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Kathy Hoekstra

Kathy Hoekstra was a communications specialist with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy from 2008 to 2011. She assisted in the Center's media outreach and did reporting for the Center's Michigan Transparency Project and for Michigan Capitol Confidential.

Prior to joining the Mackinac Center staff, Kathy spent nearly 15 years in broadcast journalism. She was an award-winning news anchor and reporter for radio stations in Port Huron and Saginaw and worked for more than a decade in local television news in the state. In addition to her reporting and anchoring duties, Kathy also produced and hosted a weekly public affairs program that involved in-depth coverage of local and statewide issues.

Kathy graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in both communications and English. She is also a graduate and Hall of Fame member of the Specs Howard School of Broadcasting, and she has done graduate work at Saginaw Valley State University.

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Minnesota Governor Should Look to California, Not Michigan, on Unionization of Child Care Providers

Published on Nov. 1, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’

Published on Oct. 31, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

U-M Deans: Unionization Scares Off ‘Best and Brightest’ Research Talent

Published on Sept. 30, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

SEIU Healthcare Michigan Lives on Without 'Employer'

Published on Sept. 21, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

U-M Public Employee Union Still Seeking to Unionize Non-Employee Students

Published on Aug. 16, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Evidence of Granholm’s Mysterious Climate Pact With Britain Missing From State Records

Published on Aug. 2, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Warning: Increase Film Subsides Now and Risk Regrets Later

Published on June 27, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Senator Calls Notion of 'Stealth' Film Subsidy Effort 'Absurd'

Published on June 16, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Do 'Stealthy' Michigan Senators Want to Spend $100 Million on Film Subsidies?

Published on June 14, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Interlocal Agreements — Good Intent, Bad Practice

Published on May 9, 2011 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Why We Should Be Cat People

Published on April 23, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Cap the Film Incentives and Kill the Film Industry in Michigan? Not Yet

Since the announcement of a $25 million film incentive cap, the Michigan Film Office has approved nearly $10 million in film credits. … more
Published on April 17, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Interlocal Agreements – Good Intent, Bad Practice

Published on April 11, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Firefighters or Mitch Albom's Movie Subsidy?

Published on Feb. 28, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Hollywood Battles Michigan's New Budget Chief

Published on Feb. 25, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Film Transparency – Just say No?

Published on Dec. 23, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

GlobalWatt Sells Someone Else’s Solar Panels – on eBay

Published on Dec. 9, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

MEGA “GlobalWatt” Deal Raises Questions

Published on Nov. 8, 2010 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Michigan Court of Appeals Judges – Not on the Same Page?

Published on Nov. 1, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

MEGA Questions Surround GlobalWatt

Published on Sept. 29, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

MEGA Questions Surround GlobalWatt

Published on Sept. 29, 2010

'The Star-Spangled Banner': A Key to My Past

Published on Sept. 14, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Stimulus Recipients Failing to Report – Part 2

Published on July 28, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Mandatory Fire Sprinklers – Reigniting or Fizzling Out?

What could have been a ‘burning’ issue for the incoming director of the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG) may be all but washed out. That’s after a hearing Tuesday in Lansing before the director of Michigan’s Bureau of Construction Codes, Irvin J. Poke. He heard comments from about three dozen people, most of whom were opposed to making fire sprinkler installation mandatory for new home construction in Michigan. … more
Published on July 26, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

$41 Million in Stimulus Money Went Unreported by Michigan Agency

Published on July 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Lawmakers Fail to Answer Questions About Film Subsidy Transparency

A rather blistering May 16 Livingston Daily editorial asked a few simple questions of three state lawmakers about the Michigan Film Incentive and how well it's working. Two of the legislators responded in a guest column Sunday, arguably dodging the real questions raised in the original editorial and putting up a weak defense of the two-year-old subsidy program.   … more

Published on June 11, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Hangar42 Studios' Incentives Raise Questions

Published on May 21, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Hangar42 Studios' Incentives Raise Questions

Published on May 20, 2010

'No Comment' from Day Care Union Lawyer on E-Mails, Senate Hearing

Published on May 6, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Zombie State Agency Finally Talks to Lawmakers

Tuesday's committee hearing gave senators a chance to quiz the MHBCCC about its purpose, its creation through an interlocal agreement between the Department of Human Services and Mott Community College, and the big question: the council's relationship with the Child Care Providers-Together Michigan or CCPTM, the so-called "day care union."
The testimony disclosed at least one unexpected revelation. … more
Published on April 30, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Stealth Unionization: Action and Inaction

Published on April 22, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Delay Your Fines for Free?

Published on Aug. 12, 2009

Proposed State Requirement Could Limit Affordable Housing

Published on July 21, 2009

News Release: Film Office Report Violates Michigan Law and the Spirit of Sunshine Week

Published on March 19, 2009 – News Release

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