Budget cut studies and articles (13 items)

The Senate Fiscal Agency, June 1, 2004
Alternative State Budget Proposal to Eliminate Potential GF/GP and SAF Budget Deficits

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Oct. 22, 2003
How the State Government Can Consolidate Human Resources
Testimony by Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Oct. 14, 2003
Privatizing State Fairs Could Save Michigan Nearly $60 Million
Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, June 2, 2003
Privatizing State Fairs Could Save Michigan Nearly $60 Million
Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, May 5, 2003
If DNR Can’t Pay Its Property Taxes, It Should Sell Some Land
Diane Katz

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, April 7, 2003
A Way to Ease the Pain of Budget Cuts
Paul Kersey

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 25, 2003
"Outside the Box" Police Proposal Would Save Taxpayers $65 Million
Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 4, 2003
Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's State Budget
An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2002-03 Appropriations and Recommendations for 2003-04
by Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Detroit News Feb. 14, 2003
Killing Prevailing Wage Law Would Help with Budget Crisis
Artifical wage levels on government construction projects cost taxpayers up to $275 million a year

The Lansing State Journal, Feb. 9, 2003
100 ways to cut the state's $1.7 billion deficit

The Lansing State Journal, Feb. 23, 2003
100 ways to cut Michigan's $1.7B deficit:
Readers respond

Lansing State Journal, March 2, 2003
Your opinions on the budget.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 7, 2003
MEGA Corporate Tax Loophole Worth $45.5 Million
Kmart, Robert Bosch Corp., are latest program failures
by Joe Lehman and Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 21, 2003
Proposed Budget Reductions for the Michigan Department of Agriculture
by By Mr. Michael LaFaive
(This is part of a major budget study by the Mackinac Center, to be released shortly.)