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It is a Waste of Money to Give More Tax Dollars to State Universities

Tuition is up, students are down, administrators make more, and manage more buildings Read more

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State Licensing Didn’t Stop Funeral Home Horror Shows

Policymakers should review areas where licenses are required Read more

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Forfeiture Laws Take Aim at Major Drug Dealers But Hit Poor Most Often

New reforms would help Read more

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Don’t Confuse Cold Weather Snap for Climate Change

Swings in temperatures have always happened in Michigan Read more

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Supreme Court: Constitution’s ‘Excessive Fines’ Clause Can Apply to Civil Asset Forfeiture

Will this have an effect in Michigan? Read more

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Business Subsidies Are Bad All Over

Hype determines policies more than effectiveness Read more

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Saving Money for Michigan Workers

Workers should be able to keep their money Read more

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State of the System

Criminal justice reforms should be made a priority Read more

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Pension Tax Affected 8 Percent Of All Taxpayers

It’s a lot of people and a lot of revenue Read more

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Union Membership Continues to Drop Nationwide

The Janus decision is having an effect on membership Read more

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Michigan’s Democratic Governor Pushes Special Corporate Tax Break

There are more important priorities Read more

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Dead Last In Payments to Local Governments And Everything Else

The dangers of relying on outdated data Read more

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The Free-Market Case for a Clean Slate

Clean-slate laws help people reintegrate into the workforce Read more

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Get Used to It

The wonderful world of energy rationing Read more

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Justice in a Free Society

Why criminal justice reform matters to liberty lovers Read more

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Auditor General Report Questions Michigan Strategic Fund and MBDP Jobs Program

The MBDP is a failure and should be shut down Read more

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MSU Report Distorts School Funding Picture

Education revenues on track, Michigan near middle of pack Read more

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Taxing the Poor to Pay for Your Electric Car

Push for EV charging infrastructure is a wealth transfer from ratepayers to wealthy EV owners Read more

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New Business Subsidies Authorized in Michigan

Lawmakers overwhelmingly supported corporate welfare Read more

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How Right-to-Work Affected Michigan’s State Employee Unions

See the status of five of the state's top unions Read more

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More Budget Reform Ideas for 2019

Plenty of useless spending can be cut this year Read more

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Michigan Charter Schools Turn 25

Quarter century later, educational choice needs renewed vigilance Read more

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Even After Right-to-Work, Unions Still Big Political Spenders in Michigan

Organized labor gave millions to Democratic candidates and groups in 2018 Read more

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Think corporate welfare isn’t a waste? Read these studies

Research continues to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of these programs Read more

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Michigan Can Continue to Thrive in 2019

Better public policy will bring more people to the state Read more

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