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- Whitmer Administration Retreats and Rages When Challenged on Policies
- Beware Favoritism Behind Tax Credits
- 2021: Labor Policy In Review
- The 12 Days of Mackinac Christmas
- Court Says U-M Must Release Documents Advising Whitmer About 2020 COVID Orders
- Massive COVID Funding Cries Out for Creative Uses
- 70% of Districts Contract Support Services
- Senate Bill 103 Will Lead to Higher Energy Costs
- Billion Dollar Subsidy Program, Small Business Tax, Seizure Classes and More
- “Public Resources Should be Put to Public Use”
- Detroit’s Students Bear the Brunt of Democrats’ Attack on Charters
- Rising Electricity Costs Dim Electrification Prospects
- Who Owns Public School Students?
- Corporate Welfare Bills, Minors in Possession of Tobacco, Lower Age to Serve Alcohol and More
- Make Sure Michigan Residents Benefit from State’s Cash Haul
- Michigan Again Ranks Low in Economic Freedom
- Can Yellow Buses Still Do It Alone?
- Break the Barriers to Staffing Michigan’s Classrooms
- “I Think Right Now We’re in a Really Good Place to Change Higher Education.”
- When Lansing Picks Business Winners, Taxpayers and the Public Lose
- Job Announcements Fail to Drive Job Growth
- Flint’s Schools Are a Mess
- Federal ‘Build Back Better’ Bill Would Increase the Federal Deficit, Give Huge Tax Loophole to Wealthy Homeowners
- A Roundup of Corporate Welfare Bills
- “It Worked Like in the Textbooks — and Nothing Ever Does.”
- Study: Michigan Again Ranks Low in Economic Freedom
- Can Yellow Buses Still Do It Alone?
- Make Sure Michigan Residents Benefit from State’s Cash Haul
- Climate Hustle 2 Movie Screening
- IMPACT November/December 2021
- The Arguments Against Short-Term Rentals Are Shallow
- Beer at Baseball Games, More Corporate Welfare, Animal Cruelty and More
- Corporate Welfare: Where's the Outrage?
- Why the European Wind Drought Matters to Michigan
- Don’t Look Back, Ohio
- How Should Policymakers React to Headlines About Business Decisions?
- Emergency Powers and Pandemic Mismanagement
- Virginia Election Result Highlights Opportunity for Michigan Parent Power
- How to Win the Battle for Jobs
- Publish Harassment Disclosures, Ban CRT Curriculum, Exclude Car Rebates and More
- Gov. Whitmer’s Veto Denies Students Opportunity
- “You Just See Policy Failure all Over the Place”
- New Law Added To Business Subsidy Scorecard
- Rural Subsidies Don’t Add Up
- Why the European Wind Drought Matters to Michigan
- Lawmakers Favor the University of Michigan over Michigan State University
- Bills Would Improve Transparency on Certificate of Need Commission
- My Story ... Your Future?
- My Story ... Your Future?
- My Story ... Your Future?
- How Policymakers Should React to Bad Big Business Headlines
- “That is not scary. In fact, that is empowering.”
- Don’t Look Back, Ohio
- Michigan Parents Back Student Opportunity Scholarship Bills
- Biden Should 'Follow the (Economic) Science' for Economic Well-being
- Whitmer Reinstating Prevailing Wage is Unfair and Unnecessary
- Michigan Bill Would Free Barbers to Meet Licensing Hours Through Apprenticeships
- Beer at Baseball Games, Opioid Treatment Sources, Subsidies and More
- Federal Enticements Drive the Constant Growth in Michigan's Medicaid Spending
- Certificate of Need Transparency Bills Bring Patients to the Table About the Future of their Health Care
- Michigan’s Budget Was Strong Throughout the Pandemic
- Destructive Green Energy Mandates Stifle Growth and Raise Prices
- Gov. Whitmer Is Standing In the Way of Health Professionals
- A Conversation with Legal Insurrection’s William A. Jacobson
- Voter Database, Mental Health Training, Election Reforms
- “You Quickly Realize That This is an Injustice and it has to be Fixed.”
- David Sole v. MEDC
- Whitmer’s Prevailing Wage Move Favors Unions Over Taxpayers
- How to Decide What Science is Real
- Invest in Children or the K-12 System?
- Michigan Law Denies Educational Choices to Families
- Licensing Law Means Michigan Cosmetologists Have Unnecessary Debt
- Lawmakers Can Lower Tax Rates to Encourage Growth
- IMPACT September/October 2021
- Michigan Supreme Court Should Demand Transparency in Corporate Welfare Case
- $3.5 Trillion Federal Spending Bill Includes Incentive to Smuggle Smokes
- How Cities Can Effectively Spend Influx of Funding for Broadband
- Ineffective, Expensive and Unfair: Corporate Handouts are an Unsuccessful Tool for Economic Development
- A Broadband Toolkit for Local Governments
- New Department of Health and Human Services Rule Would Reinstate Dues Skim
- Proposed Legislation Would Have Workers Pay Their Bosses
- Grand Rapids Fingerprinting Policy is Wrong, Unconstitutional
- “Wouldn’t we all be Happier if we Didn’t Have to Listen to and Talk about Blaine Amendments? But They Exist.”
- Families Sue State Over Education Choice Restrictions
- Let Kids Learn
- Destructive Green Energy Mandates Stifle Growth and Raise Prices
- Whitmer Is Standing In the Way of Health Professionals
- Michigan’s Budget Was Strong Throughout the Pandemic
- School Officials Should Look to Improve Student Outcomes with Extra Stimulus Cash
- How Many Students Will Return to District Schools?
- Why All Politicians Love Job Training Programs
- States Should Ban the Bans on Short-term Rentals
- Say No To More Business Subsidies
- Michigan Budget Continues to Grow Through Pandemic
- Corporate Handouts: Lansing Politicians Should Care About the Science
- Honor Parents by Funding Students
- Stop Scapegoating Online Charter Schools
- Pension Tax, Dangerous Dogs, Corporate Welfare and More
- “Their Vision of Unionization in the 21st Century Comes From the 1930s.”
- Are Michigan Households Better Off Economically Since the Great Recession?
- Planning for Life Workshop
- Special Education Funding Serves Districts—Not Students
- Mackinac Center Mourns the Passing of James M. Rodney
- Emergency Notice, Gas Cans and More
- Kids and COVID: Data Does Not Support Health Officials’ Fixation With Coronavirus
- Masks in School and Misplaced Priorities
- Corporate Handouts: Lansing Politicians Should Care About the Science
- Nessel’s Approach to Higher Energy Costs
- Grand Rapids’ Forced Fingerprinting Policy is Unconstitutional
- Restrict Access to Voter Database, Railroad Improvement Grants and More
- “It Was Almost Like They Were Looking at our Number or Something”
- Repealing Indiana’s Union Wage Mandate Was a Win-Win
- Michigan Budget Continues to Grow Through Pandemic
- It’s Time to Expand School Choice Law for Special Education Students
- Emergency Powers and Pandemic Mismanagement
- The Great Lakes’ Reliance on Salmon is Changing
- Honor Parents, Fund Students
- 'CON Laws' Limit the Health Care Competition Biden Aims to Deliver
- Seven Principles of Sound Environmental Policy
- Recent K-12 Education Bill Proposals
- “Lansing is Like High School”
- Free Markets and Free People Policy Forum
- ALICE Report Provides Poor Measure of Poverty
- Burying Michigan’s Unconstitutional Emergency Powers Law
- CDC School Mask Guidelines Roil Parents
- Governments Light Up Cigarette Smuggling
- An Assessment of ALICE: A Misleading Measure of Poverty
- Planning for Life Workshop
- IMPACT July/August 2021
- Michigan’s Unreliable Business Subsidies
- Governments Light Up Cigarette Smuggling
- Working to Retain Reliable Energy
- Emergency Powers and Pandemic Mismanagement
- “Basically, We Created a Powder Keg”
- Successful Stories: Books by Past Interns
- CDC School Mask Guidelines Roil Parents
- How the Auditor General Should Investigate Nursing Home Deaths
- U-M and the Mackinac Center Public Records Lawsuit Dismissed
- Planning for Life Workshop
- Emergency Powers Law Repealed; Village Term Limits and More
- Whitmer Veto Undercuts Struggling Young Readers
- Managing Michigan’s Wolves
- Repealing Emergency Powers Law Safeguards the Public
- Burying Michigan’s Unconstitutional Emergency Powers Law
- Mackinac Center Legal Victory Covered in State and National Outlets
- Planning for Life Workshop
- Michigan Attorney Will Appeal State Bar Dues Case to the U.S. Supreme Court
- You Shouldn’t Need a License to Work as a Property Manager
- “Let’s pass the compact! Let’s make these things illegal!”
- Repeal Emergency Powers, Two Year License Plate Renewals, Drag Racing and More
- Mackinac Center Wins FOIA Lawsuit Against the University of Michigan
- Air Quality Unchanged Despite Significant Reduction in Vehicle Traffic
- There Are Ethical Concerns Surrounding Solar Energy
- Michigan Should Toss Business Subsidies With Interstate Compact
- Michigan’s School Aid Budget Soars Again
- While Michigan’s Electricity Rates Increase, Reliability Suffers
- Why the State Should Stop Subsidizing Select Businesses
- Concerned About a Michigan Teacher Shortage? Make it Easier to Become a Teacher
- Why We Keep A Scorecard of Business Subsidies
- Supreme Court Protects Privacy of Nonprofit Supporters
- “We fought really hard. We worked really hard. We lost a lot.”
- Auto Insurance Costs, Phone Books, Nursing Home Deaths and More
- Lawyers Deserve First Amendment Protections
- New Vote Added to Business Subsidy Scorecard
- Concerned About a Michigan Teacher 'Shortage?' Make It Easier To Be A Teacher
- Why the State Should Stop Subsidizing Select Businesses
- Michigan Has 14th Highest Cigarette Smuggling Rate in the Nation
- America’s Illicit Smokes Market Set to Get Larger
- Clearing Up the Record on Michigan Charter Schools
- Mackinac Center Praises Healthcare Transparency Efforts
- Mackinac Center in WSJ: The Problem With Film Subsidies
- “Federal, State and Local Lawmakers: You Need to get Ahead of This. The Lawsuits are Coming.”
- House Bill Could Help Michigan Get Back to Normal
- Voter ID, Tax Breaks, Knife Carry and More
- An Intriguing Proposal For High-Speed Internet in Metro Detroit
- State Lawmakers Need to Get Better Outcomes With Newfound Federal Cash
- Open Records Lawsuit Reveals State Undercounting of COVID Deaths in Eldercare Facilities
- Whitmer Persists With Line 5 Closure As East Coast Experiences Fuel Shortages
- Governor’s Pandemic Response Was Rarely Backed by Science
- What Michigan Residents Got For Their Increased Road Spending
- While Michigan’s Electricity Rates Increase, Reliability Suffers
- Governor Overshoots Demand for State-Funded Pre-K
- Waive Late Fees, Tax Breaks for Businesses, Wolf Council and More
- Giving Michigan Universities More Money is Not a Good Return on Investment
- Mackinac Center Stands Behind Interstate Compact
- The Problem With Michigan’s Numbers on COVID-19 Deaths at Nursing Homes
- Michigan Unwisely Moving to Add New Licensing Requirements on Solar Panel Installers
- Michigan Families Flock to Charter Schools During COVID
- Fanning the Flames
- What Do We Know About the Impact of Prevailing Wage Laws?
- “It was an idea whose time had come in West Virginia”
- Vaccine Passport Ban, Gravel Mining, Online Gambling and More
- A Full Accounting of Michigan’s COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths
- For Most People, Coronavirus Presents Similar Risks as Car Accidents
- Michigan Democrats Propose Mass Spending for Government-Run Broadband Networks
- Time to Dream of Bigger Opportunities for Students
- Absentee Ballot Fraud, Substitute Teachers, Vaccinating Minors and More
- Healthy Teenagers are Not COVID Threats
- To Fight Airbnb, Local Government Groups Falsely Say No One Has Banned Them
- Bad Information About the Prevailing Wage Abounds
- Farmington Seeks New Broadband Network
- Four Reforms Every State Should Adopt to Help its Workforce
- Federal Funding is a Poor Plan to Improve Infrastructure
- Why Business Subsidies Fail to Drive Economic Growth
- IMPACT May/June 2021
- One Year After the Edenville Dam Failure
- Pipelines, Free Enterprise, Bird Feeders and More
- “Uber Really Exploded the Window”
- Michigan Cannot Determine Whether Some COVID-19 Deaths Originated at Nursing Homes
- What Happens to Public Works Employment after a Prevailing Wage Mandate Ends?
- Parents Want Better Than Business-as-Usual in Education
- Striking a Balance to Preserve Property Rights and Prevent Public Nuisances
- A Bizarre Media Hit Piece on Airbnb
- Whitmer Persists With Line 5 Closure As East Coast Experiences Fuel Shortages
- The Weak Case Against Repealing Prevailing Wage
- Estimating Some Costs of Closing Line 5
- The Pure Michigan COVID-19 Virus: Why Invite it for a Visit?
- What Local Government Should Do with Their Stimulus Checks
- Michigan Bureaucrats Want Permanent COVID Regulations
- Prepare For A Fight on Major Legislation After COVID-19
- CO2 Tax Support is Based in Myth: Taxing Essential Energy Harms More Than it Helps
- Whitmer Bears Blame for COVID-19 Order Compliance
- Banning State Severance Pay, Graduation Ceremonies, Car Dealerships and More
- “So We Sued Over This”
- Do Construction Wages Fall after Ending a Prevailing Wage Mandate?
- Metrics for Michigan: Slow Rolling to Normal
- Is ‘Vacc to Normal’ Back to Normal?
- Flex Learning Offers New Opportunities for Teachers, Too
- Daylight Savings Time, Smoke Detectors, Child Abuse Registry and More
- There’s a Reason Recycling Has to be Mandated
- Stop Testing Teenagers
- Are Lockdowns Effective?: How to Measure the Impact of COVID-19 Policies
- How States Can Answer the Corporate Welfare Trick Question
- The Pure Michigan COVID-19 Virus: Why Invite it for a Visit?
- “It is remarkable how many blatant falsehoods are propagated about qualified immunity.”
- Michigan May Finally See Some Fairness in the Way it Funds Colleges
- Defrauding Drug Tests, Tax Breaks for Home Buyers, Subpoenas and More
- An Unconstitutional Local Tax Grab
- Detroit District Buries Charters in Federal COVID Relief
- Earth Day 2021
- Indiana Further Protects Worker Freedom
- Texas Energy Crisis a Wake-Up Call for Michigan
- Data Does Not Support Whitmer’s Mask Mandate for Toddlers
- Line 5 Mediation Process Begins
- Extra COVID Revenue for Schools Averages $4,600 Per Student
- Adding Up the Extra COVID-19 Funding for Michigan Public Schools
- Will Congress’s State Spending Spree Continue When COVID is Over?
- M-STEP and Benchmark Tests Both Have Value
- Highland Park Sued Over Refusal to Release Records on Alleged Corrupt Cop
- Michigan Bureaucrats Want Permanent COVID Regulations
- Stun Guns, Tax Deadlines, Taps and More
- The Costs of Michigan's Second Lockdown
- New Report Shows Cost of Michigan’s Second Lockdown
- Mackinac Center Joins Coalition Supporting Direct Sale of Automobiles
- Open Automobile Markets to Vehicle Competition
- Five Ways To Tackle Unnecessary Licensing Restrictions
- The Captured Economy: How Government Rules Slow Economic Mobility
- Hold Political Opinionmakers Accountable for Fabricated Evidence
- Expand Bottle Bill, COVID-19 Risk Metrics, National Guard Limits and More
- “It is one of the most important public health tools known to man.”
- Mackinac Center Sues Highland Park for Policy Personnel and Salary Records
- What Local Government Should Do with Their Stimulus Checks
- Indiana Considers Worker Freedom
- Putting Patients First
- Michigan Should Consider A ‘Regulatory Sandbox’
- When Will Gov. Whitmer Relinquish Unilateral Control of Michigan Society?
- Young Workers Harmed the Most by Minimum Wage Increases
- Invest COVID-19 Relief in Michigan's Financial Future
- Corporate Welfare Agencies Need Greater Transparency, Accountability
- Require Union Dues, Expand Administrative Powers, Tax Breaks for Home Buyers and More
- Giving Missouri’s Workers A Choice
- IMPACT March/April 2021
- Pandemic Shutdown? Pay Up Anyway, Says Utility
- Mackinac Center Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Union Agency Fee Case
- It's Time to Eliminate Bureaucratic Barriers to Health Care Access
- Limit Epidemic Orders, Caps on Insulin, Broadband Exemptions and More
- “It Was a Little Bittersweet”
- Mackinac Center Sues U-M Over Public Salary Information
- Mackinac Center Sues University of Michigan Over Salary FOIA
- Michigan Supreme Court, Lawmakers Have the Chance to Straighten Out Short-Term Rental Issues
- Gov. Whitmer’s Inadequate Line 5 Replacement Plan
- Get Creative with Federal Education Dollars
- Mackinac Center Signs on to Federal Coalition Letter Regarding Biden Spending Plan
- When Will Gov. Whitmer Relinquish Unilateral Control of Michigan Society?
- Coalition Letter Urges Fiscally Sound Approach to Federal Funds
- City of Flint Sued After Failing to Respond to FOIA Request
- Michigan Should Consider A ‘Regulatory Sandbox’
- Mackinac Center Sues City of Flint for Public Salaries
- Expand Open Records Law, Cancer Liability, Later Liquor Licenses and More
- Holland Restaurant Owner Arrested Over COVID Orders
- Locking in Lockdowns: New State Pandemic Plans Now Recommend Gov. Whitmer’s Shutdowns
- Mackinac Center Files Amicus Brief Supporting Worker Freedom
- Transparency Laws are Designed to Keep the Government Accountable. But do They?
- Use Michigan’s Newfound Federal Cash To Put State in Better Position
- State Corporate Handout Programs Need More, Not Less Transparency
- Pandemic Doesn’t Slow Down School Funding Gains
- States Should Reform Emergency Laws
- Dodgy Metrics, No Real Accountability At Tax-Funded Tourism Marketing Program
- “Sometimes You Need to Drink Goat Milk To Keep the Trade in it Legal”
- Veto Overrides, Emergency Order Limits, Virus Spending and More
- Michigan Per-Pupil Revenues Reach All-Time High
- We're in a Minimum Wage Debate Loop
- Michigan Transmission Monopolies Raise Prices And Stifle Market Innovation
- Lawmakers Want to Be More Careful With Pension Funds
- Michigan Should Use the Powers of (Tax) Deduction for Business Equipment
- Cyber School Students Should Get Equal Funding
- Mackinac Center Sues State for Data on Nursing Home Deaths
- Biden Blowout: Spending Bill Unnecessary and Harmful
- The Blackouts Have Only Just Begun
- Biden Antitrust Agenda Ignores States' Complicity on Health Care Monopolies
- More Epidemic Spending, Rules and Requirements
- Let the Plastic Bag Bans Rest in Peace
- Gov. Whitmer’s Impossible COVID Goals
- Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law Led to Huge Drop in Union Membership
- Private Schools Set Standard for In-Person Instruction
- Mackinac Center Sues MDHHS For Data on COVID-19 Deaths
- Indefinite Emergency Powers Are Unconstitutional
- City Sued For Violating Public Records Law
- Lawmakers Want to Be More Careful With Pension Funds
- Mackinac Center Sues the City of Warren over Salary FOIA
- More Epidemic Response Spending, Lame Duck Voting, ‘Faux’ Government Services
- “It’s a Very Small Club”
- Ten Rules for Responding to Pandemic Emergencies
- 10 Rules for Responding to Pandemics
- Money for Nothing: Most Federal COVID Relief Went to Closed Classrooms
- Governor’s Budget Shows That There is No Need for Further Federal Bailout
- Maine Cigarette Tax Hike Would Enrich Smugglers
- Texas Energy Crisis is a Warning
- Michigan’s Film Incentives Produced Nothing More Than a Job Blip
- Why College Costs So Much and What States Can Do About It
- Texas Energy Crisis a Warning for Michigan
- Six Reasons to Oppose a $15 Federal Minimum Wage
- Electricity in Michigan: A Primer
- Electricity in Michigan: A Primer
- New Report Explains How Electricity Grid Works to Deliver Power to Your Home
- Balancing Michigan’s Fishing Interests – Part 2
- “I am still trying to make sense out of Washington.”
- Time to Fund Cyber School Students Fairly — Again
- Tax Breaks, Vaccine Objectors and More
- Recent Study Ranks U.S. and Mexican States by Economic Freedom
- Nuevo estudio clasifica a los estados de México y Estados Unidos por su libertad económica
- Biden Should Keep the New Commonsense Independent Contractor Rule
- Mackinac Center Policy Recommendations 2021
- Mackinac Center Announces Policy Priorities for 2021
- Pandemic Policies and the Michigan Economy: Scholarly Research and Writing
- Beat COVID-19 by Making Temporary Pandemic Responses Permanent
- All That is Not Permitted is Prohibited
- Don’t Double Down on Misguided School Funding Strategy
- A Timeline of Inconsistency
- Will Indiana Encourage Its People, Others to Smuggle More Cigarettes?
- Balancing Michigan’s Fishing Interests – Part 1
- The “American Ideal” of National Popular Vote?
- Did Gov. Whitmer’s Holiday ‘Pause to Save Lives’ Work?
- Use Michigan's Budget Surplus to Pay Back Teacher Pension Debt
- Will This Year Smoke Out Cigarette Tax Hikes?
- Reject Latest Calls to Waste Taxpayer Money on Movies
- Mackinac Center Signs onto Letter Opposing $15 Minimum Wage
- Appropriate Federal Coronavirus Relief Dollars and More
- No Proof ‘Pause’ Worked
- Mackinac Center Once Again Among Top Think Tanks in the Country
- Flex Learning: A Customized Approach for Michigan Students
- Don’t Double Down on Misguided School Funding Strategy
- What Does a Think Tank Do? A Chat
- “I didn’t know how controversial this one was going to be.”
- School District Funding, Lame Duck Sessions and More
- The Mackinac Center Sues on Behalf of a University of Michigan Donor
- COVID-19 Shows Why Michigan Families Need Education Options
- U-M Won’t Produce Records Showing How It Spent Alumni Donations
- All That is Not Permitted is Prohibited
- For Second Straight State of the State, Whitmer Offers Only Government Expansions
- Powers of Deduction
- The Consequences of COVID Lockdowns
- IMPACT January/February 2021
- Gov. Whitmer Falsely Claims Corporate Handouts Helped Develop the Pfizer Vaccine
- Governor Whitmer Calls for More Corporate Handouts
- Closing Classrooms May Cost School Districts Thousands of Students for Years to Come
- Don’t Leverage COVID-19 Vaccine for More Business Subsidies
- Gov. Whitmer’s Switcheroo on Schools
- Take Federal Education Funds into Account
- Talking Michigan Taxes: Potential Increases and Reforms in 2021
- Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ Should Be Thrown Overboard
- Impending Federal Labor Policies Will Harm Workers
- Mackinac Center Adds Greg George to Legislative Affairs Staff
- Futures for Frontliners Program Has Potential but Needs Outcome-Based Focus
- What's Ahead for Labor Policy
- Pandemic Response Boosts Michigan Budget
- Recently Introduced Bills
- Detroit Program Makes It Easier to Get Working As a Teacher, Shoots a Hole in State Certification Rules
- Will Restaurants Reopen Feb. 1?
- Let’s Cut the Michigan Income Tax
- Low-Income Families Still Need Transportation Scholarships
- Michigan Lawmakers Should Continue to Minimize Corporate Handouts
- Michigan Students Need Flexible and Customized Educational Options
- Flex Learning
- The 100th Michigan Legislature’s Record on Select Business Subsidies
- Severe Lockdowns Show Up In State Unemployment Rates
- President Trump Should Denounce Capitol Incursion
- New DOL Rule Protects Independent Contractors
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