All 2017 Publications

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1. Mackinac Center Tracks Lawmakers’ Missed Votes
2. State Forces Hotels, Inns, To Fund Tourism Bureaus
3. 30 Years for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
4. Michigan Man Cleared of Wrongdoing, Still Fighting Civil Forfeiture Years Later
5. Charter Schools, Developer and Grocery Store Subsidies, University Debt, more
6. Michigan Falls in Economic Freedom Index
7. State Senate Tightens Rules on Driver’s Licenses
8. Happy Anniversary, Michigan Business Development Program
9. IMPACT November/December 2017
10. School Choice Breaks Down Racial Barriers
11. The Problems with the Pension and Retiree Health Insurance Bills
12. Teacher Sues Union Over Right-to-Work
13. A Message From Joe
14. The Right Way to Fund a Second Poe Lock
15. Increase Cell Phone Tax, Expand Stopped Vehicle Mandate, Car Seat Regulations, More
16. Mackinac Center Files Amicus in Pivotal Right-to-Work Case
17. Parents Deserve Clear Information About School Performance
18. Virtual Justice: Using New Technology in the Criminal Justice System
19. Productive Skills, Not College Degrees, Key to Economic Prosperity
20. Why There’s a Revolving Prison Door
21. How to Solve Government Employee Retiree Health Insurance Costs
22. Change Careers to Teaching? Take the SAT
23. Wyoming Lights Up a Tax Hike
24. Unions Complicit in Retirement Benefit Crisis
25. Parking Ticket License Renewal, Animal Cruelty, Student Loan Disclosures, more
26. Ex-Con Working as Nurse Gets Denied License When Moving to Michigan
27. Assessing Michigan’s Alleged Teacher Shortage
28. Mackinac Center Joins Tax Reform Letter
29. Taxpayers Shouldn’t Subsidize High Income Housing
30. How to Regulate Vacation Rentals in Michigan
31. How Right-to-Work and the End of the 'Dues Skim' Killed the SEIU in Michigan
32. Unconstitutional? Not If These Resolutions Pass
33. MEA Attack on Online Charters Misses Mark
34. Update: D.C.’s Tax Reform Sausage Making May Still Work Out
35. Michigan Was Right to End Film Incentives
36. Why did the Governor Flip Flop on Corporate Welfare?
37. Online Map Shows Local Government Retiree Health Care Funding Levels
38. Guns in Schools, Fetus as Victim, Ice Shanties and More
39. The Business Climate Matters More Than Amazon
40. Smart Regulations for the Coming Driverless Car Revolution
41. Mackinac Center Settles Transparency Lawsuit with DEQ
42. Let Them Fill Growlers
43. Why There’s a Revolving Prison Door
44. Change Careers to Teaching? Take the SAT
45. Michigan May Streamline Internet Services
46. Legislature Looking to Streamline Internet Services
47. Don’t Push the School Funding Panic Button
48. Michigan Local Governments Have Self-Inflicted Financial Problems
49. Skilled Trades Teachers Don’t Need a College Degree
50. Kill Auto Insurance Reform, Repeal “Bad Driver Tax,” Ballast Water Rules and More
51. Federal Tax Proposal Not Perfect, but Good for Michigan, Nation
52. How to Encourage Local Internet Development
53. Michigan House Should Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bill
54. Local Governments Are Not in Debt Because of Less Revenue Sharing
55. City Claims It Will Cut Almost Everything Without a ‘Needed’ Tax Hike
56. New Analysis: Auto Insurance Costs Out of Control
57. Planning for Life Workshop – Southfield, MI
58. When Firefighters Aren’t Allowed to Fight Fires
59. Why We Might Not Want to Require Rescue
60. Schools Need More Flexibility to Meet Hiring Demands
61. Tipping the Scales on Solar
62. DeVos: Fight for Students, Not Over Them
63. Homeschoolers, Pre-nups, Keggers and Cybersecurity
64. Only One Auto Insurance Reform Plan Worth Pursuing
65. Unions Admit Forcing People to Pay Dues is Political
66. How to Solve Government Employee Retiree Health Insurance Costs
67. Teachers in Taylor Win Final Right-to-Work Battle
68. The Retiree Health Care Problem in Michigan
69. Education Officials Avoid Obvious Solutions
70. Repeal ‘Bad Driver Tax’ with Partial Amnesty, Share ISD Millage with Charter Schools, More
71. Allow Competition in Infrastructure Upgrades
72. Legislature Looking to Streamline Internet Services
73. EPA Administrator Pruitt to 'Unravel' Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan
74. Michigan Local Governments Have Self-Inflicted Financial Problems
75. Wastewater Infrastructure Updates Lagging?
76. Michigan Closer to More Available Dental Care
77. Divert 'Orphaned' Fuel Tank Clean-Up Money, Limited Multi-State Physician License, More
78. Don’t Push the School Funding Panic Button
79. Criminal Justice Policy Commission Examines Raise-the-Age Proposals
80. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit after Tourism Bureau Promises Not to Charge B&B Owner
81. Mackinac Center FOIA Lawsuit with University of Michigan Receives Wide Coverage
82. Auto Insurance Reforms Worth Supporting
83. It’s Time to Repeal the Bad Driver Tax
84. Small Business Owners Say Liquor Commission Gave Bad Advice, Then Punished Them
85. How to Strike a Balance on Short-Term Rentals
86. Michigan Has Repealed Some Unnecessary Laws But Too Many Remain
87. Climate Agreements and Corporate Responsibility
88. Listen to Michigan Parents Who Use School Choice
89. Why Pension Reform Is Hard for Politicians
90. Ban Local Soda Taxes and Job Interview Restrictions, Subsidize Methane Digesters, More
91. Charter Schools Face Funding, Facility Inequities
92. Taxpayers Deserve to Know Details of Business Subsidy Deals
93. Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses
94. Mackinac Center Settles Transparency Lawsuit Against University of Michigan
95. Happy Anniversary Tax Hikers
96. What’s Wrong With Auto Insurance in Michigan
97. Sheriffs Float the Idea of a Kayak Tax
98. Janus
99. This Just In … Longwoods Out
100. Consumers Don’t Need a Law to Limit Competition
101. Electric Bicycles, Lawsuits against Unlawful Local Government Gun Restrictions
102. Short-Term Rentals Are Good for Michigan
103. More State Oversight Needed for Government Assistance Programs
104. It’s Time to Allow Direct Vehicle Sales
105. U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Pivotal Right-to-Work Case
106. How to Fix Michigan’s Broken Auto Insurance System
107. How Juvenile Justice Works in Michigan
108. What's Wrong With Michigan's No-Fault Automobile Insurance
109. Arbitrary Licensing Requirements Should be Scrapped
110. West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds RTW Law
111. ‘Raise the Age’ Proposals Pending in Lansing
112. An Evening with the Mackinac Center
113. Jobs Department’s Fake News: $10 Tax return for Every $1 in Subsidies
114. Political Free Speech, Cocaine Sentencing, Add Details to Liquor Control Law
115. Most Michigan Parents Satisfied with School Choice
116. How a Private Arts Festival Thrives
117. Legislature Takes Aim at Rolling Back Harmful Licensing Laws
118. Mackinac Center Joins 87 Groups and Activists Calling for Federal Tax Reform
119. A Response to the New York Times About Charter Schools in Michigan
120. Michigan Income Tax Cuts Remain Affordable
121. Accommodate Citizens United, Terminate Parental Rights for Female Genital Mutilation, More
122. Michigan Parents Satisfied with Education Choice
123. A Survey of Michigan Parents Who Use School Choice
124. What Can We Learn from Michigan Parents Using School Choice?
125. Proposed Law Would Allow MDOC to Hire Felons
126. Private Harbors, Free IDs for Veterans, Fixing and Punishing City Election Goofs
127. Issues & Campaigns
128. Flatten the Tax Code
129. Public Service Commission actions threaten electric choice in Michigan
130. The New Fight for the Right: Where the Conservative Movement is Going
131. Giving More Taxpayer Dollars to Universities Won’t Make Michigan More Educated
132. Post Labor Day Weekend Good Time for Tourism Talk
133. Comments on Proposed Collective Bargaining Reforms
134. A “Not Welcome” Sign for Special-Needs Students
135. Legislators Shouldn’t Let a Political Celebrity Keep Them From Their Unfinished Business
136. More Schools Than Ever Use Private-Sector Firms to Provide Support Services
137. Cutting Federal Great Lakes Funding Would Not Be an Environmental and Economic Crisis
138. Contract Preferences for Immigrants, Restrict Stop-and-Frisk, Criminalize Leaving Pet in Car
139. Education Policy Initiative
140. New Subsidies Show Which Groups Are Important to Lansing Politicians
141. Bullying, Redskins, Foster Care Alternative, No Immigration Enforcement, More
142. The Key Barriers Promoting Inequality
143. A response to Oxford Economics' Review
144. New School Privatization Survey Results
145. Number of School Districts Privatizing Services Continues to Grow
146. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2017
147. Give Foxconn Nothing
148. Lansing Politicians Betray Their Stated Ideals
149. Cigarette tax debate should include lawlessness
150. Dog-Fight Dogs, Obamacare, Financial Exploitation, Multi-Lingual State Websites
151. Home Health Caregivers Might Find Relief from Union Coercion at Supreme Court
152. Lansing Politicians Put Favored Businesses Ahead of Everyone Else
153. Let Local Schools Decide Their Calendars
154. State of Michigan’s Great Lakes Invasive Carp Challenge
155. Unions Try to Kill a Private Trade School
156. How Michigan Could Benefit from District Voting
157. Measuring Success in Alternative Education
158. How State Licensing Rules Harmed Flood Recovery
159. To Improve Michigan’s Political Culture, Reverse the Trend Toward Overcriminalization
160. Keep Michigan Taxes Limited
161. Opioids, Internet Gambling, Trump Tax Returns and More
162. IMPACT September/October 2017
163. IMPACT July/August 2017
164. Targeted Business Subsidies vs. Broad Tax Relief
165. More Proposals to Amend the State Constitution
166. Taking the Pension Task Force to Task
167. Trump Labor Secretary Joins Bipartisan Call for Licensure Reform
168. ‘Public Education’ Not Easy to Define
169. As Feds Expand Forfeiture, Michigan Looks to Restrict It
170. How School Funding Works in Michigan
171. The Allure of Corporate Welfare
172. Legislative Proposals to Change the Michigan Constitution
173. A Solution to Local Government Debt
174. Why Michigan Pension Reform Matters
175. Why We Can’t Build Infrastructure Like We Used To
176. Statement on the Appointment of Vernuccio to the Federal Service Impasses Panel
177. How Many People Should be in Prison?
178. Mackinac Center Publishes New Report to Simplify Complexities of Education Funding
179. On Cigarette Tax Evasion, I Told You So
180. How School Funding Works in Michigan
181. ‘Trough Truce’ on Display in Latest Debate on Corporate Welfare
182. Corporate Handouts Run Amok
183. Another Judge Upholds Teachers’ Right-to-Work Status; Faults Union’s Tactics
184. Mackinac Center: Michigan a National Innovator in Pension Reform
185. Special Needs Families Deserve Transparency
186. ‘But For’ Can’t Be Proved: Corporate Welfare is a Waste
187. Mark Janus v. AFSCME, Council 21
188. New Corporate Welfare Proposal is Unfair
189. Paris Was a Bad Deal for the US
190. A Map of Michigan Commute Times
191. In Remembrance on Independence Day: William T. Wilson, Ph.D.
192. Return of the Mega Subsidy
193. A Proposal to Build Trust in Government: Let Lawmakers Vote from Home
194. Lawmakers May Further Subsidize Millionaires and Billionaires with New Program
195. Teacher Shortage in Detroit Calls For New Policies
196. Opioids, Slingshots, Switchblades, Police Sex with Prostitutes and Important 'Do Not Resuscitate' Proposal
197. The Model Facade: Selling Jobs to the Public, Press and Policymakers
198. The Double Standard in Environmental Protection: A Reprise
199. MEGA 2 Hearing Demonstrates Desperation
200. Michigan's Robust Municipal Finance Model
201. Trump’s Crime Policy Comes to Lansing
202. Special Deals for Special Corporations
203. Why Does Michigan License Painters?
204. Big Budget Bills, Jail for Bringing in too much Beer, Ban Government Charter School Discrimination, more
205. Free Press Omits Key CREDO Charter School Finding
206. Kids Experience Entrepreneurship at Detroit Children's Business Fair
207. A Plea for Fairness, Transparency and Intellectual Honesty
208. Planning for Life Workshop – Traverse City, MI
209. Traverse City Should Avoid Risky Public Internet
210. Pension Reform, Electronic Vehicle Registration, Decriminalize Idling in Driveway
211. Vitti’s ‘Student-First’ Agenda Faces Early Test
212. Mackinac Center Praises Groundbreaking Pension Reforms in Michigan
213. Planning for Life Workshop – Grand Rapids, MI
214. George Orwell and Humpty Dumpty Economic Policy
215. Skorup Speaks on ‘Good Jobs’ Proposal Before Michigan House Committee
216. Home Sharing: Michigan’s Next Property Rights Battle
217. Do Millionaires Need More Subsidies?
218. IMPACT May/June 2017
219. Business Subsidies Won't Drive Growth
220. Energy Debt for Colleges, No Special Permit to Carry
221. Why Government Fails at Economic Development
222. Home Sharing: Michigan’s Next Property Rights Battle
223. Fighting for Free Speech on Michigan University Campuses
224. Conservatives and Liberals Rally Support for Repealing Mandatory Life Sentences in Michigan
225. Pension Protestors Should Be 401(k) Supporters
226. Michigan’s Union Members Deserve Democracy
227. If Michigan Officials Believed School Pensions ‘Vital’ They Would Have Paid for Them
228. State Tourism Subsidies Unnecessary, Ineffective and Unfair
229. Government ‘Phone-In’ Voting; More State Housing Loans; Piling Costs on Defendants
230. Allow Michigan Legislators to Vote from Home Districts, Not Just at Capitol Building
231. Second Chances Start in Midland
232. Detroit Can Fill Teacher Shortages
233. Law Would Make Bringing Large Amount of Alcohol into Michigan a Felony
234. Incentive Programs Fail: Evidence is All Too Clear
235. Favors for Aircraft Owners, Liquor Cartel and Salt Company; Canines in Cafés, More
236. State Retirement Managers Develop Convenient, Hypocritical Excuse
237. Pension Reform Legislation Benefits Students, Teachers and Taxpayers
238. School Funding in Michigan Reaches All-Time High
239. Criminalize Female Genital Mutilation, Authorize Flint Promise Zone Tax
240. The Problem of Overcriminalization
241. From the Model T to Driverless Cars: How Michigan Can Lead in Transportation Innovation
242. Why Michigan Has a Pension Problem
243. If School Pensions are ‘Vital,’ They Should Have Been Properly Funded
244. Unions for Underfunding
245. From the Model T to Driverless Cars: How Michigan Can Lead in Transportation Innovation
246. Detroit Children’s Business Fair
247. A Sad Passing, and Some Budget Votes
248. Mackinac Center Welcomes James Barrett to Board
249. Why Trump is Wrong About Trade
250. Do Renewables Really Make Economic Sense?
251. Trump Administration Can Protect Funds Intended for Disabled and Low-Income
252. Let People Rent Out Their Property
253. How to Stop the 'Dues Skim' of Federal Home Health Care and Child Care Funding
254. Congressional Science Spending Largely Untouched
255. Michigan House Considers Constitutional Amendment to Protect Data
256. Support Young Entrepreneurs at the Detroit Children’s Business Fair
257. Central Academy Excels on High School Report Card
258. Mackinac Center Praises Lawmakers Trying To Hold Pure Michigan Program Accountable
259. Evidence? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Evidence, Imply Tourism Officials
260. Don’t Bring Back Granholm’s Tax Credit Legacy
261. The Legislative Clock is Ticking
262. Legislature Overhauls Michigan’s Criminal Justice System
263. False Assertions Abound about Green Energy Program
264. Big Handouts for Developers, OK to Warm Up Car in Driveway, Social Media Games
265. Legally Innocent, Yet Behind Bars
266. Matthew Elliott: The Brains Behind Brexit
267. Michigan Congressmen Introduce Bipartisan Licensing Bill
268. A Better Way to Fund Universities
269. Court of Appeals Unanimously Rules Against MEA’s ‘August Window’; Upholds Teachers’ Right to Work
270. ‘Fact Check’ on Higher Education Piece Falls Flat
271. It’s Time for Michigan to End Civil Forfeiture
272. Should Construction Workers Pay Taxes to Billionaires?
273. Legislature Considers Reopening a Closed Business Subsidy Program
274. Michigan’s Public Pensions Are at Risk
275. Authorize “Choose Life” and Pro-Sports License Plates; Ban Police Sex with Prostitutes and Lasing Aircraft
276. Grand Rapids is a Regional Leader in Attracting People
277. Back to the MEGA Future: Good Jobs for Michigan Reinvents Failed MEGA Program
278. After Obamacare: How Michigan Can Deliver on Patient-Centered Health Care
279. Save Closures for Truly Failing Schools
280. Switchblades, Slingshots, Sneaky School Debt Schemes and More
281. Proposed Corporate Giveaway Unlikely to Grow Economy
282. Proposed Corporate Giveaway Unlikely to Grow Economy
283. Dear House Tax Committee: Pure Michigan Return on Investment Not Validated
284. Net Domestic Migration by County
285. Excessive Lawmaking Road to ‘Regiment Every Aspect of Society and Commerce’
286. What’s Old is New Again: Another Subsidy Program Being Considered by Legislature
287. Some Recently Introduced Bills of Interest
288. Wake-Up Call Helps Rural School Bloom
289. Secretive Bidder Wins Pure Michigan Contract Over Transparent One
290. Pension Funding Best Practices Remembered
291. Regulatory Swamp-Draining Gets Boost In Washington
292. Criminal Justice Reforms Signed Into Law, More Left to Do
293. Don’t Bring Back Granholm’s Tax Credit Legacy
294. The Failing Business of Business Favors
295. Mackinac Center Policy Expert Recommendations 2017-2018
296. Criminal Justice Policy Initiative
297. School Inc. Could Open Michigan Viewers’ Eyes
298. These Seven Proposals Would Change Michigan’s Constitution
299. Up in the Dumps
300. Out, Out, Brief Candle!
301. Michigan Government Salaries Database Shows Value of Transparency
302. State Should Review Supreme Court Pay
303. Ex-Offenders Are Closing the Gap
304. Governor’s Cyber School Cuts Don’t Add Up
305. Tax Feeders Declare a Truce at the Trough
306. Legislative Testimony
307. Children of Monsters: The Strange Lives of Children of Dictators
308. No Government? No Problem
309. The Legislative Clock is Ticking
310. More Corporate Handouts, Water Down Graduation Standards, Breathalyzed Minors
311. Hybrid Plan Did Not Fix School Retirement System
312. Trust Parents with School Grading System
313. Prompt Government Transparency is Vital to Democracy
314. Michigan Government Salaries Database Corrected after State Admits Fault
315. A Case for Popular ISD Board Elections
316. IMPACT March/April 2017
317. Why Mackinac Published Names and Wages of Government Workers in a Searchable Database
318. Firing Police, Concealed Pistol Regs, Internet Games Not Gambling
319. An Empire of Smuggled Smokes
320. Union Privileges Cost Veterans
321. Mackinac Center Temporarily Removes Some State Employee Salaries from Database After Questioning Accuracy of State Data
322. Government Transparency Groups Announce Database of Public Employee Salaries
324. Wellspring Prep Growing Strong
325. Union ‘Official Time’ Hurts Those Served by the Department of Veteran Affairs
326. Governor's Tourism Conference Must Address Pure Michigan Shortfalls
327. Michigan’s Regulatory Laws Lead to Fewer Jobs, More Crime
328. Flashing Lights, Beaming Aircraft, Access to Legislator Records, More
329. In the Battle for Jobs, Subsidy Programs Shoot Blanks
330. Statement on the FY2018 Federal Budget Blueprint
331. The Value of Pipelines (and Line 5) to Michigan
332. Michigan Already Awash in Business Subsidies
333. Michigan Should Reject Special Corporate Developer Bills
334. Licensing: Fact vs. Fiction FAQ
335. License to (Not) Work: Mackinac Center Releases New Study on Occupational Licensing
336. This Isn’t Working: How Michigan’s Licensing Laws Hurt Workers and Consumers
337. Michigan Has Reversed the Flow of Interstate Migration with Illinois
338. The Secrecy of 'Pure Michigan'
339. Michigan Can Afford an Income Tax Cut
340. HONEST Act – EPA Science and Transparency
341. How We Use FOIA to Hold Government Accountable
342. Republicans, Pursue Your Agenda with Gusto
343. Governor’s Cyber School Cuts Don’t Add Up
344. Copper Mine Regulations, Parole and Probation Reforms, Expelled Lawmakers
345. Sweeping Criminal Justice Reforms For Michigan
346. Ridesharing Gets Rolling in Michigan
347. Applications Open for Second Detroit Children’s Business Fair
348. Ideas Liberals and Conservatives Can Agree On
349. Michigan House Considers Public Records Reform
350. Justice Clarence Thomas Takes a Broadside at Civil Forfeiture
351. More Transparency on the Way in Michigan
352. Foot Patrol Policing: Engaging Michigan Communities One Step at a Time
353. Union Behind Michigan ‘Dues Skim’ Facing More Corruption Allegations
354. Tax Hike Cost Michigan Households $1000
355. Baldwin High School Beats the Odds
356. Give Michigan Drivers Relief from High Auto Insurance Premiums
357. A Glimmer of Hope for Job-Seeking Ex-Offenders
358. Michigan Taxpayers Don’t Need to Spend Another $4 Billion Annually on Infrastructure
359. Regulatory Reform: Make Michigan a Job and Income-Growth Leader
360. Crime Scene Investigations, Guardians Bureau, Rails to Trails Liability
361. Mackinac Center Sues University of Michigan Over Open Records Violation
362. Detroit Policy From a Free-Market Perspective
363. This Isn’t Working: How Michigan’s Licensing Laws Hurt Workers and Consumers
364. Michigan Legislators Don’t Receive Pensions
365. Foot Patrol Policing: Engaging Michigan Communities One Step at a Time
366. Environmental Policy Initiative
367. Michigan Can Afford a Tax Cut
368. Michigan Education Association Losing Members, Increasing Debt
369. Use Extra Community College Money to Lower the Income Tax
370. Bottleneckers: Gaming the Government for Power and Private Profit
371. Nation’s First Hearing on Worker’s Choice Bill Happens Tuesday
372. To Boost Jobs in Detroit, Cut Regulations
373. Michigan Pays for Fudged Climate Data
374. Don’t Cut Income Tax Rate; Do Redistribute $1.8 Billion to Big Developers
375. Compel School Districts to Reward Great Teachers
376. Donor Privacy Policy
377. One State May Do Away With Taxpayer-Funded Tourism Promotion
378. Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling
379. Studies of Government-funded Tourism Promotion Withstand Criticism
380. Bottleneckers: Gaming the Government for Power and Private Profit
381. Updated Research Affirms Link between Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling
382. Pushing Back Against Government Takings
383. How to Improve Michigan’s School Accountability System
384. House Republican Policy Plan Lays the Groundwork for Action
385. New Subsidies More about Political Development than Economic Development
386. People First or Well Connected Developers?
387. Tax Cuts and Corporate Welfare
388. Time for Labor Unions to Collect their Own Dues
389. Mackinac Center Analyst: Senate Bills 111-115 Are Corporate Cronyism
390. Holding the University of Michigan Accountable
391. Fighting For a Teacher’s Right to Work
392. Suing the State to See Flint Water Documents
393. Protecting Business Owners’ Right to Free Speech
394. State Pension Funds Move To Risky Investments
395. Testimony: When Will Michigan Families Get Some Tax Relief Too?
396. Mackinac Center Resumes Fight to Protect Free Speech Rights
397. When Will Michigan Families Get Some Tax Relief Too?
398. Why Michigan Licensing Laws Are So Destructive
399. Happy Valentine’s Day from the Mackinac Center
400. Congress May Protect Private Pensions from State Bureaucrats
401. The Cost of High Cigarette Taxes
402. Kentucky, Missouri Set Off Wave of Labor Reform
403. School Hosts Advocacy Session for Tax Hike in Front of Students
404. Charitable Gambling, Special Needs Database, More Corporate Welfare
405. Trump is Wrong on Civil Forfeiture
406. Family Finds Online School to Be a Lifesaver
407. IMPACT January/February 2017
408. Legislators Should Give Taxpayers the Income Tax Cut They Deserve
409. Mackinac Center Expert Available for Comment on FY 2018 Budget Release
410. National Labor Expert: Right-To-Work Just the Beginning for Missouri
411. A Better Way to Rank Schools
412. Government Funding of Sports Arenas is an Expensive Psychological Boost
413. Where did the Money from Higher Transportation Taxes Go?
414. Legislators Who Promote Transparency Should Start by Disclosing Corporate Welfare Deals
415. Senate Passes Probation and Parole Reforms
416. Saginaw’s Lowest Performing Schools Get the Most Money
417. Michigan Wins When Immigrants Face a Fair and Predictable System
418. Michigan Taxpayers Don’t Need to Spend $4 Billion Annually on Infrastructure
419. The Pruitt EPA Nomination
420. Detroit’s Soccer Stadium Should Stand on its Own
421. How ‘Good Character’ Provisions Create Bad Outcomes
422. Real Economy Creates 81 Jobs For Every 1 Promised by Business Subsidy Program
423. Wasting No Time on Criminal Justice Reform
424. State’s School Rankings Only Tell Part of Story
425. Detroit Schools Show Importance of School Choice
426. Recently Introduced Bills of Interest
427. What Happens When the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Ends?
428. Indiana Could See Cigarette Smuggling Leap with Excise Tax Increase
429. Putting the Pieces in Place for School Choice
430. Cheers for Detroit Schools Transparency
431. Mackinac Center Responds to State’s School Rankings
432. Elect Speaker of the House; Names of Senators
433. The Hypocrisy of 'Public' Education Rhetoric
434. Government Growth Proposed in Gov. Snyder's 2017 State of the State
435. Happy 50th Birthday Personal Income Tax
436. Detroit Charters Far Outperform Traditional Schools
437. Mackinac Center Experts Available for Commentary on 2017 State of the State Address
438. School Retirement System Continues to Harm Members
439. The 2016 Michigan Public High School Context and Performance Report Card
440. Michigan Should End Civil Asset Forfeiture
441. Resisting the Deforming Power of Government
442. 2016 Michigan Energy Roundup: Renewable Energy
443. Clean Michigan Initiative Not the Only Remediation Fund
444. New High School Rankings Available in Unique Report Card
445. Court Rejects MDEQ’s Avoidance Tactics in Flint FOIA Lawsuit
446. Roseville Man Becomes Facebook Famous, and Criminally Liable, for Warming His Car
447. How Education Secretary DeVos Could Help Michigan Advance Choice
448. Kentucky Becomes Nation’s 27th Right-to-Work State
449. Why Trade Schools Matter to Detroit
450. Be Wise in Deciding How to Spend Taxpayer Funds on Infrastructure
451. Some Budget Ideas for 2017
452. Mackinac Center, ACLU Applaud New Forfeiture Bill
453. Where the Money from Higher Transportation Taxes Goes
454. A Salute to Thomas Sowell
455. Protecting Electricity Choice
456. Michigan Stagnates on Economic Freedom Index