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CapCon Digs Up Megasite Deals as Local Backlash Grows

… unique opportunity available. The MEDC wanted to move quickly to get the site … CapCon reported on the lack of transparency involving the land in 2023. Michigan … but the new plan supported by the MEDC called for an industrial megasite. … a nondisclosure agreement with the MEDC. Residents did not stop there. They …

Pure Michigan Reform Ideas Gaining Traction

… tenets of scholarly publication: transparency. That’s unacceptable because the MEDC uses the ROI numbers to justify $34 … investigate the methodology used by the MEDC’s contractor or conduct their own study … suggested that lawmakers prohibit the MEDC from being the agency that hires the …

Speaking Up

… In 2009, he challenged the MEDC to post the names of companies … incentives they are awarded. The MEDC is now doing so. The state … “indirect” jobs numbers in MEDC reports, another transparency-enhancing idea. Instead, the MEDC will only count actual new …

Mackinac Center Legal Expertise Gets High-Profile Recognition

… particular expertise. We are proud to announce that in the case Sole v. MEDC, the Michigan Supreme Court asked us for a brief on the issue of transparency in economic development programs. In another case, TPOAM v. Renner, …

Center Upends State Incentive for Suspicious Film Studio Deal

… of the Michigan Film Office nor the MEDC would confirm or deny approval of the … the while, bills to require more transparency with film office dealings had been … as reason for more film office transparency. Also amidst all of this, Michigan … between Lockwood and others in the MEDC regarding Hangar42. Lockwood told the …

The Overton Window of Political Possibility

A case study

… Growth Authority (MEGA), exemplified the flaws of a department, such as the MEDC, that picks winners and losers in the private market. 2012: Gov. Rick Snyder … Michael D. LaFaive published a policy brief criticizing MEGA’s lack of transparency. The brief described difficulties in obtaining records and data from …