All 2022 Publications

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1. Natural gas: A wellspring for the US and global energy future
2. Gretchen Whitmer’s auto job race to the bottom
3. Green energy policies create shortages, high prices
4. Democrats make right-to-work repeal a 2023 priority
5. Florida labor reforms have not strengthened unions
6. Don’t panic over ‘forever’ chemicals
7. Teachers Not Subject to Freedom of Information Act, Court Rules
8. ‘What we have now is a system that’s run by politicians, and it works poorly’
9. Michigan voters reject repeal of right-to-work law
10. Green Energy Policies Create Shortages and High Prices
11. Once More Into the Battery Breach
12. Medicaid for All
13. More Than 140,000 Michiganders Have Left Their Unions Since 2012
14. School service contracting dipped slightly in 2022
15. Producing energy takes more than Biden, supporters realize
16. New Democratic majorities can help Michigan add jobs with full expensing
17. IMPACT November/December 2022
18. New Poll Shows Strong Support for Michigan's ‘Right-to-Work’ Law as 10th Anniversary Approaches
19. Michigan adds jobs as auto employment plummets
20. ‘That’s the art form and that’s what I love about it’
21. Cami Pendell Joins Mackinac Center As Director of Legislative Affairs
22. Secure, affordable, reliable energy: It’s what American families need
23. Natural Gas is a Wellspring for Our Energy Future
24. The Truth About Natural Gas
25. Celebrating 10 Years of Right-to-Work in Michigan
26. ‘It just shows the power of small things to make big impacts’
27. Medicaid for all
28. Labor market liberty: Where do Michigan cities rank?
29. Whitmer Admin Still Unilaterally Wielding Emergency Powers
30. It’s Time to Shake Up Higher Education
31. Secrecy Enables Pork Barrel Waste
32. Michigan is dead last in long-term job growth
33. Once more into the battery breach
34. Tennessee adds right-to-work to state constitution
35. Q: Why do many people prefer Florida to California?
36. Whitmer admin still unilaterally wielding emergency powers
37. Michigan Parents Remember
38. Michigan’s revenue growth gets spun as reduced spending
39. Countering Green Ideologies
40. ‘There is a misconception that elections are about convincing people on issues. ... Elections are how we keep score on issues.’
41. Lessons from the Robber Barons: Monopolies and Markets
42. Ohio jobs head for right-to-work states
43. Michigan’s Emergency Power Laws Are Ripe For Abuse
44. Curse of the masked governor
45. Emergency Powers in Michigan Law
46. Federal drug program is very ineffective at helping the poor
47. Whitmer’s Line 5 ‘no change’ claim is a lot of gas
48. Whitmer tried to raise taxes
49. School board races have always been political
50. For teachers, labor isn’t working
51. Biden’s student debt charade ignores causes of tuition spike
52. We need better unions
53. Whitmer, Nessel must end Line 5 legal games
54. Red state, blue state, whatever
55. ‘We’re going to give every kid the option to pursue the best education possible’
56. Unleash the power of the atom!
57. Whitmer supported $4.5 billion in corporate subsidies
58. Proposal 2 Would Further Curtail Legislative Control of Election Procedures
59. Proposal 2 of 2022
60. More evidence Traverse City Fiber plan is falling behind
61. Midland is Number One for liberty
62. Detroit’s Broadband Network Destined for Failure
63. Candidates for the Legislature: Please Champion Legislation
64. Macomb Mom Fights for Parents’ First Amendment Rights
65. Detroit’s broadband network flunks first test
66. Giving students more money won’t solve rising cost of tuition
67. Making It Easier to Work: What Michigan Should Do on Occupational Licensing
68. New spending bill includes half-billion-plus in business subsidies
69. ABC Michigan and Mackinac Center Plan to Appeal Dismissal to Prevailing Wage Challenge
70. ‘How is this policy tough on crime if they’re not charging people with crimes?’
71. Jonathan Savas v. California Statewide Law Enforcement Agency
72. New Report Weighs Pros and Cons of Term Limits Proposal
73. An Analysis of Proposal 1 of 2022
74. Secrecy enables pork barrel waste
75. Fuel Efficiency Standards Aren't Worth the Costs
76. The Costs and Benefits of CAFE Standards
77. Want more nurses? Make it easier for nurses to work
78. Michigan Families Lose Challenge to Discriminatory Blaine Amendment
79. What’s the difference between school and jail?
80. Michigan Mom Sues School Board After They Report Her to Feds
81. Chippewa Valley Mom Fights to Restore Her First Amendment Rights
82. There are two sides to corporate welfare
83. Senate Passage of Emergency Power Reforms Helps Safeguard Against Misuse
84. Mackinac Center Alert: Vote NO on Senate Bill 844
85. ‘It’s really great to see that states are prioritizing cutting taxes instead of just growing government’
86. IMPACT September/October 2022
87. Indiana works with Right-to-Work
88. Michigan’s Transparency Loophole
89. Economic Freedom in Michigan and the United States
90. Whitmer Should Get on Board With Reduced Income Tax Rate
91. ‘There’s a tax break industrial complex that’s got everybody hornswoggled’
92. High revenue lets Michigan spend more and reduce taxes
93. Economic Freedom in Michigan and the United States
94. Economic Freedom of Michigan Cities Below National Average
95. Economic Freedom in the City: Ranking Michigan's Labor Markets
96. Cut Taxes to Help Michigan Catch Up
97. COVID Ratcheted up Federal Transfers to the State Budget
98. ‘In today’s world your email address and your cell phone numbers are digital currency’
99. Planning for Life Workshop
100. Municipal water: Free markets can help us avoid Flint 2.0
101. There are more electric car chargers than there are electric cars
102. Voting Against Subsidies Isn't Killing Jobs
103. Benton Harbor Water Quality: Is Government Mismanagement Leading to a Flint Redux?
104. Revamp the Way Michigan’s Publicly Funded Universities Operate
105. Legislature Should Clarify Michigan’s Emergency Powers
106. ‘I know this from the colorful mail I receive from readers’
107. Planning for Life Workshop
108. White House Preparing for Recession
109. Michigan Schools Can’t Beat the Heat
110. The Good News About the Budget
111. Planning for Life Workshop
112. No one subsidizes business like Michigan
113. We Are Still Owed A Tax Cut: If Not Now, When?
114. Preventing the Next Lockdown: Fixing Michigan’s Emergency Powers
115. ‘There’s a lot of reasons for skepticism.’
116. White House preparing for recession
117. IMPACT July/August 2022
118. Nuclear Wasted: Why the Cost of Nuclear Energy is Misunderstood
119. Is there a way out of the energy crisis?
120. ABC Michigan Fights Prevailing Wage
121. ABC Michigan, Mackinac Center Challenge Governor’s Prevailing Wage Reinstatement
122. Labor Unions Are Not in a ‘Resurgence’
123. Preventing the Next Lockdown: Fixing Michigan’s Emergency Powers
124. What we know about the Michigan Parents' Council
125. Hybrid Homeschooling Gives Families More Flexibility
126. Want Jobs? Stop Playing Favorites With Utilities
127. A Fix for Michigan’s Emergency Powers Laws
128. Michigan Schools Can’t Beat the Heat
129. ‘Show the effects that bad policy has on individuals’
130. Voters in Holland will decide whether to hike taxes to fund government broadband
131. Preventing the Next Lockdown: Fixing Michigan’s Emergency Powers
132. The good news about the budget
133. Food production must remain a priority
134. Hybrid Homeschooling Gives Families Across Metro-Detroit More Flexibility
135. General Motors change suggests Michigan should reflect on its credential goals
136. Cigarette Smuggling May Leap with National Menthol Ban
137. Tobacco Product Standard for Menthol in Cigarettes and Characterizing Flavors in Cigars
138. ‘It’s no different than building a network of friends’
139. Supreme Court Reinvigorates Separation of Powers
140. Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Overarching Authority
141. GM’s Corporate Welfare Must Be Disclosed Under Unanimous Michigan Supreme Court Opinion
142. Case for Education Tax Hike Doesn’t Add Up
143. Nuclear Defense: Why Nuclear Energy is Safer Than You Think (Part 2)
144. New Energy Plan Will Raise Prices and Weaken Michigan’s Fragile Electricity System
145. Mackinac Center in The Wall Street Journal: Electricity Blackouts are Coming to Michigan
146. Tide of School Choice Support Keeps Rising
147. Planning for Life Workshop
148. U.S. Supreme Court Once Again Prohibits Religious Discrimination in School Choice Decision
149. A Fix for Michigan’s Emergency Powers Laws
150. Governor, Attorney General and Health Department to Pay Mackinac Center $200,000 in Attorneys Fees
151. Nuclear Defense: Why Nuclear Energy is Safer Than You Think (Part 1)
152. ‘That’s wrong. It’s morally wrong. It’s economically wrong. It’s just bad policy.’
153. Mackinac’s Director of Research Testifies on Emergency Powers
154. Is There Anything Global Warming Can’t Do?
155. Bureaucratic Emergency Powers Should Be Curtailed
156. Lawmakers Should Fix Utility Favoritism Instead of Approving More
157. Intermediate School Districts Get Bigger and Richer While Students Languish
158. Bureaucratic Emergency Powers Should be Curtailed
159. Universal Licensing Recognition: Why Not Michigan?
160. Mackinac Center in WSJ: Indiana Benefits from Becoming a Right to Work State
161. WSJ Ed Board Supports Mackinac Research on Student Opportunity Scholarships
162. What’s Really Unfair About School Funding?
163. Michigan Must Close Asset Forfeiture Loophole
164. Where Are All the Jobs?
165. Poland Honors Former Mackinac Center President
166. Why Do Michigan Flower Growers Need a State License?
167. ​​​​​​​Getting a Fuller Picture of Education Choice
168. ‘Not yet, but we’re close’
169. Bright Panels, Dark Secrets: The Problem of Solar Waste
170. IMPACT May/June 2022
171. Replacing State Gas Tax Would Improve the Future of Michigan Roads
172. Michigan's Road Forward: Replacing the Fuel Tax With Mileage-Based User Fees
173. There’s Room for a Tax Cut Compromise in Michigan
174. What’s Really Unfair About School Funding?
175. U.S. Court of Appeals Shouldn’t Let Unions Buy Their Way Out of Litigation
176. Michigan Must Close Asset Forfeiture Loophole
177. Where Are All the Jobs?
178. 'Transparency is for government and privacy is for people'
179. Allow People to Rent Out Their Own Vehicles
180. James David Dickson Joins Michigan Capitol Confidential As Managing Editor
181. Michigan Doesn’t Need Its Own College ROI Calculator
182. Michigan Aims to Catch Ohio, Give Families Extra Education Aid
183. Why People Believe In Selective Business Subsidies
184. Don’t Let Companies Rewrite Corporate Welfare Rules
185. Why Are Counties Jumping Into Auto Insurance Debate?
186. Michigan Student Opportunity Scholarships: Overview and Fiscal Analysis
187. Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?
188. Opportunity Scholarships Benefit Students Without Harming Public Schools
189. Michigan Should Not Bring Back Dietitian and Nutritionist Licensing
190. Nuclear Power Is the Safe, Affordable, Clean Option
191. Help Families Pay for Their Own Tutors
192. ‘Powers that no one had exercised before’
193. An Evening with the Mackinac Center
194. Roe Leak Will Do Lasting Damage to Court Independence
195. Don’t Let Companies Rewrite Corporate Welfare Rules
196. Why Are Counties Jumping Into Auto Insurance Debate?
197. Michigan Economic Development Corporation Sued For Lack of Transparency
198. Mackinac Center Sues MEDC Over Pure Michigan FOIA
199. Diverting Money from Schools, Roads, and Public Safety to Perpetuate Corporate Welfare
200. Gov. Whitmer Supports the Palisades Nuclear Plant
201. ‘You keep grinding and grinding and grinding — it's almost like a rugby scrum —until there is that opening’
202. Turn State Universities Into Nonprofit Institutions
203. Whitmer’s Spending Hike Is More Unsustainable Than the Tax Cut She Vetoed
204. Dragonslayers: Six Presidents and Their War With the Swamp
205. Manufacturing Employment Share 20% Higher in Right-to-Work States
206. Michigan Aims to Catch Ohio, Give Families Extra Education Aid
207. Greater transparency is needed between parents, Michigan schools
208. The Impact of Right-to-Work Laws: A Spatial Analysis of Border Counties
209. Michigan Is About to Lose a Big Source of Green Energy
210. Congress Keeps Getting the Law of Supply and Demand Wrong
211. Just What Is the President’s Role in Current Gasoline Prices?
212. Give Lower-Income Families True Choices
213. The Sky is Not Falling on Medical Care for Auto Injuries
214. Federal Debt Is Unpopular Until You Get Elected
215. Seven Principles of Free Market Environmentalism and Seven Principles of Sound Energy Policy
216. Parent’s Guide Counters Green Misinformation
217. Indiana Leaders Safeguard Free Speech for Teachers
218. No Victor In Michigan’s Misguided War Against COVID-19
219. 'These past two years in general really show you that when parents band together they can really push for change'
220. The ‘most pro-union president’ ever has been a dud for workers
221. Michigan Per-Pupil Revenues Soar Again
222. A Parent’s Guide to Countering Green Ideologies
223. The Oscar for Bad Policy
224. Court Should Recognize That Unions Cannot Charge Nonmembers Grievance Fees
225. Technical professional and Officeworkers Association of Michigan v. Daniel Lee Renner
226. The U.S. Supreme Court Denies Challenge to State Bar Dues
227. Governor Vetoes Tax Cut as State Spending Skyrockets
228. Just What Is the President’s Role in Current Gasoline Prices?
229. Latest Spending Bill Reflects Mackinac Coalition Guidance
230. Michigan Needs to Modernize K-12 Funding
231. From School Aid to Student Aid: Modernizing K-12 Funding in Michigan
232. The Sky is Not Falling on Medical Care for Auto Injuries
233. ‘At the start, it had nothing to do with policy, it was about us understanding the issue’
234. Court to Hear Challenge to Michigan’s Discriminatory ‘Blaine Amendment’ Today
235. Legislature Should Hold Line on Auto Insurance Reforms
236. Medicaid Payments Should Go to Caregivers, Not to Unions
237. How to Effectively Expand Internet Access in Michigan
238. Whitmer Cries Wolf On Tax Cut
239. Gov. Whitmer's Veto Disappointing to Families, Small Businesses
240. Lehman Talks Overton
241. IMPACT March/April 2022
242. Give Lower-Income Families True Choices
243. National Renewal and the Prescription for a Better Future
244. Rhode Island Schools Must Remove Unconstitutional Anti-Janus Contract Language
245. Bob Williams Passes: Champion of Freedom, Friend of Mackinac Center
246. A Policy Guide to Reforming Occupational Licensing in Michigan
247. A Policy Guide to Tax Cuts
248. Mackinac Center Sues Rochester Community Schools for Failing to Follow FOIA Law
249. A Policy Guide to Healthcare
250. Rochester Parent Sues District For Not Providing Curriculum Documents
251. Tax Cuts Would Make Michigan’s Budget Sustainable
252. Give High Schoolers More Access to Career Training Options
253. Fix Roads Faster Than They Fall Apart
254. A Policy Guide to Education
255. Energy Policy
256. A Policy Guide to Corporate Handouts
257. Don’t Be Fooled by Gas Tax Kabuki
258. ‘They are trying to juggle all these different values and different demands.’
259. More Transparency From State Agencies Desperately Needed This Sunshine Week
260. Pure Secrecy: Mackinac Sends Transparency Demand to MEDC
261. Fix Roads Faster Than They Fall Apart
262. Michigan Supreme Court Shouldn't Immediately Reverse Its Emergency Powers Decision
263. Workers for Opportunity Helps Expand Florida Employees’ First Amendment Rights
264. Tax Cuts Would Make Michigan’s Budget Sustainable
265. Legislature Approves Long-Needed Tax Relief
266. School Choice Mythbusting with EdChoice
267. Give High Schoolers More Access to Career Training Options
268. Michigan Lawmakers Should Keep An Old Promise On Taxes
269. ‘People will vote for the party that does not raise their taxes.’
270. Mackinac Center Applauds House Bills Cutting Income Tax and Paying Down Pension Debt
271. Corporate Welfare Proposal is a Bad Deal for Taxpayers
272. Part 2 - Vaccine Mandates and Liberty: Where Do We Find Scholarly Research?
273. The Script Doesn’t Change: Hollywood Welfare Still Bad For Michigan
274. We Are Owed a Promised Tax Cut...and They Work
275. Economic Index Offers Policymakers Red Alerts
276. Índice económico muestra alertas rojas a encargados de política pública
277. Families Should be Able to Choose the Best Educational Fit for Their Kids
278. Part 1 - Vaccine Mandates and Liberty: Where Should We Draw the Line?
279. Tax Cuts Would Provide Relief for Families and Businesses
280. Governor’s Budget Downgrades Charter Schools
281. Mackinac Center Honors Legacy of Radio Giant Frank Beckmann
282. Moving students past the 'there oughta be a law!' reflex
283. Michigan Food Delivery Drivers Don’t Need New Government Mandates
284. 'Remember When We Thought Cellphones Were Going to Cause Brain Cancer?'
285. Members of Congress Defend Independent Workers
286. General Motors Could Eliminate Jobs and Still Collect Full Taxpayer Cash Under Proposed Deal
287. Flush with Cash, Flint Classrooms Finally Reopen
288. Lawmakers Ought to Lower Taxes
289. School Choice Week Returns as Demand for Options Soars
290. Michigan’s Constitution Demands Transparency, No Matter the Wishes of Corporate Welfare Bureaucrats
291. IMPACT January/February 2022
292. General Motors Should Not Get SOAR Subsidies
293. State Should Hold Spending Increases to Population Plus Inflation Through the Sustainable Michigan Budget
294. Approve a Sustainable Michigan Budget
295. Lawmakers Ought to Lower Taxes
296. The Hyperbolic Debate on Taxpayer Subsidized Business Expansion
297. Banning Phones While Driving, Automated Vehicle Roadways and More
298. “Get Out There, Motivate Others, And Do What You Believe In”
299. Teaching Students to Engage With Dissenting Views
300. Governor Floats Tax Breaks in State of the State, but Misses the Bigger Picture
301. Some State Schools Drop Out-of-State Tuition
302. School Choice Week Returns as Demand for Options Soars
303. Corporate Welfare: Fighting for Job Announcements, Not Real Jobs
304. Mackinac Center Announces Policy Priorities for 2022
305. Auditor General Report Shows Number of COVID-19 Deaths State Didn't Track
306. Corporate Handouts: Lansing Politicians Should Care About the Science
307. Governor Whitmer Wants More Corporate Handouts
308. Proposed Legislation Would Have Workers Pay Their Bosses
309. All Taxpayers Deserve to Soar, Not Just Politicians’ Favored Few
310. Michigan’s Constitution Demands Transparency, No Matter the Wishes of Corporate Welfare Bureaucrats
311. Mackinac Center Public Policy Recommendations 2022
312. Michigan Severely Undercounted COVID-19 Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities
313. “Don’t Stop. Keep Talking to People. Keep Promoting the Idea.”
314. Green Subsidies, Freight Trains, Gas Tax and More
315. Disadvantaged Students Harmed the Most by Remote Schooling
316. MDHHS FOIA Documents
317. Whitmer Administration Retreats and Rages When Challenged on Policies
318. Arts Tax, Balloon Ban, Carbon Credits and More
319. School Districts Shut Down Classrooms Again
320. Secrecy and Corporate Subsidies do not Create Jobs
321. For Economic Recovery, States Should Try Economic Freedom