research, Commentary Attract Attention
795. Mixed voting seen on second ‘Race’
796. Great Lakes Wind Development Too Risky
797. Michigan Teacher Salaries Highest in Nation When Compared to Relative Wealth of States
798. Center Analyst Details Massive Personnel Costs For Port Huron Area School District Budget
799. Reading 'proficiency' varies by test
800. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 18, 2010
801. Average Teacher Salaries in Michigan Highest in the Nation When Compared to Relative State Wealth
802. The School Employee Concession Myth
803. Teachers Union Isn't Pulling Its Own Weight When Making Concessions
804. Chetly Zarko v. Howell Education Association
805. Defending Freedom ... of Information
806. Audit reveals larger deficit
807. Districts may hire drivers through firm
808. 'Why would investors allocate capital in a state that deprives them of their rights?'
809. "No Justice Loot, No Peace?"
810. 'Out of Balance' and Bad at Math
811. MichiganVotes.org May 14 Weekly Roll Call Report
812. The Great Early Education Gamble
813. Teachers face retirement choices
814. Day Care Union Case: Update at the Supreme Court
815. New York Times Addresses UAW/Big 3 Issue That Center Analyst Addressed Five Weeks Ago
816. Linden reopener depends on MEA
817. Film Industry in Michigan Hits Another Snag
818. Teacher Retirement Plan Getting Expensive
819. Mackinac Center, MPA Protecting FOIA
820. Utica Teachers Agree to Concessions
821. Utica teachers agree to freeze
822. Even at Michigan Supreme Court, State Continues to Duck Central Question of Whether Home-Based Day Care Providers Are Government Employees
823. How School Funding Works: Myths About Michigan’s Foundation Allowance
824. Michigan Unemployment Woes Continue Despite Millions Spent on 'Economic Growth'
825. House Resolution a Poor Substitute for Veto Power
826. Staying on Unemployment
827. Custodians agree to concessions
828. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 11, 2010
829. News Release: Mackinac Center, Michigan Press Association Ask Michigan Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling That Would ‘Gut’ State’s Freedom of Information Act
830. An Expensive Pension Deal for Westland Police Officers and Firefighters
831. Average Teacher Salaries Continue to Rise
832. Opinion: 'Evil Party and Stupid Party' at Work on School Pension Reform
833. Audit: Extra high school money had little effect
834. Michigan’s Best State Laws
835. Law would allow algebra substitutes
836. Bobb wins in court — for now
837. Michigan Pension Fund Shortfall $11.5 Billion, Not $51.3 Billion
838. Newspapers Editorialize Against Deposit Bill
839. Rate hike takes up most of savings
840. Climate Accountability Act Needed in Michigan
841. Stock Market Drop Harbinger of Things to Come?
842. Time to Abandon Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord
843. Taxing Times
844. Center Attorney to Discuss Day Care Union E-mails
845. Northwest considers privatization
846. 'Detroitification' Threatens Los Angeles — and Michigan Public Schools
847. 'No Comment' from Day Care Union Lawyer on E-Mails, Senate Hearing
848. I Am SFE
849. Comments on 'Out of Balance: Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation Over 20 Years'
850. Millage results vary by region
851. Taxpayers Are Not Sheep, Part II
852. Leaders of the PAC
853. Newspaper Death Act
854. Center Issues & Ideas Forum on Environment and Economics
855. Center Expert Explains School Funding Increases
856. GVSU approves first virtual charter school
857. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 4, 2010
858. Taxpayers Are Not Sheep Lining up to Be Sheared
859. Michigan Tax Burden Grows Despite Claims to the Contrary
860. Michigan Service Tax Defended by Phantom Facts
861. Bills Swap Selective Business Tax Breaks for Broad-Based Relief
862. Michigan’s Gift to Texas? People
863. The Paying Class vs. the Government Class
864. Bobb says Teach for America returning to DPS
865. Berrien Springs partners with home-schoolers
866. MichiganVotes.org April 30 Weekly Roll Call Report
867. Cherry Picking: More Day Care Union Connections?
868. School taxes on Tuesday ballot
869. Michigan’s Tax and Business Incentive Climate
870. MEA Wounds Governor’s School Pension Reform
871. Live From New York, It's Saturday Night Labor!
872. Fourth Time's a Charm
873. Editorial Blasts Michigan Film Subsidy Program
874. Stealth Unionization of Small-Business Owners Called 'Skewed and Wrong'
875. Dollar Bay takes over alternative school
876. Issues & Ideas Forum, April 29, 2010
877. Michigan’s Rank Position
878. The MEA President Lays on the Guilt Trip
879. Untrustworthy
880. Federal Reserve Study: Economic Freedom Matters
881. School Funding Myths
882. Public Ownership Violates Property Rights
883. MESSA Rates up 20 Percent in Port Huron
884. State MEGA Audit Finds MEGA Problems
885. Breaking News: House Vote Would Force Charter Schools Into Underfunded Pension System
886. Connecting the Day Care Union Dots
887. Districts take sides on Wayne RESA millage
888. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 27, 2010
889. Is This the Death Blow for the Living Wage?
890. MEGA Jobs MIA in Flint
891. Groups train residents how to lobby
892. Do You Need Government Money to Attend College?
893. Trenton board won’t support tax
894. Anti-bullying bills again before Legislature
895. Poll: Charter school support growing
896. Reading It Wrong — Again
897. MichiganVotes.org April 23 Weekly Roll Call Report
898. Turning Away 'Roeth'
899. Thoughts About Earth Day
900. More Money for MESSA
901. Michigan joins ‘Innovation’ competition
902. Earth Day 2010: Michigan’s Environment as Eden or Waste Land?
903. State Employee Pay Grows 25 Percent Above Inflation Since 1999
904. New Air Standards Unrealistic
905. Michigan Film Jobs Disappear Despite Millions in Subsidies
906. Checking on the UAW
907. Michael Moore Inadvertently Makes Case Against Film Subsidies (Again)
908. MESSA rates up 24 percent in Jackson
909. Can We Build Better Teachers?
910. But I Thought That Went Without Saying ...
911. Mackinac Center Policy Staff Discuss 'Texting While Driving' Ban
912. Michigan Film Subsidies: Two Years, $117 Million and No Film Job Growth
913. Questions Surround Forced Unionization Scheme of Small-Business Owners, New State Agency
914. Analysis: Fewer 'Shell-Shocked' Financial Panic Survivors at 2010 Tea Parties
915. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 20, 2010
916. News Release: Fewer People Employed in Michigan Movie Industry Than Before Film Tax Credits Began, According to Center Analyst
917. Intellectually Bankrupt
918. MEGA Marks 15th Anniversary
919. Flight Plan
920. Teacher Health Insurance Costs
921. Judge: Bobb overstepped authority
922. "They're sure not working for you"
923. MichiganVotes.org April 16 Weekly Roll Call Report
924. Attitude Adjustment
925. Watchdog
926. Dark Side of the Mitten
927. Senate plan drops pension ‘sweetener’
928. Speaking Truth About Power
929. Facts for Tax Day in Michigan
930. Tax Day Rallies
931. Teacher Contracts Under Scrutiny
932. MSU drops retiree health benefit
933. Goodrich, Fenton opt for state’s “choice” program
934. Benefits, Not Salaries, Key to School Costs
935. Center Scholar on FDR in Wall Street Journal
936. Online Learning Can Improve Michigan Public Education
937. Taxpayers Never Get Early Retirement
938. Constitutional Convention Won’t Fix Michigan’s Problems
939. Union backing still seen as key to 'Race'
940. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 13, 2010
941. Mackinac Center Speakers at 'Tax Day' Events Across Michigan
942. Small-Business Owners Object to Forced Unionization
943. Do They Really Need More Money?
944. ISD, local district could share superintendent
945. Cash, Corporations, Unions and Free Speech
946. Onaway reduces spending
947. April 9 MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call Report
948. Back to semesters in Grand Rapids
949. Alex Chilton R.I.P.
950. NFIB Criticizes Drive to Make Private Businesses and Contractors Into 'Government Employees'
951. Union backing seen as necessary
952. Schooling the MEA in Basic Economics
953. Unfinished Business
954. MEGA Critique: A Response
955. District saved $25,000 on four-day week
956. Lehman: Bold Strokes Needed to Save Michigan
957. Firm develops iPad math programs
958. NFIB Files Brief in Support of Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Case
959. DNRE Applying Double Standard in Detroit Asbestos Violation
960. IMPACT Spring 2010
961. Cox: Schools can publish some photos, video
962. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 6, 2010
963. Inside Baseball
964. New Glenn Beck Book Title Includes Reference to Center
965. Some question ‘Race’ process
966. April 2 MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call Report
967. Clerks: School elections waste money
968. Proposal Would Punish Prudent School Districts
969. White House Gives Preference to Car From Company It Owns
970. Bill would put all charter teachers into state retirement system
971. Whitehall teachers OK contract
972. Getting Schooled
973. Delaying CO2 Requirements Helps Politicians, but Not Americans
974. FOIA: One Word Makes a $7 Million Difference
975. Becker Appointed to NLRB
976. Grand Rapids bus contract up in air
977. Michigan Public Employees Compensation Growing Despite Concessions Claims
978. New Research Suggests 'Reforming' Rather Than Closing Failing Schools a Forlorn Hope
979. MichiganScience No. 13
980. 'Cause You Know It Don't Matter Anyway
981. Parents pin hopes on charter school lottery
982. Michigan 21st in 'Race to the Top'
983. Golden Ticket
984. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 30, 2010
985. Michigan’s Mythical Coming Drought
986. Little League Advice for Schools
987. Economic Development 'Chicanery'
988. Paper Trail
989. Bill would force schools to spend balance
990. Michigan’s Gift to Texas? People
991. Broadband Lack of Success
992. 'Green Bonds' House Bill Encourages More Debt
993. Are Seniors Hypocritical to Oppose Health Care Plans?
994. Michigan Employment and Personal Incomes Better, But…
995. A MEGA Blast From the Past
996. Breathe Easy
997. Forced Unionization of Small-Business Owners Appealed to Michigan Supreme Court
998. MEGA Cliché 'Mistakes Were Made' Not Good Enough
999. School asks for state investigation
1000. Local Officials Call for Help
1001. Let the Sun Shine In
1002. Charter high school to close
1003. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Appeals Loar v. DHS to Michigan Supreme Court
1004. Federalized Health Care and Our Bad Habits of Democracy
1005. MEGA Prescient
1006. MEGA Show Trial?
1007. Funds Disclosure
1008. New Census Data: Michigan Economy Suffering More Than State Budget
1009. Editorial Praises Center's School Transparency Efforts
1010. Center Analysts Discuss Health Care Takeover
1011. Resolution to Support the Repeal of Act 312
1012. Plan would add 'teacher consultants'
1013. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 23, 2010
1014. Is This the Downsizing Detroit Needs?
1015. Reorganization of Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality Is Bad News
1016. More Questions Surround Forced Unionization of Small-Business Owners, MHBCCC Funding
1017. A Case for Private School Choice in Detroit
1018. Harding to Discuss Natural Resources, Economic Recovery
1019. Pinckney joins regional bus plan
1020. What MEAP Scores Mean
1021. What Transparency Should Look Like at the MEDC (but Doesn't)
1022. Legislature's Most Persistent Targeted-Incentives Booster to Run Hearings on Embezzler's Tax-Break Deal
1023. Center Scholar Tapped to Help Warren With Budget Crisis
1024. Lakeview considers private busing
1025. Senator Jason Allen's Targeted Tax Break/Subsidy Bills
1026. School Choice Ahead
1027. A Mackinac Center Profile
1028. Climate Change Panel Examines the 'Changing Debate'
1029. Legislators Should Look Closer to Home to Cut Spending
1030. Online classes planned in Grand Rapids
1031. No Checkbook Left Behind
1032. MEGA Jobs Announcements Symbolic Drop in the Bucket
1033. This Just In: Convicted Embezzler's Business Awarded State Tax Subsidy
1034. DPS will shrink along with city
1035. Sunshine Week 2010 Update: Several Kent County Schools Now Posting Checkbooks Online
1036. Sunshine Week 2010: 65 Michigan School Districts Get an 'A' for Putting Spending Online
1037. Union Corruption Update
1038. Revised 'No Child' would be carrot-and-stick
1039. MEAP reading scores up
1040. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 16, 2010
1041. Rejecting State Employee Raise
1042. Parents ask for teacher concessions
1043. Private vs. Public Sector
1044. Superintendent, Teacher Pay
1045. Mayoral control a sticking point
1046. Alternative education under pressure
1047. Quick! Change the Subject
1048. Protecting Small-Business Owners From Stealth Unionization
1049. Center Analyst Empties 'Brain Drain' Myth
1050. Melton: Let voters decide school spending
1051. Trade Disagreement
1052. Flint to review administrator load
1053. Legislative Pay Evidence of a Larger Problem
1054. This Just In: Spending More on Higher Education Hurts, Not Helps, State Economy
1055. Center Legal Analyst Testifies on Bills to End Stealth Unionization
1056. 2010 census a civics project in Niles
1057. Teacher research in Michigan
1058. Supposed Benefits of Pension Obligation Bonds Sink With Market
1059. Nicely Played, MEA!
1060. League of Women Voters' Stance on Energy Policy Hurts Women
1061. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director to Testify Today on Bills to Prohibit Stealth Unionization of Small-Business Owners
1062. State Employee Pay Raise Could Cost Them Jobs
1063. Divided opinion on service tax
1064. Group plans seven Detroit high schools
1065. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 9, 2010
1066. "Fighting for School Reforms" — Against Whom?
1067. 35, 34, 33...
1068. Pledging Regulatory Reform
1069. Evaluations of Early Education
1070. Michigan Service Tax Proves (Groucho) Marx Correct
1071. Fenton support staff moves to Teamsters
1072. Court upholds Grand Rapids privatization
1073. Regime Uncertainty: Michigan’s Legislative Creativity and Business Investment
1074. DPS could get grant money, if sides agree
1075. Districts may share superintendent
1076. 36 Days
1077. CBO Agrees With Littmann — Six Weeks Later
1078. Editorial Praises Center Study
1079. I'm Just a Bill Constitutional Amendment
1080. Ignore the Facts! Green Jobs are Good
1081. MEA President Gets 15 Percent Pay Hike
1082. So far, Michigan an also-ran
1083. Why Is the State Bribing Teachers to Retire?
1084. Center Helps Public School District Follow State Law
1085. 37 Days
1086. Wall Street Journal Columnist Cites Center Scholar's Book
1087. MichiganScience No. 12
1088. Private backers boost Bobb’s income
1089. Are You My Employer?
1090. Michigan Rolling in Dough? Gives Out Raises, Plus Millions in Tourism Subsidies
1091. The Plain Language of the Law: Senate Fails to Reject Government Pay Hike
1092. Kermit the Frog Meets the Underpants Gnomes: Ron Gettelfinger's Pitch for Green Auto Jobs
1093. Forced Unionization of Small-Business Owners Spreads to Other States
1094. Questions Surround Film Subsidy Report
1095. Forced Unionization Draws More Attention
1096. Fixing Michigan's Roads
1097. Dove Academy: The end goal is a college degree
1098. Group launches Detroit high school initiative
1099. Cap-and-Trade Dead; Long Live Cap?
1100. New Poll Supports Center Research
1101. Teacher certification tests don’t tell us enough about quality
1102. Health care poll: Public workers should pay more
1103. Michigan not seen as 'Race' front-runner
1104. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 2, 2010
1105. In Memory of Sarah Grether
1106. Center Analyst Addresses Taxes, Spending
1107. Issues and Ideas Forum, March 16, 2010
1108. Pension plan didn’t spark retirement, two say
1109. Progressing Backwards
1110. "Larry the Liquidator" on Senate Bill 1174
1111. In Memoriam: Sarah E. Grether, 1988-2010
1112. University contributions down
1113. Gov. Granholm Gambling on Michigan's Economic Future With Energy Subsidies
1114. And They Say They Need More Money
1115. Mixed results in bond votes
1116. The Last Thing Michigan Needs Is More Expensive Energy
1117. New Bill Could End Forced Unionization of Small-Business Owners
1118. Union sues in privatization case
1119. Climate Distortion 101
1120. Don't Look Now
1121. Employment Creation in Michigan Illustrates the Ineffectiveness of the State's Incentives
1122. I Was "Just a Bill," But Now About to Be a Law!
1123. Do They Really Need More?
1124. Regional concessions on the table
1125. Detroit awards private bus contracts
1126. We’re Just Some Bills
1127. Some will get certificates, not diplomas
1128. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 23, 2010
1129. Give. It. Up.
1130. Service Tax: $1.3 Billion Tax Hike on Thousands of Services
1131. School, Government Employee Unions Drain Their Host
1132. 'Detroitification' Happens to States and Nations, Too
1133. Municipal Costs Need a Watchful Eye
1134. Covert owes $700,000 to MESSA
1135. Back to semesters in West Ottawa
1136. Michigan: A National Leader in Tax Hikes
1137. Mackinac Center President Joseph Lehman to Speak at Detroit Athletic Club
1138. Teacher evaluation talks begin
1139. Thomas Sowell's Field Guide to Intellectuals
1140. A Sign of the Times
1141. Stimulus Helps 4-Year-Old Buy New Home
1142. Gubernatorial Fact Check
1143. Off the Tracks
1144. Meanwhile, Back on the Government-Run Health Care Front ...
1145. Free Style Skating
1146. Lansing to study millage
1147. Alice in Subsidy Land
1148. The Michigan Zombie Child Care Council
1149. Governor Offers $2.1 Billion Toast to Health of Government
1150. Stimu-less?
1151. Charter School Study Flawed
1152. Pay Attention!
1153. Board adopts beverage ban
1154. Center Analyst Addresses 'Industrial Policy'
1155. Which Would You Choose: Growth or Economic Decline?
1156. What Unites the Tea Party Movement?
1157. Rush Limbaugh on Mackinac Center Lawsuit
1158. Pros, cons of social promotion
1159. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 16, 2010
1160. Can They Even Spell 'Green?'
1161. Tourism Study Raises Questions
1162. Separate and Equal
1163. Welcome, Allies Against Outsized Government Class Privileges
1164. More homeless students identified
1165. Union: Retirement idea unfair
1166. Ann Arbor wants to bring back students
1167. Planet Lansing
1168. Mike LaFaive Critiques Governor's Budget
1169. Michigan’s Brains Remain Constant
1170. Whatever
1171. MCLF Lawsuit Featured on Fox News
1172. Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on MHBCCC
1173. Michigan Legislature Eliminates State Funding for Day Care Union 'Employer,' but Agency Somehow Continues to Operate
1174. Is the MHBCCC Defunded?
1175. An Excerpt from “Indivisible”
1176. Governor’s Tax Hike Proposals Increase Already Juiced System
1177. Governor Wrong About Headlee Limits
1178. Mackinac Center Fiscal Director: ‘Governor’s Tax Hike Proposal Is Madness’
1179. Churches play role in education
1180. Lansing Proposes, the MEA Disposes
1181. Welcome to Bizarro World
1182. Don’t Blame Mexico for Michigan’s Problems
1183. Most School Health Care Plans Are Too Expensive For Michigan
1184. Tax more? Spend less? Reform first?
1185. Judge: District can impose insurance cap
1186. Happy Birthday, William Henry Harrison
1187. Proposed Budget More Important Than State of the State
1188. Catholic school will forgive tuition
1189. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 9, 2010
1190. Pension Obligation Bonds: Borrowing Our Way to Prosperity?
1191. Headlee’s Social Welfare Problem
1192. Most School Health Care Plans Are Too Expensive For Michigan
1193. Cap Con Daily: Online and On-Message
1194. Response to a Welfare Worker's Cry From the Heart
1195. Economy Contracts, Government Expands
1196. Teachers and Taxpayers
1197. School group eyes ballot initiative
1198. MEA can’t be on agenda
1199. Mackinac Center Scholar Assisting Pontiac
1200. DHS Won't Tell Legislator Where They Got Funding
1201. Who Won't They Unionize?
1202. Diversifying Michigan for Trial Lawyers
1203. Failure rate up as more students take AP
1204. Veto-Proof?
1205. Cap Con Daily Has the Latest on Michael Moore
1206. Michigan School Funding Problems Solved!
1207. Respect My Authoritah!!!
1208. Michigan Capitol Confidential Daily Unleashed
1209. Schools buy ‘best school’ rating
1210. Campaign to Increase Michigan Taxes Emboldened by Success in Oregon
1211. Center to Tally State of the State Expansions, Limitations
1212. State of the Statists
1213. School Choice: Polluting Our Planet?
1214. Mackinac Center Analysts on 'State of the State' Address
1215. Two plead guilty in DPS payroll scam
1216. State of the State Tally
1217. State of the State: Blown Away
1218. Students protest layoffs, seniority
1219. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 2, 2010
1220. My Book Report on Plunder
1221. Moore Film Subsidy Draws More Coverage
1222. Is Proposal A Working?
1223. Granholm: Change pensions to save money
1224. Specializing in special education
1225. Schools team up to seek custodial bids
1226. Doctor Shortages and Socialized Medicine
1227. Security upgrades planned
1228. At Ford, Grievances Are Job One
1229. Detroiters Yearn For Tuition Tax Credits
1230. Senator Prusi's Bright Idea
1231. Expects cuts in 2010, lawmakers tell parents
1232. Equality of Sacrifice
1233. Moore Film Subsidies
1234. Anybody Got a Sword?
1235. HB 5771: Ban 'Stealth Unionization'
1236. Kabuki Dance: Mortgaging Taxpayers for Government Retiree Benefits
1237. LaFaive: Obama Didn't Go Far Enough on Tax Cuts
1238. Filmmaker Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" Approved for Taxpayer Subsidy in Michigan
1239. Michael and Me and Taxpayer Makes Three
1240. Michael & Me
1241. News Release: Court of Appeals Decision Undermines Freedom of Information Act, Says Mackinac Center Senior Legal Analyst
1242. Court blocks union e-mail release
1243. Creatures of the State
1244. Gas Tax Hike Another Obstacle to Recovery
1245. Growing Special Education Enrollments in Charter Schools
1246. What President Obama Should Say Tonight
1247. Furloughs planned in Livonia
1248. How to Make the State Vehicle Fleet More Expensive
1249. Preschool reports at odds
1250. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 26, 2010
1251. 'Obligation' Legislation Burdens Taxpayers for Nonobligations
1252. Littmann: Bank Tax a Disincentive
1253. Benton Harbor recall over privatization
1254. Michigan Unemployment: Topping the Charts for 46 Months
1255. Charter School Demand Continues to Rise
1256. Mackinac Center Scholar on SCOTUS Campaign Finance Ruling
1257. Like Stealing Candy From a Baby
1258. The Pathology of Incubator Fever
1259. Board turnover in Madison
1260. Kersey: Voters Could Embrace Bishop Plan
1261. Get the Data on Michigan Support Service Contracting
1262. Show Us the Savings
1263. Lawsuit Dismissal Deserves Explanation
1264. Electric Avenue
1265. Jobs-and-reform mostly jobs-and-jobs
1266. Bill would give tax credit to school donors
1267. Mapping Out an Underhanded Scheme
1268. Center Scholars Part of School Funding Summit
1269. Democrats and GOP Legislators Slam Savings at Sec. of State
1270. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Seeks Court of Appeals Reconsideration in Home-Based Day Care Union Case
1271. Woodhaven caps insurance costs
1272. Bishop Unveils Reform Proposals
1273. Cadillac Hacks
1274. Beware Michigan Tax “Restructuring”
1275. Environmentalism: From Science to Faith
1276. Detroit's Demolition Derby
1277. State Legislators Concerned Over Forced Unionization of Private Business Owners
1278. Schools cutting, but also building
1279. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 19, 2010
1280. High School Debate Workshops: “I Have Seen the Influence”
1281. School Funding, State Budget Explained
1282. Busted
1283. Asked and Answered
1284. Kids in Head Start Still End Up Behind
1285. Michigan's Economic Development Failures
1286. Straus signs ‘Race’ application
1287. School Savings
1288. Schools of choice popular in Berrien County
1289. Teachers’ union mum on concessions
1290. Cigarette Tax Increases Bring Increased Crime
1291. Michigan Forces Business Owners Into Public-Sector Union
1292. U.S. Department of Autos
1293. MASStroturf
1294. How to Remove an Ineffective Tenured Teacher in 13 Easy Steps
1295. Unions: Let’s not Race
1296. Half of Washington Smokes Expected to Be Illegal With Proposed Tax Hike
1297. Union Corruption Update
1298. There Is an Endless Number of Jobs
1299. Boardman River Dams: Episode 2
1300. Boardman River Dams: Episode 1
1301. Advice to board: Tax, spend, save
1302. Happy Birthday John Hancock
1303. Van Beek Invited to Address State Board of Education
1304. Insanity: Doing the Same Thing Over and Over and Expecting Different Results
1305. Michigan Government Revenue Forecasted to Increase, But …
1306. Harding to Discuss Cap-and-Trade
1307. Huron to apply for bonds
1308. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 12, 2010
1309. The Truth About Sacred Lies
1310. School Health Insurance Data Online
1311. State board to discuss school finance
1312. Nobody happy with ‘Race’ memos
1313. Poor showing could affect ‘Race’
1314. Big Business Loves Big Government
1315. New Ozone Standard More About Politics Than Science
1316. DFT recall organizers rally
1317. Time to ZIP It?
1318. Suit alleges ‘secret’ insurance fees
1319. School Health Insurance Database Unveiled
1320. Elegy for Cities Embracing Smart Growth
1321. Michigan's Tax System Is Much Better Than Michigan’s Economy
1322. Private Business Owners Remain Union Captives
1323. News Release: Health Insurance Information for More Than 500 Michigan School Districts Available Online
1324. Private students lose aid, too
1325. Green Jobs Bubble
1326. Spreading the Story of Norman Borlaug
1327. We're Not in Kansas Any More
1328. Environmental Justice Still an Elusive Concept
1329. Mackinac Center Legal Brief Part of Howell Teachers Union Case Today
1330. Unions: 'Race' memo goes too far
1331. New jobs for education leaders
1332. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 5, 2010
1333. Michigan Court of Appeals Dismisses Without Explanation Mackinac Center Lawsuit in Home-Based Day Care Union Case
1334. Collecting More Taxes From Fewer People
1335. While I Was Away
1336. Spending Too Much Doesn't Equal a Shortfall
1337. Vote Early and (not so) Often
1338. Price Theory for Legislators in One Lesson
1339. The Expensive Mystery of “Project Cherrywood”
1340. How to Find and Eliminate Wasted State Money
1341. Chesaning: MESSA costs up
1342. New Year’s Resolutions for Real Reform