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1. Planning for Life Workshop
2. From Criminal Record to Career: Opening Doors to Work in Michigan
3. The Power of Ideas: The Overton Window and the American Revolution
4. A Taxing Debate in Michigan: Growth, Fairness and Trade-Offs
5. Gretchen Whitmer’s failed literacy test
6. Michigan’s costly bet on corporate subsidies hasn’t paid off
7. Politics needs less messaging and more meaning
8. ‘Human bodies and minds are not one size fits all’
9. Gavin Newsom has a Hollywood subsidy blooper reel
10. States have different standards for reporting spending totals
11. Millages hang on low-turnout votes
12. In corporate welfare, Michigan bets big, loses bigger
13. Parents must take back school boards
14. Farmers step up during health crises
15. The MEDC wants more time — it’s had decades
16. Ohio is eating our lunch
17. Gladwin Mayor Challenges Gag Clause That Restricts Speech
18. Michigan needs more nursing homes; why are we still blocking them?
19. Gladwin Mayor Challenges “Gag Clause” Limiting Elected Officials’ Speech
20. Developer subsidy bill added to the Michigan business subsidy scorecard
21. ‘Access can change the trajectory of anybody's life’
22. Notable rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court this term
23. How does MEDC chief’s defense of business subsidies hold up?
24. Legislative Director, Workers For Opportunity
25. Unlock opportunity to make Michigan more affordable
26. Flock ruffles feathers in Michigan
27. Michigan needs more sunlight
28. New Data: 17% of Cigarettes Consumed in Michigan Were Smuggled
29. What World Cup visitors can teach us about America and civility
30. IMPACT May/June 2026
31. Michigan’s childcare regulations should move toward national levels
32. Illicit smokes: 17% of cigarettes consumed in Michigan during 2024 were smuggled
33. There’s less pork in the state budget but it’s still bad
34. Director of Education Policy
35. Director of Labor Policy
36. Budget highlights and lowlights
37. ‘Whichever candidate wins, they’re both promising to get rid of the personal income tax’
38. Wooden teeth and iron men
39. How much does government regulation actually add to the price of housing?
40. The guild that almost killed the guitar
41. Economic development programs create jobs — for lobbyists
42. Michigan Business Development Program’s deals are plentiful; its results are not
43. Michigan debería adoptar la libertad económica
44. World Cup wisdom
45. When the Unthinkable Became Reality — The American Experiment Embraced
46. Michigan taxpayers are funding the push for higher taxes
47. The subtle art of concealing corporate welfare payments
48. ‘Vote No’ means vote no
49. Michigan roads improve
50. Michigan should not punish short-term rentals
51. Electric school bus replacement plan makes you say watt?
52. Michigan is catching up on its biggest debts
53. Michigan lawmakers push an affordability agenda
54. ‘The more you ask the computer to do for you, the more power you need’
55. New Report: Whitmer’s Subsidy Deals Deliver Just 3% of Promised Jobs
56. Let data centers compete on a level playing field
57. Consolidation shouldn’t be just for school districts
58. Whitmer’s Major Business Subsidy Deals
59. Rx Kids, Poverty Solutions and the Social Safety Net
60. Michigan should embrace economic freedom
61. Mackinac Center Comment on Eliminating Barriers to Broadband Internet
62. Class of 2026: Make yourself indispensable
63. Miranda Stovall v. Jefferson County Board of Education
64. Real Heroes of the American Revolution
65. Ben Sasse’s farewell address
66. Michigan's foster care system needs reform
67. A 'Champion of Education?' Whitmer’s record tells a different story
68. In Michigan, ‘free’ is expensive
69. Planning for Life Workshop
70. Michigan roads improve
71. Traverse City moves the goalposts, again, on broadband service
72. ‘We need to unleash American workers, not protect them’
73. Michigan should not punish short-term rentals
74. Michigan’s Government-Driven Internet Expansion Efforts are Expensive and Ineffective
75. Civility is infrastructure we cannot allow to collapse
76. Subsidies and Setbacks
77. Ohio Supreme Court Asked to Review Union Dues Agreement Dispute
78. Zoning reform can increase housing affordability, birth rates
79. When the State Becomes Guardian: Building a Better Foster System for Michigan Children
80. Mackinac Center Hosts Evening Celebrating America’s 250 Years
81. Who watches Grand Rapids City Hall if the watchdog is muzzled?
82. Workers for Opportunity joins the fight against the Faster Labor Contracts Act
83. Matthew Sheldon v. OAPSE
84. Michigan lawmakers need to understand economics
85. An Evening with the Mackinac Center
86. Michigan can easily handle adding data centers
87. The Past is the Present
88. Public Pensions Should Serve Workers, Not Political Movements
89. Electric school bus replacement plan makes you say watt?
90. A look at Michigan’s property tax
91. Rx Kids: The Promise and Some Concerns
92. Michigan is catching up on its biggest debts
93. Mackinac Center for Public Policy Public Comment on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Interim Final Rule on National Bank Non-Interest Charges and Fees and Interim Final Order Preempting the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act
94. ‘I Realized It Was a Prison Cell’
95. ‘The harsher the childcare regulations, the fewer kids people have’
96. School boards should represent the public, not silence it
97. It’s time to shut down the MEDC
98. The Power of Ideas: The Overton Window and the American Revolution
99. The Real Cost of Affordability
100. Michigan shows how we can make homeownership affordable
101. Is The World Better Off With America?
102. Commonsense Election Reforms in Michigan (And Beyond)
103. It’s time to shut down the MEDC
104. Michigan legalized dental therapists in 2018, but only a few practice
105. Workers for Opportunity celebrates Iowa win
106. Local governments care about government power. We care about freedom
107. Workers for Opportunity celebrates Iowa win
108. Graduation rates rise while student achievement flatlines
109. Detroit: All that glitters might not remain gold
110. Michigan could not be built today
111. Think your electric bill is high?
112. Michigan legalized dental therapists in 2018, but only a few practice
113. ‘Affordable housing: No matter what they say in public, they're terrified of it’
114. Virtue-signaling with state holidays
115. Freeing Health Care Markets: State Solutions for Coverage, Costs, and Innovation
116. Make room for growth
117. Court Freezes Hidden Earmarks in Major Win for Michigan Taxpayers
118. Some Detroiters pay high property taxes, others don’t
119. Whitmer’s budget proposals do not lower costs
120. For once, Michigan said no to new business subsidies
121. Michigan should embrace zoning reform, reject housing subsidies
122. School choice critics’ glaring double standard
123. A Choice Situation
124. Film Subsidies are an Expensive Flop
125. States can cure federal pharma fever
126. Detroit’s zoning history offers lessons for today
127. ‘You never talk to the people who lost the lottery, right?’
128. Unions Leverage Retirement Funds for Political Agendas
129. Unions and ESG: From Worker Representation to Shareholder Activism
130. Legislation Could Threaten Popular Small Consumer Loan Programs
131. Whitmer promised transparency and delivered gag orders
132. Oversight is a key role for local officials
133. The Power of Ideas: The Overton Window and the American Revolution
134. It’s Groundhog Day all over again on free trade
135. IMPACT March/April 2026
136. On housing, local vs. state control is the wrong question
137. Time to make full use of the new earmarks process
138. Michigan’s inflated teacher evals are failing students
139. Price hikes tied to wind and solar
141. Union Township receives recognition, but its performance underwhelms
142. Reform Michigan unemployment insurance
143. Water, Watts and Wealth: The Costs and Benefits of Data Centers in Michigan
144. Freedom notes U.S.A.: Nebraska takes over federal environmental reviews
145. ‘Let me pretend this is true, OK?’
146. ‘The difference between having a good idea and having others embrace it’
147. On housing, local vs. state control is the wrong question
148. Trump, Whitmer and the problem of emergency powers
149. What election reforms are actually possible?
150. What Michigan Can Learn About Reading From Mississippi
151. Michigan’s pandemic lockdowns need a full review
152. The False Promise of Film Incentives
153. The billion-dollar idea Detroit should consider
154. How Civility Strengthens Policy
155. The state of Whitmer’s state
156. Time to make full use of the new earmarks process
157. High gas prices don’t justify emergency powers
158. Free Market Road Show
159. Food trucks, often banned or heavily regulated, may get a chance to thrive
160. ‘If we do meet resistance from elected officials in Detroit, we’ll fund a referendum’
161. Prescription Drug Toolkit Urges States to Take a Bigger Role
162. Yes, other states are building much more housing than Michigan
163. Almost everyone agrees that municipal zoning rules are too strict
164. Where did Michigan’s surplus go?
165. Mackinac Center Applauds Bipartisan Action on Physician Licenses
166. The Free Market Remedy for Drug Pricing Ills
167. Where did Michigan’s surplus go?
168. Michigan’s tax competitiveness is at risk
169. The Economic Spirit of 1776
170. Michigan’s tax competitiveness is at risk
171. Judge throws out Mackinac ferry monopoly claim
172. The Economic Spirit of 1776
173. Success of Rx Kids should prompt reevaluation of welfare programs
174. New Report: Michigan Should Follow Mississippi’s Lead on Reading
175. Rhode Island’s Cigarette Tax Hike Would Fuel Smuggling
176. Michigan’s Broadband moment: Time to focus on connections
177. Supreme Court Turns Away Mother’s Free Speech Appeal
178. Let’s fix licensing systems that lock ex-offenders out of work
179. ‘People bemoan that they can't trust the news’
180. Walter Isaacson to Headline Mackinac Center Event
181. Keep Michigan’s budget sustainable
182. Capping credit card rates unnecessary, harmful
183. Making Drug Policy Work for Patients, Not Institutions
184. Mississippi Learning
185. Michigan Must Have Affordable Reliable Electricity
186. A Lesson from St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
187. The ideas that built America still matter
188. How Trump can make homeownership affordable
189. Limit zoning to make Michigan grow again
190. Michigan lawmakers move to protect reasonable childhood independence
191. Let’s Build Michigan: Why Housing Costs Have Spiked and How to Fix It
192. Right to compute moves forward in other states
193. Michigan taxpayers build it, but nobody comes
194. ‘All of your data has been stolen’
195. IMPACT January/February 2026
196. Cigarette smuggling increase on the docket in Washington State
197. ‘SAFE’ bills are not safe
198. Seven habits of highly civil people
199. Michigan subsidy picks are a short seller’s bonanza
200. Beware of most-favored-nation drug pricing regs
201. Tax hikes and smuggling: Will Michigan tempt scofflaws?
202. Laws have unintended consequences
203. Time to rein in old MEGA gravy train
204. The state of housing in Michigan
205. Mackinac Center partners for historic summit
206. Why Michigan needs more housing, despite a flat population
207. ‘We don't wear capes’
208. Make Michigan competitive again
209. Michigan Can’t Subsidize Its Way to Growth — It Must Build Its Way There
210. Setting the record straight on schools of choice
211. Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Housing Reform Bills
212. Lawmakers should reject sales tax holidays
213. Voters can lower their own property taxes under Michigan rules
214. I (heart) freedom, and you should too
215. Michigan only enacted 74 laws in 2025. So what?
216. Senior discount won’t solve Michigan’s property tax problem
217. Interest rates should be left to the private market
218. House bill a shot in the arm for Schools of Choice law
219. ‘A country where opportunity is still possible’
220. Licensing rules make Michigan’s health care problems worse
221. All former governors join Mackinac Center civility panel
222. Freedom Notes U.S.A.: Americans want the lights on
223. A Defining Moment for Civility
224. Rhode Island’s Cigarette Tax Hike Would Fuel Smuggling
225. Rochester Schools Trustee Sues to Protect Her Right to Speak with Constituents
226. Rochester Schools Trustee Sues to Protect Her Right to Speak with Constituents
227. Indiana chokes with new cigarette taxes
228. The meaning of America, 250 years later
229. What’s the real poverty line?
230. Grand Rapids should publish its 311 data
231. The state of housing in Michigan
232. Mackinac Center Announces 2026 Policy Priorities
233. Does Michigan Reconnect get people better paying jobs?
234. Public Policy Recommendations 2026
235. Does Michigan Reconnect get people better paying jobs?
236. Give credit where due on the roads deal
237. More solar energy is wrong for Michigan
238. Let interest rates find their market rate
239. ‘Everything exploded in the world of online teaching’
240. Want to boost Michigan? Stop punishing R&D
241. Give credit where due on the roads deal
242. We need real performance metrics for Michigan public universities
243. M.L.K.’s campaign of ideas
244. Michigan hospitals aren’t using charity program for charity
245. Before spending, ask, ‘Is this thing working?’
246. Caregivers pay SEIU dues for no real union benefits
247. It’s time for focus on the debate over subsidies to corporations
248. IMPACT November/December 2025
249. What is the role of a think tank?
250. Matthew Sheldon v. OAPSE
251. Legislature Approved Zero New Business Subsidies in 2025
252. ‘People are very bad at managing their own finances’
253. Mackinac Center Comment to FDA Regarding Modified Risk Tobacco Products
254. Government makes a bad Santa Claus
255. More solar energy is wrong for Michigan
256. 3 ways to rebuild Americans' trust in government
257. America’s flirtation with socialism
258. Whitmer should form a commission to review pandemic response