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- Happy New Year: The Center Looks Back and Looks Forward
- Vernuccio on Fox Business
- Great News for Michigan on Migration Front!
- Success for ‘Liberty Changes Lives!’
- Center Responds to AFL-CIO Attack
- Top 25 for 2013
- Missed Votes Report Now Available
- LaFaive Cited in Detroit News Editorial
- Legislators Miss 1,093 Votes in 2013
- The Public School Market in Michigan: An Analysis of Schools of Choice
- New Study Examines Michigan’s Public School Market
- The Public School Market in Michigan: An Analysis of Schools of Choice
- RTW Possible in Three More States
- The Ghosts of Christmases Past
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
December 17, 2013
- Helping the Little Guy: Relieve Occupational Licensing Requirements and Fees
- Unions Claim RTW Is 'Slavery'
- Labor Policy Expert in Lansing State Journal
- The Highland Park Transformation
- A New Turnaround Model: Michigan's Highland Park Goes Charter
- New Policy Brief and Documentary Highlight Changes in Highland Park Schools
- Mackinac Center on Sean Hannity Show
- December 13, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Direct Cash Grants: Anti-Crony Capitalism Policies Fall Short
- MCLF Featured in National Review Online
- Minimum Wage in Michigan
- Right-to-Work in Michigan
- Teamsters Local 214 Capitulates on Discriminatory Policy Against Dearborn Employees Who Exercised Worker Freedom Rights
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
December 10, 2013
- Taxpayers Lose $10.5B on GM Bailout
- Criminal Minds: Defining Culpability in Michigan Criminal Law
- New Policy Brief Recommends Reforms to Protect Individual Rights and Improve Clarity of Criminal Statutes
- Criminal Minds: The Importance of Defining Intent in Criminal Statutes
- Center Research on Cigarette Smuggling Cited
- Michigan and the Higher Education Bubble
- Michigan’s Baby Bust Will Hurt Taxpayers if Schools Don’t Cut Back
- Amtrak and the Michigan State Budget
- December 6, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Commentary: Education: U.S. Spends More, Gets Less
- Today in History
- Does the MEA Believe in 'Sanctity of Contracts?'
- Spalding Co-Authors Commentary in Bridge
- Center Experts Cited on Detroit Bankruptcy
- Legislators Worried About Beer Logos
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
December 3, 2013
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case
- School Choice: Good for Students, Good for Democracy
- Have a Happy Turkey Day
- Michigan Land Bank Demolishes Eminem's Childhood Home
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
November 26, 2013
- At Times Legislation Just Disappears
- Black Friday Protests and Union Front Groups
- November 22, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Center Research Cited in Five Hearst Papers
- Higher Minimum Wage Hurts Low-Skill Workers
- Exhibits List for Sherry Loar, Michelle Berry and Paulette Silverson v. Michigan Department of Human Services
- A Tax Hike Al Capone Could Have Loved
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
November 19, 2013
- Exemptions, Navigators and New Members
- November 15, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Vernuccio Commentary on Townhall.com Today
- IMPACT November/December 2013
- Supreme Court Should End Union Collusion and Intimidation Tactic
- Media Expose Progress Michigan Plagiarism
- School Employees Testify at Senate Hearing
- Public Sector Wants More From Taxpayers
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
November 12, 2013
- Legislature Looking at Licensing Requirements
- Brewers Should Be Careful What They Wish For
- November 8, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Vernuccio in American Spectator
- Don't Extend Granholm's 'Blown Away' Program
- Audrey Spalding Testimony on House Bill 5112
- House Chips Away at Licensing Mandates
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
November 5, 2013
- November 1, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Michigan Needs Electricity Competition
- Labor Expert Discusses Boeing Move
- Legislature Considers Two Center Ideas
- Electricity Choice Policies in Michigan: Comment on "Readying Michigan to Make Good Energy Decisions: Electric Choice"
- Databases
- Obamacare Opponents Need to Show a Way Out
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
October 29, 2013
- Inconsistent Licensing Requirements
- MCLF Client Featured in Oakland Press
- Michigan Auto Insurance Reform a Must
- Center Attorney on FOX2 Detroit
- October 25, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- UAW Flier Short on Facts
- Center Attorney Discusses Complaints Against MEA
- Center FOIA Expert Cited in Detroit News
- Bankruptcy Court Needs History Lesson
- Unions are the Freeloaders
- Media Highlight Teachers' Complaints Against MEA
- Saginaw Teachers: Caught by the "August Window"
- Michigan Should Change School Grading Method
- Michigan's Higher Ed Bubble
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Client a Possible Plaintiff in Challenging MEA’s Opt Out Process for Agency Fee Payers
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
October 22, 2013
- William "Ray" Arthur: MCLF Client
- The Higher Ed Bubble: Finding Financial Sanity on Campus
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaints at Michigan Employment Relations Commission on Behalf of Eight Public School Teachers Against MEA Affiliates
- Securing Teachers’ Right to Work
- October 18, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Bringing Benefits in Balance to Michigan
- Benefits in Balance: Benchmarking Public Sector Employee Benefits in Michigan
- Benefits in Balance: Benchmarking Public Sector Employee Benefits in Michigan
- Michigan Taxpayers Could Save $5.8 Billion Annually if Public Sector Benefits were Benchmarked to Private Sector Averages
- Why Does the State License Barbers?
- Spalding Discusses New Study
- Former Mackinac Center Intern Aces LSAT
- Obamacare: One Blind Bet After Another
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
October 15, 2013
- More College Subsidies a Poor Investment
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Asks Appeals Court to Correct Michigan Employment Relations Commission Error
- October 11, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Legal Foundation Defends Clients Caught in a Catch-22
- Michigan's Top-to-Bottom Ranking: A Measure of School Quality or Student Poverty?
- New Mackinac Center Study Reveals Flaws in State’s ‘Top-to-Bottom’ School Rankings
- Media Highlights Center's 4th Amendment Story
- Improving Education: Highland Park and Thirkell Elementary
- Michigan's Top-to-Bottom Ranking: A Measure of School Quality or Student Poverty?
- Celebrating the Past, Looking Forward
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
October 8, 2013
- Center President on WJR with Frank Beckmann
- Michigan Tax Assessor Attempts Interior Home Inspections
- Right-to-Work Laws Improve Growth Prospects
- College Subsidies a Growing Problem
- 25th Anniversary Celebration featuring John Mackey of Whole Foods Market
- October 4, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- State Fairgrounds to be Sold
- Alternative News Media
- It's Time to Take Teaching Seriously
- U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide if Forced Unionization Violates Constitution
- Private Group Helps Fill Gap During Slowdown
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
October 1, 2013
- Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman Honored with 2013 Roe Award at State Policy Network Annual Meeting
- September 27, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Affirmative Action for Kindergartners
- Affirmative Action for Kindergartners
- Media Ignoring Facts on Obamacare Rates
- Media Plays Catch Up to CapCon Again
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
September 24, 2013
- Open Gov't Group Supports MCPP Lawsuit
- September 20, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Center Attorneys Discuss FOIA Lawsuit
- Mackinac Center Sues City of Westland Over FOIA Fee Structure
- City Drops Its Illegal Fees after MCLF Suit
- Flawed Study Says Michigan Cut School Funding
- SEIU Under Investigation over Prop 4
- City of Westland Overcharging for FOIA Requests
- McMoney: Big Labor's Cash Flow
- What Does College Really Cost?
- Detroit's 'Operation Compliance' Shows the Dangers of Too Many Regulations
- Center a Finalist for Templeton Freedom Award
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
September 17, 2013
- Economic Freedom Benefits the Poor the Most
- Sept. 17 is Constitution Day
- September 13, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Limiting Public Access to Records
- Republicans Backsliding After Solid Reforms
- From Here to Eternity?
- Union's Specious Claim in Indiana RTW Case
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
September 10, 2013
- College Subsidies a Growing Problem
- Union Front Organizations the New Face of Big Labor
- Fast Food Wages and Fabian Follies
- September 6, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
- Protestors Arrested at Policy Forum
- State Should Boost 'Parent Power'
- State 'Super' Sizes Movie with Subsidy
- IMPACT September/October 2013
- Unionization for the 21st Century
- Michigan Medicaid Expansion Heading To The Governor
- Implementing Obamacare
- GOP's 'Collective Guilt' on Medicaid Expansion
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
September 3, 2013
- It's About the Children, Not the System
- Corporate Welfare Won't Save Detroit
- Center Analysts in Labor Day Media Coverage
- State House Passes Medicaid Expansion; Will Cost Taxpayers $1.3 Billion over Next Decade
- Berrien Springs: Leading School Choice Policy
- Regulatory Roadblocks Hurt the Poor
- In Defense of Liberty: Unions, Right-to-Work and Majority Rule
- Labor Policy Expert in Lansing State Journal
- Corporate Welfare Awarded for Superhero Movie
- Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
- Center Scholar Interview in Wall Street Journal
- Center Scholar Discusses New RTW Study on WJR
- Right-to-Work Laws Work
- Economic Growth and Right-to-Work Laws
- Right-to-Work Laws Improve Economic Well-Being
- Right-to-Work Laws Produce Greater Economic Growth
- Hospitals: Careful What You Wish for on Medicaid
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
August 27, 2013
- At Thirkell, State Grade Doesn't Match Up
- Center Dominates Free Press Opinion Page
- Florida Holds Lessons for Michigan to Improve Education
- Medicaid Expansion not the Answer
- Judicial Nominating Commission Should be Rejected
- New Mackinac Center Study Cautions Against Relying on ‘Waivers’ to Reform Medicaid
- Medicaid: Waivers are Temporary, Expansion is Forever
- MCLF Lawsuit Draws Massive Media Attention
- Town Hall Meeting on Government Transparency
- CMU Public Radio on 'Teacher Freedom Month'
- More Reasons to Like the Upper Peninsula
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit Against Teamsters Local 214 on Behalf of Four City of Dearborn Employees over Policy Charging Special Fees to Those Who Exercise Worker Freedom Rights
- Teamsters Discriminate Against Dearborn Workers
- Township Supervisor: 'I Want People to Know Where Their Money is Going'
- Experts: Earthquakes, Water Usage Not Concerns With Fracking in Michigan
- McHugh on CBS Show Exploring Obamacare
- Lawsuit Forces Teamsters To Drop Anti-RTW Policy
- State, Media Encourage Playing the Lottery
- Putting Politics Above People
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
August 20, 2013
- August 16, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Top 10 School Lists
- 'Low Winter Sun' Buzz Ignores Taxpayer Subsidies
- Berrien Springs: Leading the Way
- Regulatory Roadblocks Hurt the Poor
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
August 13, 2013
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Appeals Circuit Court Dismissal of Lawsuit Related to 10-year Forced Dues Agreement
- Why Detroit's Pension Funds Failed
- Pension 'Assumptions' are the Problem in Detroit, Statewide
- Brain Surgery Required After Medicaid Issues Delayed Dental Care
- August 9, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Skorup Discusses Minimum Wage Laws
- MSN on Ideas to Save Detroit Billions
- Medicaid Pays Below What It Costs To Take Care of Patients
- Pontiac School District’s Financial Crisis Due to Poor Management, not Lack of Money
- Medicaid Client in ICU After Being Denied Routine Care
- Michigan Doctor Against Medicaid Expansion
- Escaping the Scandal in Rose City
- MEA Should Support Teacher Evaluations
- Open Government/FOIA Town Hall Meeting in Troy
- LaFaive Cited in Macomb Daily
- Hohman Cited in LSJ on Wage Gap
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
August 6, 2013
- Right-to-Work: The Form to be Free
- The New Face of Big Labor
- School Consolidation Won’t Save Much
- More Corporate Welfare for Detroit
- Higher Taxes in Allen Park Not the Solution
- WingsWorld on Fox Business
- August 2, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Berrien Springs Public Schools: Reinventing School — Becoming a District of Choices
- Supreme Court Justice Keynote Speaker on Milton Friedman Legacy Day
- Supreme Court Justice Brian Zahra Keynote for Friedman Legacy Day
- Governmental Culture, A Tough Nut To Crack
- Commentary: Rethinking Common Core
- Politicians Cannot Be Trusted To Properly Fund Pensions
- Medicaid Expansion 101
- Medicaid Expansion 101
- Open Government/FOIA Town Hall Meeting in Traverse City
- Detroit Success Story: Cesar Chavez Charter School
- Allen Park "Unity" Rally
- Medicaid Expansion Explained
- Friedman Legacy Day
- Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman
- Milton Friedman's Education Ideas Still Relevant Today
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
July 30, 2013
- Avik Roy in Grand Rapids
- July 26, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Rod Lockwood Interviewed by John Stossel
- Lansing Pols Recycle Press Releases
- The Real Patients of Medicaid: Rebecca
- The Real Patients of Medicaid: Teraca
- More Corporate Welfare for Detroit
- Dodge Discusses Detroit Bankruptcy on WILS
- One More Time: Minimum Wage Laws Hurt People
- Open Government/FOIA Town Hall Meeting
- Lehman in Reuters: 'Detroit Needs a Game Changer'
- A Look at Michigan’s June Spike in Unemployment Rate
- LaFaive Cited Again on Detroit Bankruptcy
- Open Government Town Hall in Grand Rapids
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
July 23, 2013
- July 22, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- The Real Patients of Medicaid: Julie
- Media Tap Center Experts
- Detroit Bankruptcy
- Licensing Lunacy
- Open Government/FOIA Town Hall Meeting
- Center Cited by Fox News
- CapCon Featured in Columbia Journalism Review
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
July 16, 2013
- July 12, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- North Huron Schools: CAP Success Story
- Financial Literacy the Key to Independence
- Spalding Weighs in on School Consolidation
- Center Op-Ed on Medicaid in Detroit News
- First Rule of Medicaid Expansion: Do No Harm
- Center Hosting FOIA Town Hall Meetings
- Center in Detroit Media Spotlight
- Jeffers High School: CAP Success Story
- School Consolidation Won't Save Much
- Garage Band
- Judge Rules She Lacks Jurisdiction to Decide Lawsuit Filed by Three Taylor Teachers Against Union and School District Over Forced Dues Extension
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
July 9, 2013
- Top 10 Rural Elementary and Middle Schools
- Snyder Administration Pushing To Distance Medicaid Expansion From Obamacare
- Court Ruling Impacts Civil Service Employees
- Center Cited on School Consolidation
- Report Card Identifies Top-Performing Schools; Ranks DPS Elementary #1
- Not Too Late to Close the Pension System
- Michigan’s Unionized Workers Need to Know Their Rights
- Top 10 Town Elementary and Middle Schools
- July 5, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Media Highlight New School Report Card
- Delay Strengthens 'No Medicaid Expansion' Case
- How Obamacare Is Vulnerable
- Charters May Help Solve Detroit's Education Woes
- Do We Celebrate Freedom and Liberty?
- Hospital Lobby Driving Medicaid Expansion
- Top 10 Suburban Elementary and Middle Schools
- In Their Own Words: Calumet High School
- Top 10 City Elementary and Middle Schools
- Calumet High School: CAP Success Story
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
July 2, 2013
- It’s no Secret, Hard Work Pays Off
- IMPACT July/August 2013
- Obamacare Medicaid: Facts, Figures, Background
- Top 10 Elementary and Middle Schools
- Bin Ban: City Pushes To Ban Select Charitable Collections
- John Adams Repents in Heaven
- June 28, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- The Michigan Context and Performance Report Card: Public Elementary and Middle Schools, 2013
- Legislator, Union Want Tenured Teachers From Dissolved Districts Hired First In Other Schools
- Study: New Report Card Measures Elementary and Middle School Performance by Adjusting for Student Family Income
- Interview With Audrey Spalding: CAP Scores in Michigan
- Despite Media Claims, Michigan Among Highest Job Growth States
- Targeted Incentives Have Gone Too Far
- Thirkell Elementary: A Detroit Public School Success Story
- Medicaid Expansion: A Battle Over Two Views
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
June 25, 2013
- June 21, 2013 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report
- An Analysis of the Proposed Medicaid Expansion in Michigan
- Stopping Medicaid Expansion In Its Tracks
- We're Still a 'Donor State' with Medicaid Expansion
- Stalking Students in Grosse Pointe
- Corporate Welfare a Continual Failure
- Medicaid Now a 'Reform-Proof' Entitlement
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
June 18, 2013
- Lehman on Gov. Snyder's 'Dashboards'
- Spalding: Student Background a Part of Performance
- Gov. Rick Snyder's Performance Dashboards:
- Majority of Fastest-Growing U.S. Cities Are In Right-to-Work States
- Land Bank May Take 163+ Properties
- James Hohman on CNBC
- June 14, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- State 'Favor' to Jackson County Costs Millions
- Worker Freedom in Michigan: The Road Ahead
- Study: Lure of Federal Medicaid-Expansion Subsidies Should Not Lead Policymakers to Underestimate Medicaid’s Drawbacks or Overlook Other Viable Insurance Options
- The Dirty Secret of GOP Obamacare Capitulation
- Republican Ploy to Stop Medicaid Expansion?
- The Cellphone 'Sin Tax'
- Cornerstone Charter Schools
- Michigan Outspends Florida on Education But Does Worse Than The Sunshine State
- Cities ‘Double Dipping’ with Cost Recovery Fees
- Common Core Clarification
- Center Analyst Testifies on Medicaid Expansion
- What others are saying about the Mackinac Center
- Jack McHugh Testimony on Medicaid Expansion Bill
- National Media Highlight CapCon Story
- Capitalism Kills ... Poverty
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
June 11, 2013
- Resolution for 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' Introduced
- Michigan vs. Florida
- Medicaid's Roach Motel Coming to Michigan?
- Summer Issue of IMPACT Coming Soon
- June 7, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Films or Potholes?
- Reitz Cited in Wall Street Journal
- Manager of the 'City That Outsourced Everything' Says Privatization Can Help Michigan
- Michigan Red Light Cameras
- Michigan Should Look to Florida to Improve Public Education
- Defenders Of Public School Monopoly Slam 'Big Profit' Competitors; Haul In Big Money For Themselves
- National Employee Freedom Week Announced
- Michigan GOP Medicaid 'Reform' Proposals
- Yet Another Lansing 'Scaffolding for Plunder?'
- Huffington Post Gets it Wrong ... Again
- Gov. Snyder Calls On Obamacare Advocate No. 1
- The Contract City Concept: How Public/Private Partnerships Can Save Michigan Cities with Oliver Porter
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
June 4, 2013
- Michigan's Job Growth Is More Than Just Auto-Related
- Oliver Porter on Privatization in Detroit News
- Close Dysfunctional Schools
- Governor’s Auto Insurance Proposal Worth Considering
- A ‘Common’ Debate: Common Core Curriculum Standards Are Promising But Dangerous
- May 31, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- 'Cost Recovery' Schemes Uncovered
- Big Labor Throwing Retirees Under the Bus
- Medicaid Expansion
- Open Government Links
- Riches for Unions, but not Their Retirees
- Average Teacher Salaries Climb
- Center Focusing on Government Transparency
- DIA Gins Up PR Battle Against Kevyn Orr
- Superintendent Bashes Parental School Choice
- Cities Double Dip on Drunk Driving Arrests
- Promise of Profit Can Help Neediest Students
- Nicholas Winton Still Touching Lives of Children
- Oliver Porter Interview in The Freeman
- Government Entities Stymie FOIA Requests To Hide Information
- Of Course Merit Pay Is a Good Idea
- Reasons not to Expand Medicaid
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
May 28, 2013
- May 24, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Forever With Us All: A Memorial Day Remembrance
- Indy Land Bank Officials Indicted
- Cable Unbundling Bill a Bad Bet
- Oakland Schools and the Tri-County Alliance
- No Link Between Charters, Segregation
- Cost Recovery Fees Allow Cities to Double Tax
- No Free Lunch: $15 an Hour Fast Food Workers Would Lead to Lost Jobs
- Head Start a False Start
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
May 21, 2013
- Center Education Policy Expert in Wall Street Journal
- Center Expert Cited by State Journal, WZZM
- What Michigan's Charter Schools can Teach the Country
- Attorney: Taylor District Violated Contract Law to Lock In 10-Year Union Agreement
- May 17, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Movie Made in Israel Gets Michigan Tax Dollars
- Focusing on the Big Picture
- Close Dysfunctional Schools
- Commentary: Medicaid Expansion Wrong Even with Reforms
- LaFaive on Taxes and Road Funding
- Vernuccio Op-Ed in Detroit Free Press
- Don't Force Workers into Unwanted Union Representation
- Spalding Discusses Land Bank Issues
- Governor’s Auto Insurance Proposal Worth Considering
- Education Policy Expert Cited by MLive
- Two Charter Public Schools Being Closed
- Center Legal Experts Cited on MEA Court Loss
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
May 14, 2013
- What Do Moms Want? School Choice
- Wolfram in Lansing State Journal on Auto Insurance
- MichiganVotes: House GOP Medicaid Expansion Plan Faces Hurdles
- May 10, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report
- Tax Breaks vs. Corporate Welfare
- MEA Loses Court Battle
- Students Shut Out of School After District, Union Agree to Unrealistic Contract
- Education Denied to 15K Walled Lake Students
- Taxpayer Funded Films Flop With Viewers
- Fla. Medicaid: Governor Proposes, House Disposes
- Bridge Magazine Details MEA's Decline
- MLive Cites Center Education Policy Expert
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
May 7, 2013
- SEIU Tries to Continue Dues Scheme
- Land Bank Reform Bill Introduced
- Balance Increased Road Spending with Cuts
- Bad for Business: Internet Sales Tax Legislation
- Land Bank Bail-Outs: How State Government Corrupts the Private Market
- SEIU Lays Out Plan to Try and Continue 'Dues Skim'
- Film Subsidy Failure Draws Attention
- May 3, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Oregon Study Suggests Michigan Medicaid Expansion Not Worth the Cost
- Package Deal Politics
- Skorup Discusses 'Crazy Laws' on Three Radio Stations
- IMPACT May/June 2013
- Will Michigan Legislators Add to National Debt?
- Stop Giving Tax Dollars to Hollywood
- 'The Freeman' Interviews Rod Lockwood
- Why Film Subsidies Must Go
- Another Film Subsidy Failure
- Politics Alive and Well in Public Schools
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
April 30, 2013
- April 26, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- School Marketing is A-OK
- Vernuccio on Fox Business
- Mackinac Center on Fox Business: Cameras in the Classroom
- Michigan's Craziest Laws: Don't Seduce An Unmarried Woman or Dance to the National Anthem
- Tearing Down Steve Earle's Walmart Song
- EITC 'Improper Payments' Costing Taxpayers
- House Budget Puts Roads Above Film Subsidies
- Politics 101: The Art of the Half Truth
- 'Land Bank Bailout' Is Rep. Kildee's First Bill
- Ryan to States: Don't Bet on Obama Medicaid Money
- Public School Lobbying Worse Than 'Skunk Works'
- Don't Trust Ed-Trust on Charter Schools
- Editorial Cites Mackinac Center Research
- "Nicky's Family"
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
April 23, 2013
- State: School Broke State Campaign Finance Law
- Time to Overhaul Auto Insurance Laws
- No Place for Alarmism on Earth Day
- April 19, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Avik Roy Op-Ed in Detroit News
- Medicaid, Obamacare and More with Avik Roy
- MLive to Start MichiganVotes-Style System
- Dexter Bus Drivers Dump International Union
- Statewide Survey Shows Underwhelming Support for Expanding Medicaid in Michigan
- Dozens of School Districts Consider All Teachers the Same
- Poll: Medicaid Expansion Plan Loses Support When Voters Told of Potential Effects
- MLive Now Featuring MichiganVotes
- EAA Could Take Over Successful Schools
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
April 16, 2013
- Lindsey Dodge on Alleged Gender Pay Gap
- Shlaes' 'Coolidge' a Must-Read
- Center Hosting National Health Care Policy Expert
- April 12, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Subsidies Drive Up College Costs
- Right-to-Work in Illinois?
- Breaking Away from the MEA
- Mini Antennas May Revolutionize TV Viewing
- Right-to-Work Is Possible in Every State
- Michigan Employment Relations Commission Fails to Correct Its Own Mistake in Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers
- Labor Expert Participates in Griffin Policy Form
- Dodge Cited on Alleged Gender Pay Gap
- At Least 54 School Districts Have Contracts Dodging Michigan's Right-to-Work Law
- Trust Not in Obamacare Medicaid Promises
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
April 9, 2013
- Remembering Margaret Thatcher
- Thatcher and 1980s Musicians
- Thatcher's Legacy: Government Isn't the Boss of Me
- MEA Rehashes 'Report' on Center
- Medicaid Expansion Bad Bet for Michigan Taxpayers
- Why You Shouldn’t Care (Much) About Income or Wealth Inequality
- Taylor Teachers Fight Union Subversion of Right-to-Work Law
- Griffin Policy Forum: The Future of Labor Unions in Michigan
- Paul Williams RIP
- Despite Lack Of Jobs and Repeated Broken Promises, Legislature Proposes Extension Of Corporate Welfare Program
- April 5, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Research Associate Jarrett Skorup on Tony Conley Show
- The Preschool Paradox
- Taylor Teachers' Lawsuit Highlighted
- Don't Mistake Bridge Claims For Fact
- New Right-to-Work Website Can Help Union Workers Opt Out of Membership; Provides Information on Benefits of Being a Right-to-Work State
- Is the Problem In Detroit Really A Lack Of Revenue?
- Internet Sales Tax Legislation
- Vernuccio Participating in CMU Policy Forum
- March 29, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Center Cited in Wall Street Journal
- Center Research Cited on Prevailing Wage Repeal
- Teacher Merit Pay in India
- Voices of Right-to-Work: The Mackinac Center Investigates
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
April 2, 2013
- Elkhart Continues its Economic Growth
- Poll Results Could Be Positive Indicator For Right-to-Work Advocates
- Higher Scrutiny of Government 'Investments'
- Right-to-Work Is Here
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- MichiganVotes.org Describes 25,000th Bill
- Commentary: A Milestone for Michigan — Worker Freedom in the 'Big Labor' State
- Media Covers Schools Skirting RTW Law
- Van Beek Talks School Funding with Tony Conley
- Vernuccio to Discuss Right-to-Work
- Kroger Reaches Deal With Union Postponing Right-to-Work Law
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
March 26, 2013
- Midland/Auburn Right-to-Work in a Townhall Forum Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity
- Kent County Considers Land Bank Changes
- Center Analyst Discusses Film Subsidies
- SEIU Election Legitimacy Questioned by Some Union Members
- EAA Bill Has Problems
- March 22, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- It Was 50 Years Ago Today ...
- Detroit's Emergency Manager Must Enforce Rules City Officials Ignored
- College Admits Cooperating With Unions To Sidestep Right-to-Work Law
- 'Transformers 4' Taking $20M from Taxpayers
- Hollywood Transforms Itself to Milk Multiple States for Movie Money
- Center Experts Cited on Contract Extensions
- Tax-and-Spend Interests Pushing Medicaid Expansion
- New Strategies Needed for Dealing With Blight
- Motown on the Slab
- Center Expert on New Detroit EFM
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
March 19, 2013
- Michigan Airport Home To No Planes Or Hangars Receives Over $150K A Year In Tax Dollars
- Obamacare Medicaid Expansion a Budget Trap
- Obamacare Medicaid Expansion a 'Roach Motel?'
- Despite Claims, Michigan School Funding Higher Than a Decade Ago; Way More Than Decades Past
- Why You Shouldn’t Care (Much) About Income or Wealth Inequality
- It's Only (Capitalist) Rock 'n' Roll
- March 15, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- A Look Behind the Curtain
- Pope Francis and the Free Market
- National Review Highlights MCLF Lawsuit
- Commentary: House GOP Not Passing Senate Bill Continues Lansing Tradition Of Underfunding Pension System
- Medicaid Expansion Costs Michigan Taxpayers
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
March 12, 2013
- Brighton Right-to-Work in a Townhall Forum Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity
- Media Ignores Costs In Film Coverage
- Michigan School Privatization Survey 2012
- In Pontiac, MEA Local Raises $12K For School Supplies While Union Health Insurance Arm Sues District for $7.8 Million
- Sunshine Week 2013
- March 8, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- No Grand Rapids Carve-Out under EAA Bill
- Michigan Gets Flying Monkeys for $40 Million
- Van Beek Testifies on Great Start Expansion
- Michigan Taxpayers Already Paid for 'Oz'
- Center Scholar on WJR With Frank Beckmann
- Wright Discusses End of SEIU Dues Skim
- Grand Rapids/Belmont Right-to-Work in a Townhall Forum Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity
- Taylor Teachers' Lawsuit on Fox Business
- Medicaid Expansion: The Decisive Obamacare Battle
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
March 5, 2013
- IMPACT March/April 2013
- SEIU Dues Skim Comes to an End
- Gas Tax and Fee Discussion Worth Having
- Five Reasons the Government Shouldn’t Subsidize Higher Education
- Great Myths About Great Start
- Legislators Chip Away at Proposal A Property Tax Limits
- Balance Increased Road Spending with Cuts
- Time to 'Sequester' Arts Subsidies
- MCLF Press Conference: Taylor Teachers Sue Union and District
- Media Covers Taylor Teachers' Lawsuit
- New Emergency Manager for Detroit?
- Turnover Low in Highland Park Schools
- Union Violates Teacher's Right to Leave His Union
- Union is violating teacher’s right-to-work
- Taylor Teachers Fight Union Insecurity Clause
- Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit on Behalf of Three Teachers Against Taylor Federation of Teachers and the Taylor School District over Forced Dues Extension
- 17 for ’12: Legislature Keeps up Reform Pace
- Freeing Teachers from Decade of Forced Unionism
- Long Live Rock: Technology Throws a Lifeline
- Big Business Supports Minimum Wage Hikes
- Center Experts Cited in Reuters Stories
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
February 26, 2013
- Cumulative Weekly Roll Call Reports 2013
- Union Time on Your Dime
- February 22, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Alcohol Reform on Tap
- And the Academy Award Goes To ...
- Looking For Savings In The Corrections Budget
- Detroit's Problems Not Surprising
- Variety Isn't Discrimination
- College Subsidies Redistribute from Poor to Rich
- Government Funding of 'Scientific' Research
- Media Quickly Respond to Center's New Database
- Average Superintendent Compensation in Michigan
- The Facts on Subsidized College Degrees
- State Rep. Alleges 'Truancy' Among Homeschoolers
- Making Michigan Home Again: Rick Wadel's Story
- New Superintendent Compensation Database Available Online
- Tall Tales
- Right-to-Work in Michigan: A Visual Time Line
- Union Insecurity Clauses
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
February 19, 2013
- Questions About Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
- On Breughel and Brussels Sprouts
- Teachers Unions Locking in Forced Dues
- UAW President Bob King Admits Proposal 2 Was About Right-to-Work
- Road Funding or Film Subsidies?
- Reducing 'Best Practices' Money Best for Taxpayers
- Low-Salt Diet
- Bill Wilson Discusses RTW with Frank Beckmann
- Subsidized Housing for Government Workers
- More Is Never Enough
- UAW Prez: SEIU ‘Dues Skim’ More Important Than RTW
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
February 12, 2013
- Make Blue Cross Like Other Insurers, But Cancel the Health Endowment Fund
- February 8, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Michigan Teachers Second-Highest Paid in Nation
- Schools, Teachers, Should Proceed With Caution
- Union Conservatives On Right-to-Work
- Medicaid Expansion: Beware of Obamacare 'Gifts'
- Choice Between Two Tax Hikes No Choice At All
- Media's Assumption About Government Spending
- State Report: More Growth for Charter Students
- Teachers Unions Trying to Circumvent Law
- LaFaive: Privatize Mail Delivery
- Post Office Stopping Saturday Delivery
- Mackinac Center on Fox Business: MEA Contract Extensions
- Union Membership, Wages, Grow in RTW States
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
February 5, 2013
- Russell Kirk’s 10 Conservative Principles: An Appreciation
- The Common Ploy for More Funding
- Robots Are Good
- Smuggling Undermines Tobacco Tax Hike Goals
- School Choice Benefits Students
- School Choice, Funding, in the News
- School Choice Has Helped Michigan Students
- Gas Tax and Fee Discussion Worth Having
- Cesar Chavez Academy: Helping Detroit Students Achieve
- Cigarette Smuggling Remains High in Michigan, Elsewhere
- Worker Freedom in Michigan: The Road Ahead
- Just Say 'No' to Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
- February 1, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Three Cheers for Michigan House Democrats
- SEIU Dues Skim Surpasses $34 Million
- Cigarette Smuggling Study Explained
- Bridge Magazine on MEDC Audit Problems
- Heritage Foundation Touts Center on Right-to-Work
- Unions Fight to Use Dues for Politics
- Hazards of Long-Term Union Security Agreements
- DeVos Credits Mackinac Center on RTW Passage
- Measuring the Value of Charter Schools
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
January 29, 2013
- National School Choice Week
- Right-to-Work States Have Higher Incomes
- January 25, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Tough Road Ahead
- Charter Schools Produce Huge ROI
- Minnesota Eyes Higher Tobacco Taxes
- Huffington Post Blames Charter Schools for Serving Poor Kids
- Van Beek Discusses Charter Public School Study
- Is Right-to-Work Racist?
- Elkhart, Indiana: A Right-to-Work Recovery
- More Michigan Students Opt for School Choice
- Huffington Post Gets Charter School Study Wrong
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
January 22, 2013
- Ethanol Subsidies Costly, Damaging
- January 18, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Legislative Expert Discusses Auto Dealer Laws
- State of the State: Union Protests Outside Capitol
- State of the State: Union Protests Outside Capitol
- History, Economics and Right-to-Work
- Ed. Establishment Downplays Charter Study
- Birmingham Latest District to Exploit Schools of Choice
- Charter School Market Working
- Electric Car Owners Get a Free Ride in Ann Arbor
- Media Skews Charter Public School Study
- Gov. Snyder’s 2013 State of the State Address Included Eight Proposed Government Expansions, Two Limitations
- Multiplier Analyses Often Abused
- Michigan Charter Schools a Smashing Success
- Labor Expert Addresses Prevailing Wage
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
January 15, 2013
- Taylor Named New Chairman of Mackinac Center Board of Directors
- Collapse of Higher-Ed Bubble Draws Near
- Government Is Different From Unions
- Plan to Privatize Belle Isle Unveiled
- Media Cites Center Study on Cigarette Smuggling
- A Matter of Perspective
- January 11, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call
- Movin' On Up: Michigan Improving Its Outmigration Rank
- Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery
- County Commissioner Touts Reed's 'Seven Principles'
- Michigan a Cigarette Smuggling Haven
- MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
January 8, 2013
- Analysis: High Cigarette Taxes Contributing to Increased Smuggling Rates in Michigan, Elsewhere
- Higher Cigarette Taxes Create Lucrative, Dangerous Black Market
- Iceberg Ahead: Unions May Play Right-to-Work Off on Teachers
- WingsWorld
- Government ‘Authorities’ Run Amok
- Reform Starts in the States, Not in Washington
- The Conservative Environmentalist
- Vernuccio Discusses Snyder Recall on Fox Business
- Warren Mayor Giving Away Anti-RTW Bumper Stickers
- Right-to-Work Gives Teachers a Choice
- Michigan Migration in a Holding Pattern
- Media Highlights 'Missed Votes' Report
- Lawsuit Against Highland Park Schools Misguided
- December 27, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call