Detroit Free Press
Film incentives aren’t worth the cost. Don’t bring them back to Michigan
“Film producers, not state economies, are the winners from the subsidies.”
James Hohman, Director of Fiscal Policy, and Jarrett Skorup, Vice President of Communications and Marketing
The Detroit News
Michigan Reconnect needs reform
“Because the state is not collecting any data about the kind of jobs Reconnect graduates are getting, it’s hard to know if that information is true. Yet state officials seem bent on expanding the no-strings-attached scholarships, heedless of the lackluster results to date for both beneficiaries and taxpayers.”
Jennifer Majorana, Policy Analyst
Reason
A Decade After Bankruptcy, Is Detroit Better?
“Competent city management can improve the quality of life for Detroiters. But there’s no policy that Washington or Lansing lawmakers can put in place to force city officials to manage their services better.”
James Hohman, Director of Fiscal Policy
The American Spectator
School Choice Is Empowering Students and Teachers — And Devastating Unions
“One reason why is Janus: The decision has cost unions hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue because they can no longer force public employees to pay them dues.”
Jarrett Skorup, Vice President of Communications and Marketing
Washington Examiner
Electric vehicles are the least effective way of satisfying consumers’ needs
“Mandates from on high should always concern customers and voters because they are inefficient and take away consumer choice.”
Jason Hayes, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy
American Institute for Economic Research
Canary in a Cigarette Smuggling Coal Mine
“Banning menthol cigarettes would only exacerbate America’s substantial trade in cigarette tax evasion and avoidance, this time with an assist from transnational crime syndicates.”
Michael LaFaive, Senior Director of Fiscal Policy, and Todd Nesbit, Adjunct Scholar