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1. Legislators Miss 1,626 Votes in 2014
2. R.I.P. Paul Gadola
3. If Sales Tax is Passed, Michigan Would Have the Second Highest in the U.S.
4. 2013-2014 Legislature Last Day Roll Call Report
5. Department Reorganization is New Wine in Old Skin
6. December 17, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
7. Top 25 of 2014
8. No 'Replacement Revenue' for Taxpayers on Roads
9. Corporate Welfare for Hollywood Comes First
10. The State Budget and Civil Society
11. LaFaive: How to Cut $2.1 Billion in Spending
12. IMPACT November/December 2014
13. More Money for Roads Without Raising Taxes
14. Michigan's Parole Policies Waste Money, Need Reform
15. Parole, Sentencing Bills Can be Better
16. Gov. Snyder’s Detroit Victory Dance Premature
17. Economic Freedom Gains in Michigan
18. One Step Toward 'Reinventing' Michigan
19. Statewide Media Reporting on MEA Salary Hikes
20. Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Need Reform
21. Bringing Democracy Back to the Workplace
22. Senior Olympics Subsidy Getting Old
23. The 12 Fiscal Policy Days of Christmas
24. December 5, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
25. Prohibition Repealed 81 Years Ago Today
26. Economists Agree: Ride-Sharing Benefits Consumers
27. When a School 'Cut' Is an Increase
28. How Outraged Is the Right, Really?
29. Our Guild-Ridden Labor Market: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing
30. House Road Plan Is Solid
31. RTW 'Freeloader' Claim Still a Farce
32. Property Seized, Money Taken – But No Crime
33. Mackinac Center Receives Two-Year, $1 Million Research Grant from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation
34. Property Seized, Money Taken – But No Crime
35. Top 10 Charter High Schools in 2014
36. Vernuccio on Fox News, in The Hill
37. Job Churn Shows Futility of Corporate Welfare
38. Voters have Diminished Clout in Lame Duck
39. Media Reporting on H.S. Report Card
40. November 21, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
41. LaFaive Addresses National Foundation of Women Legislators
42. Issues & Ideas Forum Dec. 4 in Lansing
43. Second Edition of Michigan High School Report Card Gives ‘Apples-to-Apples’ Comparison of School Performance by Adjusting for Students’ Family Poverty Levels
44. The 2014 Michigan Public High School Context and Performance Report Card
45. Senate Should Take Up HB4001
46. Senate Can Promote Accountable Government with House Bill 4001
47. Film Subsidy Supporters: Mich. Program a Failure
48. Vernuccio Op-Ed in Detroit News
49. Bringing Democracy Back to the Workplace
50. No, the GOP Did Not Win Because of Gerrymandering
51. November 14, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
52. Michigan Bill Could Give Ride-Sharing an Uber Lift
53. Winning by Default
54. Morris Hood Jr. Educator Development Program
55. Vernuccio Cited on Tennessee VW Labor Talks
56. Is VW the First Model for 21st Century Unionism?
57. Sound Road Funding
58. Unionization for the 21st Century: Solutions for the Ailing Labor Movement
59. New Study Details How Unions Can Adapt for the 21st Century, Stem Membership Decline
60. Mackinac Center and Acton Institute luncheon with F.H. Buckley
61. Bankruptcy Judge Calls for Better Pension Funding
62. Lehman Discusses Legislative Priorities
63. Reitz Cited on Criminal Sentencing Reform
64. November 7, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
65. Vernuccio on Unions' Election Day Failure
66. Modernizing the Open Meetings Act
67. Hey, Tim Skubick!
68. 2014 Election Aftermath
69. Had Enough of the Political Class Cash Machine? Compact for a Balanced Budget
70. Budget Cutting Ideas Abound
71. UAW Dues Hike Was Unnecessary
72. October 31, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
73. Caught With Their Swimming Trunks Down
74. State Budget Follies
75. Corporate Welfare and the Michigan Business Tax
76. Michigan Education Digest
77. IMPACT September/October 2014
78. The Science Behind Political Polls
79. A 'Silver Lining' to Potholes?
80. False Pretenses Should be Put to Rest
81. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Oct. 28, 2014
82. Michigan’s Criminal Code Most Expansive in Region
83. Beckmann Cites CapCon on Film Incentives
84. Overcriminalizing the Wolverine State: A Primer and Possible Reforms for Michigan
85. October 24, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
86. CapCon Wins Journalism Awards
87. Checking the Facts
88. Brighton Teachers Union, School Board Acquiesce to Center Lawsuit, Strike Illegal Language from Contract
89. Senate Votes to Continue Film Subsidies
90. Two-Thirds of School Districts Contract for at Least One Major Support Service, According to Center’s 2014 School Privatization Survey
91. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2014
92. Free the Food
93. Michigan Education Digest
94. Planning for Life Workshop
95. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Oct. 21, 2014
96. Center Research Cited in Daily Caller
97. October 17, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
98. BEA President Unsure What Her Contract Says
99. Media Coverage of Center's Latest Lawsuit
100. Michigan Has Fewer Film Jobs Than it Did Prior to Incentive Program
101. One Sector Grew Last Decade: Corporate Welfare
102. Mackinac Center Secures Teacher’s Right to Work
103. Brighton Teacher Who Served in Afghanistan Sues Union, School District Over Right-to-Work Violation
104. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Oct. 14, 2014
105. October 10, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
106. Detroit News, Free Press Catch Up to CapCon
107. Amazon Smile
108. Obamacare Could Negatively Impact Women
109. Failing to Counter the Big Lie
110. Michigan Education Digest
111. $2.1 Billion in Michigan Budget Reforms
112. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Oct. 7, 2014
113. More Michigan Cities Meeting Financial Needs
114. Now Lansing Politicians Want a Poet Laureate!
115. LaFaive Cited by Fox News
116. Vernuccio Cited in Washington Examiner
117. Budget Reform Ideas for 2015 and Beyond
118. Making Michigan Right-to-Work: Encouraging School Districts to Follow the Law
119. Close MPSERS to Stretch Dollars Further
120. October 3, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
121. Michigan Education Digest
122. State Legislators Take Care of Themselves
123. Center Adds Two New Scholars to Board
124. Teacher 'Effectiveness' Ratings Gutted
125. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Sept. 30, 2014
126. Bureaucracy in Iambic Pentameter?
127. September 26, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
128. Why the UAW Didn't Need to Hike Dues
129. UAW Dues Hike was Unnecessary
130. Michigan Education Digest
131. MEA Can't Keep Story Straight on Union Bullying
132. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Sept. 23, 2014
133. Right-to-Work Will be Blamed
134. SEIU Allowed to Keep Millions in ‘Dues’ Money it Siphoned Away from Medicaid in Stealth Unionization, Court of Appeals Rules
135. PBS Series Ignores Damage of 'The New Deal'
136. September 19, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
137. Senate Approves 'Talk Like a Pirate' Resolution
138. Scots Say 'Yes' to Independence
139. Feeling Fine About the End of the World
140. Happy Constitution Day
141. Michigan Education Digest
142. Government Transparency Bill Stalled in Senate
143. CapCon Takes Former Clinton Official to Task
144. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Sept. 16, 2014
145. Economic Freedom: What It Is and Why It Matters
146. Grasping At Taxes to Pay for Pensions
147. September 12, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
148. Economic Freedom and Prosperity
149. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Sept. 9, 2014
150. Wright on Sunday Morning Program Talking RTW
151. Where $100 Million Buys Little: Michigan School Employee Pension Fund
152. State Budget Has Low-Hanging Fruit, Too
153. What Proposal 1 Means for Michigan Going Forward
154. September 5, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
155. Disdain for Politics Gov. Snyder's Undoing?
156. News Coverage of MEA's Illegal 'August Window'
157. Labor Law Judge Rules MEA’s So-Called ‘August Window’ Is Illegal
158. Michigan Education Digest
159. Survey Finds Issues With One-Quarter of Teacher Contracts Regarding Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law
160. Making Michigan Right-to-Work: Implementation Problems in Public Schools
161. Making Michigan Right-to-Work: Implementation Problems in Public Schools
162. Officials Caved to Red Wings on Corporate Welfare
163. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Sept. 2, 2014
164. Detroit City Council, State Legislature Caved to Red Wings' Demands
165. Media Continues Reporting on Teacher Opt Outs
166. More Teachers Than Ever Now Know Opt-Out Rights
167. The Story of a True Hero Spreads
168. A Uniquely Overqualified Candidate
169. Right-to-Work, Tax Rates Paint Interesting Picture
170. MEDC Approves Corporate Welfare for Dealership
171. Michigan Education Digest
172. Vernuccio: UAW Facing Big Problems
173. Vernuccio in 'Great Communicators Tournament'
174. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 26, 2014
175. AP Story on Teacher Opt Outs Goes National
176. Gov. Granholm Teaching Class on Job Creation
177. August 22, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
178. Media Continues to Cover MEA's 'August Window'
179. Small Tent or Big Tent?
180. Michigan Education Digest
181. Teacher Explains Why He Left the MEA
182. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 19, 2014
183. Detroit News Editorial on MEA's 'August Window'
184. Unintended Consequences: Cigarette Excise Taxes and Smuggling
185. August 15, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
186. 'Competitiveness' Outlook Ranks Michigan 12th Best
187. Spalding Writes on Worker Freedom at Townhall
188. Michigan Education Digest
189. Texas Looks to Decrease Occupational Licensing
190. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 12, 2014
191. Flanagan Goes too Far on Charter Schools
192. Mackinac Center Joins Nationwide Effort to Celebrate Employee Freedom Week
193. August 8, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
194. Pension Systems Hurt Workers, Taxpayers
195. Skorup on WSJ's 'Opinion Journal Live'
196. Vernuccio Discusses 'August Window' for Teachers
197. Michigan Education Digest
198. Job Announcements Don't Equal Job Creation
199. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 5, 2014
200. Enter the 'Great Communicators Tournament'
201. State, National Media Report on MEA Opt Out
202. Truth Squad’s Failed Proposal 1 Fact Check
203. Teachers’ Window of Opportunity Is Now Open
204. Supreme Court Ends ‘Dues Skim’ Nationwide
205. State Budget Savings Idea: Eliminate Revenue Sharing
206. August 1, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
207. Remembering Milton Friedman on His 102nd Birthday
208. IMPACT July/August 2014
209. Dr. Friedman's Vision for Education
210. F. Vincent Vernuccio cited in Teacher Freedom Article
211. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 29, 2014
212. Dire Predictions of Right-to-Work Didn't Come True
213. Mackinac Center's effectiveness cited on Fox News and Watchdog.org
214. July 25, 2014, Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
215. Why are RTW States Gaining Population?
216. Hohman on Personal Property Tax in Detroit News
217. New Evidence: Right-to-Work Laws Work
218. More Confusion Over 'Affordable Care Act'
219. Obamacare's Survival up to State Legislators
220. Exploring the Political Climate of Climate Change
221. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 22, 2014
222. School Support Service Privatization: Saving Money, Improving Quality
223. Statewide Media Cite Center on Prop 1
224. July 18, 2014, Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
225. Sentencing Reforms Could Save Tax Dollars
226. Hohman to talk at 'Detroit Rising' Panel Friday
227. Pension Malpractice and Fund Raids
228. Michigan Future Report Doesn't Add Up
229. Michigan Education Digest
230. Andrew Kaluza, RIP
231. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 15, 2014
232. What Do Teachers Want to Support?
233. July 11, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
234. Agricultural Price Controls are the Pits
235. Unions' Bark Worse Than Their Bite
236. Vernuccio, Spalding on WILS in Lansing
237. Labor's Unfired Shot Heard Round the Country
238. McHugh: Campaign Finance Laws 'Weaponized'
239. Political Free Speech on the 'Down Escalator'
240. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 8, 2014
241. The Free Enterprise Philosophy in a 12-Cell Matrix
242. August Opt Out Featured in Detroit News
243. Lehman Cited in National Review
244. MEA Upset at Having to Follow State Law
245. Fears of Right-to-Work Proving False
246. The Machinations Behind Michigan’s Minimum Wage Hike
247. What the 4th of July Means to Me
248. July 3, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
249. Supreme Court Ends Dues Skim Nationwide
250. Happy Birthday, America
251. Detroit News: MERC Ruling a 'Win' for Students
252. Wilcox in Detroit News
253. Policy Brief: Proposal 1 Would Result in Net $500 Million Tax Break Annually
254. Proposal 1 of 2014: Summary and Assessment
255. Reitz in The American Spectator
256. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 1, 2014
257. Supreme Court Takes One Step Away from Forced Unionization
258. Media Cite Center on Supreme Court Case
259. Insurance 52% to 119% Costlier Under Obamacare
260. U.S. Supreme Court Rules Home-Based Caregivers in Nine States Free from Union Dues Skim
261. June 27, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
262. MEA Embraces More Outsourcing
263. TTB a Poor Measure of Charter Performance
264. Vernuccio Discusses the MEA's 'August Window'
265. Thinking Outside the School Box
266. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 24, 2014
267. Gongwer, MIRS Cover MERC Ruling
268. June 20, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
269. Tax Foundation Takes On Michigan Future Report
270. Michigan Employment Relations Commission Rules Again that Graduate Student Research Assistants Cannot be Unionized
271. Repeal Post and Hold Alcohol Rules
272. Fox Covers MEA's Attack on Teachers
273. Mackinac Center Requests Michigan Liquor Control Commission Rescind Rule Requiring ‘Post and Hold’ for Beer and Wine Prices
274. MEA Upset at Having to Follow State Law
275. Oh, The Things You Will Learn
276. Vernuccio Discusses MEA's Attack on Teachers
277. Michigan vs. Minnesota Report Says Little About What Policies To Pursue
278. Washington Examiner: MEA Attacking Teachers
279. Skorup on WNEM-TV5
280. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 17, 2014
281. A Vision for Michigan's Future
282. June 13, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
283. Raising the Minimum Wage
284. Low-Hanging Fruit Can Help Fund Roads
285. RTW States Lead the Way
286. Media Details Center Efforts to Help Teachers
287. Reitz Cited on Government Transparency
288. Grazed and Confused
289. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 10, 2014
290. How to Mitigate the Damage Caused by Michigan’s New Minimum Wage Hike and Why More Labor Reforms Are Necessary
291. Mackinac Center Unveils New Website to Help MEA Members Opt Out During ‘August Window’
292. Agenda for Detroit: What Role Should State Play Post-Bankruptcy?
293. Teacher Unions Agree to Faulty Contracts in Order to Maintain Mandatory Dues
294. Detroit’s Dilemma Tests Lansing’s Leadership
295. June 6, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
296. Media Reports on Center Request
297. May 30, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
298. Fears of Right-to-Work Proving False
299. Mackinac Center Requests Michigan Employment Relations Commission Create New Rule Requiring Public-Sector Unions to Notify Members of Opt-Out Windows
300. UAW v. Green
301. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 3, 2014
302. Lehman, LaFaive in Wall Street Journal
303. IMPACT May/June 2014
304. Lawmakers Misrepresent Detroit Pension Bill
305. Select Few Benefit from Film Subsidies
306. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 27, 2014
307. Thank Heaven We Have a Full-Time Legislature
308. May 23, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
309. Media Misinterpreting Detroit Pension Bill
310. Legislature Lacks Credibility in Detroit Bailout
311. Money For Detroit Is Clearly a Bailout
312. False Fears About Fracking
313. Gov's Immigration Reform Isn't Bold Enough
314. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 20, 2014
315. The Detroit Bailout and Meaningful Pension Reform
316. Gov. Snyder Is Right
317. Detroit Bailout Discussion at Noon Tuesday
318. LaFaive in Free Press
319. Detroit Bailout Without Pension Reform Is Political Malpractice
320. LaFaive Discusses Detroit Bailout
321. Minimum Wage Issue a Battle of Election Year Gimmicks
322. Center in Wall Street Journal Consecutive Days
323. MEA: Too Many People Making $ Off Public Schools
324. Closing Pensions a Litmus Test for Detroit Reform
325. Alleged ‘Transition Costs’ Avoidable In Detroit
326. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 13, 2014
327. Detroit Bailout Package
328. Wage Hike Bad for Tipped Workers
329. Skorup Discusses Hollywood Corporate Welfare
330. Wage Hike Would Hurt Tipped Workers
331. Reforming Michigan's Civil Asset Forfeiture Law
332. Detroit Bailout Solved: Sell Just ONE Painting
333. Corporate Welfare for 'Millionaire Movie Makers'
334. Statewide Taxpayers on the Hook for Detroit?
335. The Debate Over School Spending
336. Detroit 'Openly and Notoriously' Went Bankrupt
337. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 6, 2014
338. Mackinac Center Experts Available to Discuss Gov. Snyder’s Detroit Bailout Plan
339. More Detroit Favors Piled On Top of Other Favors
340. Teamsters Local 214 Drops Legal Claims Against Dearborn Employees Who Exercised Worker Freedom Rights
341. Privatizing Detroit Department of Transportation Would Save City Millions
342. Cigarette Smuggling Still Rampant in Michigan, Nation
343. Michigan Taxpayers Paying More Money for Fewer Workers
344. State, National Media on SEIU's Downward Spiral
345. Cigarette Smuggling Undermines Tax Revenue
346. 'Binding' Taxpayers to Detroit
347. Detroit Should Sell Some Paintings and More
348. SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent
349. Art Sales and Angry Journalism
350. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 29, 2014
351. Can Detroit Bailout Sneak Past GOP Legislature?
352. Detroit Charter Student a Potential Ivy Leaguer
353. A Center-Right Candidate Questionnaire that Digs Deeper
354. How to Pass a Detroit Bailout the Majority Party Opposes
355. Public-Private Partnerships: The Good, Bad and Ugly
356. Seventy-Five Percent of Michigan Voters Think Local, Family-Owned Businesses Will Have More Difficulty Adjusting to Higher Minimum Wage
357. Everyone Should Have an Opportunity to Prosper
358. Utah's Lessons for Michigan Pension Reform
359. Corporate Welfare for Hockey Pucks or Burgers?
360. Center Files Brief at U.S. Supreme Court
361. How States Are Fixing Pension Problems – And Michigan Can Too
362. How to Make Michigan Schools More Expensive
363. More Good News for Michigan
364. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 22, 2014
365. Ticket Sales a Matter of Property Rights
366. It's All in How You Ask the Question
367. Perry: Ticket Resales Should be Unregulated
368. Detroit Should Sell Some Paintings
369. Detroit Bailout Makes for Strange Bedfellows
370. Mackinac Center Executive Vice President Michael J. Reitz Joins Board of Michigan Coalition for Open Government
371. Michigan State Budget Process Allows For Plausible Deniability
372. More State Favors for Detroit
373. Michigan Capitol Confidential honored by Detroit Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists
374. Minimum Wage Hike About Politics, not People
375. Center Experts in Detroit News
376. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 15, 2014
377. Detroit EM Considering Center Proposals
378. Large Majority of Republican, Independent Voters Object to Gov. Snyder’s Detroit Bailout Plan, According to New Polling Numbers
379. Detroit’s Special Favors Add Up
380. Government Subsidies Run Amok
381. More Higher Ed Spending Questionable
382. Road Funding: Getting the Priorities Right
383. Vernuccio Cited on President's Ann Arbor Visit
384. Amtrak Subsidy Takes Money from Roads
385. Maine Cigarette Tax Hike Would Have Undermined Health Goals
386. Center Adds New Scholar to Team
387. Center Scholar in Wall Street Journal
388. IMPACT March/April 2014
389. The Winners and Losers in Detroit Bankruptcy
390. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 8, 2014
391. A Letter to Ranny Riecker on 50 Years of Service
392. RIP Ranny Riecker
393. April 4, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
394. Trim Corporate Welfare to $0
395. Pension Debt: Not Just a Problem in Detroit
396. Legislative Reforms in 2013 Leave Much to be Desired
397. Corporate Welfare for New Red Wings Arena Won't Spur Economic Development
398. A Better Way to Protect Detroit Pensioners
399. Collective Bargaining Reform: Are Districts in Conflict With State Law?
400. March 28, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
401. Michigan Education Association Misleading Voters
402. MEA President's Math in Detroit News Questioned
403. Medicaid Expansion Studies Weren't Trustworthy
404. Center Scholar's Commentary at MLive.com
405. Right-to-Work States See Larger Gains
406. Happy Birthday Norman Borlaug
407. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 25, 2014
408. Emergency Manager Model Brings Fiscal Security to Pontiac
409. College Spending Results Questioned
410. Column: When Silence Speaks Volumes
411. More Problems with Ferndale Teacher Contract
412. Center Research in Time, Washington Post
413. CapCon Story on Ferndale Draws Attention
414. Teacher Who Left MEA Explains Why
415. Asset Forfeiture Laws Threaten Property Rights
416. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 18, 2014
417. A Decade On: Center Beats MEA in Union's Assault on Free Speech
418. Free-Market Approaches to Immigration Reform
419. Right-to-Work Should be Judged on Economic Data
420. The Mackinac Center, Free Speech and the MEA
421. Moderate Steps for Brewers, Industry Freedom
422. Hospital Union Continues to Bully Employees
423. Sunshine Week 2014
424. Happy Anniversary Proposal A
425. SEIU Fined for Campaign Finance Violations
426. Teacher Speaks Out on Union Bullying
427. Liberty and Character – The Indispensable Connection
428. Lopez on Fox Business
429. What a Union Looks Like in a RTW State
430. Economics 101: Minimum Wage Kills Jobs
431. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 11, 2014
432. Not Pretty: 2013 Legislative Roundup
433. LaFaive Proven Right on Cigarette Tax Hike
434. Vernuccio on Worker Freedom
435. Teachers Victorious Over MEA
436. March 7, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
437. Michigan Education Association Gives Up Fight Against Two Teachers Who Exercised Worker Freedom Rights
438. Electricity Competition in Illinois
439. Other Michigan Cities in Pension Debt
440. McHugh Discusses Budget on WILS
441. Majority of State’s Largest School Districts Have Language Prohibited by State Law in Their Contracts; Includes Teacher Evaluations, Layoffs, Seniority
442. Roadblocks to Reform?: A Review of Union Contracts in Michigan Schools
443. Roadblocks to Reform?: A Review of Union Contracts in Michigan Schools
444. Why Good Tax Reform is Difficult
445. Detroit News, Free Press Cover MCLF Lawsuit
446. Look at Municipal Finance Trends Before Pumping In More Money
447. February 28, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
448. Mackinac Scholar in Wall Street Journal
449. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit in Oakland County on Behalf of 39-Year Teaching Veteran to Prevent MEA Harassment
450. Michigan's 'Pay It Forward' College Tuition Plan Will Equal Higher Costs
451. What Right-to-Work Means
452. Tuition Plan Would Make College More Expensive
453. Displaced: How Michigan Districts Are Ignoring Anti-Seniority Reforms
454. Detroit’s Spruce Goose – City Airport
455. Why Michigan Needs a Tax Cut
456. Fairy Tale Minimum Wage Economics
457. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 4, 2014
458. IMPACT January/February 2014
459. Politicians Should Stand Up for Taxpayers
460. Detroit: Possibility of Real Privatization, Savings
461. Center Expert, Board Member Discuss Detroit
462. Mackinac Center Experts Available to Discuss Detroit Bankruptcy Plan
463. Looking to Pontiac for Detroit Solutions
464. Spalding Op-Ed on School Choice
465. School Choice Helps Families Access Better Schools
466. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 18, 2014
467. State Economic Outlook from David Littmann
468. Mackinac Center’s VoteSpotter App Allows Constituents to Give Legislators Immediate Feedback on How They Voted
469. VoteSpotter App Draws Media Attention
470. VW Vote Shows 'Card Check' Still a Fraud
471. Spalding on Fox2 Detroit
472. Analysis: Michigan’s Cigarette Smuggling Rate Falls Slightly; State Still in Top 10 Nationally
473. Cigarette Smuggling Still Rampant in Michigan, Nation
474. February 14, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
475. Commentary: Focus on Post-Secondary Education Shifting
476. Analysis: Misleading Commercial on Electric Rates
477. Vernuccio on PBS News Hour
478. State GDPs vs. Comparable Nations
479. Districts Asking for More Money Already Getting It
480. Union Bullying Story Draws National Attention
481. Trim Corporate Welfare to $0
482. Ag Still Not Michigan's 2nd Largest Industry
483. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 11, 2014
484. Farm Bill Full of Corporate Welfare
485. Corporate Welfare Schemes Need Transparency
486. The Best Plan for Michigan Tax Reform
487. Do Politicians Understand Economics?
488. Commentary: A Legislative Agenda for 2014
489. $1 Trillion Farm Bill Full of Subsidies, Special Favors
490. February 7, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
491. Michigan Still Underfunding Teacher Pensions
492. Center Adds Three New Scholars to Board
493. Mark Schauer's Support for Corporate Welfare
494. Littmann Testimony on SB 402
495. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 4, 2014
496. Scholarship Endowment Created in Honor of Teri Olson
497. There Is No Good Reason the MEDC Should Exist
498. Free Press: School Funding Up Under Gov. Snyder
499. Skorup on 'West Michigan Week'
500. Detroit Should Look to Pontiac
501. The World Is Getting Better and Better
502. Vague Criminal Laws Threaten Individual Liberty and Burden the Justice System
503. January 31, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
504. State Loses 200,000 Jobs, MEDC Finds 2,185
505. Detroit's Spruce Goose: City Airport
506. Harming the Competition
507. Vernuccio on Benefits of RTW for Missouri
508. Can Detroit Replicate Pontiac's Success?
509. State Revenue Estimating Conference Needs Better Estimating
510. Wages Rise in Right-to-Work States
511. The Ticket: The Many Faces of School Choice
512. Will Legislature Keep Tax Cut Promise?
513. Happy National School Choice Week!
514. MDOT Subsidy Numbers Off Track
515. Commentary: Higher Ed Spending Myths
516. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 28, 2014
517. LaFaive Cited on Minimum Wage in GR Press
518. MDOT Response to Mackinac Center Amtrak Piece
519. 'Business Improvement Zones' = Property Taxes
520. January 24, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
521. The Importance of Real Equality
522. Commentary: Your Pledge for Detroit
523. Center Experts Cited on Detroit Bailout
524. Money for Nothing
525. Wright Discusses Supreme Court Visit on WJR
526. Asking Questions to Help Cut Through the Political Fog
527. Mackinac Center Expert Available to Discuss Detroit Bail Out
528. Expanding the Electricity Market: A Good Choice for Consumers
529. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 21, 2014
530. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2013
531. Two-Thirds of School Districts Contract for at Least One Major Support Service, According to Center’s 2013 School Privatization Survey
532. George Will Cites CapCon in Washington Post
533. The Certificate of Need 'CON' Job
534. Facts, Not Fiction, on State School Spending
535. Gov. Snyder Keeps Pace in State of the State
536. January 17, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
537. Policy Experts Comment on Governor's Speech
538. Center Scholar in Detroit News
539. Skorup Debates Minimum Wage
540. Little Disclosure on Business Subsidies
541. Gov. Snyder’s 2014 State of the State Address Included Six Proposed Government Expansions, Two Limitations
542. Don't Bail Out Detroit with State Tax Dollars
543. Lockwood's Belle Isle Idea in Wall Street Journal
544. CapCon Story Draws National Media Attention
545. Vernuccio Testifies on Missouri Right-to-Work
546. Commentary: RTW States Doing Better
547. Corporate Welfare Scheme Back With New Name
548. City of Westland Restructures FOIA Fees in Response to Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Lawsuit
549. January 10, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
550. Michigan Needs Better Forfeiture Laws
551. Minimum Wage Earners: Many Still Live at Home
552. Detroit Needs More 'From the Heart' Transactions, Less Government
553. Why Detroit Pensions are Underfunded
554. Can Tea Parties Succeed Again?
555. What Economic Development Transparency Should Look Like
556. Michigan Students Need Private School Choice
557. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 7, 2014
558. Highland Park: The Road to Recovery
559. Detroit: Reforms and Recommendations
560. Media Highlight 'Missed Votes' Report
561. Batman and Superman vs. Taxpayers
562. Minimum Wage, Minimum Employment
563. Center Research Question Addressed
564. Administrative Law Judge Recommends Dismissal of Taylor Teachers’ Challenge to Decade-Long Forced Dues Extension
565. Minimum Wage Drumbeat Grows Louder
566. The World Is Getting Better and Better
567. Public-Private Compensation Gaps Still With Us
568. Tax Cut ‘Fever’?