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Michigan Capitol Confidential Election 2014 Coverage

… order to pay off Hollywood movies.  Dale Rogers: “YES! YES! YES! to MEDC transparency reforms and NO! NO! NO! to the state of Michigan giving out subsidies … will save Michigan taxpayers $400 million a year. Repeal it.” Al Gui: “[MEDC programs] lead to a lack of a code of conduct which translates to shadowy …

More Transparency From State Agencies Desperately Needed This Sunshine Week

Taxpayers deserve to know effectiveness of Pure Michigan advertising

… from the department that would allow it to verify MEDC’s claims. Throughout this time, some requests were … a contractor. The most recent response from the MEDC failed to address why certain documents were withheld under the Freedom of Information Act. “Greater transparency from state agencies is desperately needed,” …

State's Corporate Welfare Agency Hasn't Faced Real Media Scrutiny

… Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), which is the state’s corporate … responsibility to demand that MEDC provide basic transparency. It wasn't necessarily … chain. The idea behind all of MEDC’s various programs and credits … vigorously pursuing the MEDC transparency issue.

Latest MEGA Expansion Won’t Improve Michigan

… While there are some good transparency efforts in the bill, the … business. The bill will give the MEDC more credits to award for the … estimated value alone. The transparency piece of the bills simply requires the MEDC to publish some information … state law necessitating it. The MEDC used to provide a lot more …

MEDC-Endorsed Bet on Horse Track Now Under Investigation by Wayne Co.

… racecourse employees. However, an MEDC memo dated Sept. 23, 2008, … independent contractors." The MEDC memo states the course would … working at the racecourse. The MEDC estimated that the project … $6.5 million in tax credits. MEDC spokesman Michael Shore stated … MEDC needs accountability, transparency - Livingston Daily Editorial …

Other States Divulge What Michigan's Corporate Welfare Arm Keeps Secret

… they understand that such transparency is not disclosing corporate … consistently provide this level of transparency, Massachusetts and Missouri … other special treatment, the MEDC stopped doing so. Six years … liabilities from deals the MEDC had made with companies to … current law prohibits such transparency, nothing prohibits Gov. …

GM’s Corporate Welfare Must Be Disclosed Under Unanimous Michigan Supreme Court Opinion

Mackinac Center’s arguments influence the Court’s analysis

… unanimous opinion in Sole v. MEDC is a win for taxpayers and transparency that draws substantially … significant rebuke to GM and the MEDC, the Court held that the MEDC must disclose, without redactions, … corporate subsides. As of 2020, the MEDC admitted it could still owe …

Executive Summary

… emphasis on government "transparency" has led to the publication … This failure in government transparency is ultimately the responsibility … of basic questions that an MEDC spokesperson encouraged the … major parties have decried the MEDC's lack of transparency, and the Michigan Office …

Corporate Welfare Schemes Need Transparency

Mackinac Center commentary in Detroit Free Press

Michigan’s corporate welfare programs, which should be eliminated, at the very least need more transparency, according to an Op-Ed in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press co-authored by Assistant Director of Fiscal Policy James Hohman and Eric Mosher, a program associate at the Public Interest Research Group. …

Awarded Millions, Wind Turbine Company Defaults on State Loan

State gives very little information on companies it subsidizes

… Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) report had boasted that Ventower … evaluating how effective the MEDC's incentives are, people shouldn't … if a recently enacted MEDC transparency law works as intended. … MEDC Questioned About its Transparency Pressure Mounting for MEDC Transparency MEGA Failure: Job Projections …