Are Competition And Consumer Choice In Education Good Or Bad?
Apologists for poor schools say ‘bad,’ despite their disparate impact on poor and minority children Read more
Is it Constitutional to Require Criminal Defendants to Fund Their Own Prosecution?
State Supreme Court considers whether to hear a case presenting this question Read more
Back To The Future With Renewable Energy Puffery
Who benefits if families must pay more to get the same amount of electric power? Read more
Study on Arkansas Tourism Campaign Should Make You Scratch Your Head about Pure Michigan
If economic impacts are as stated, the tourism industry should pay for its own ad campaign Read more
The Steel Industry, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay for New Soo Lock
Industry should pay for the services it uses Read more
State Corporate Welfare Winner Released from Prison
Convicted Embezzler Once Shared Stage with Gov. Granholm Read more
State’s Education Woes Require Full Assessment
BLM report takes on key myths but misses complete picture Read more
Where Michigan Lawmakers Stand on ‘Right to Try’ Laws
Allowing terminally ill Americans the ability to try experimental medicine Read more
Pure Fiction: State Tourism Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignores Costs
The full cost of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign is ignored Read more
Bipartisanship on Criminal Justice Reform Continues to Grow
Common ground needed to overcome current shortcomings of justice system Read more
A Look At The State Budget for Business Subsidies
Old ideas get new taxpayer cash Read more
What Michigan Government Lacks in Transparency
Billions in business subsidies still can’t be disclosed Read more
Want Money For Roads? Take It from This Failing Program
Michigan Business Development Program funding should end Read more
Salt Bill Would Raises Prices On All To Benefit One Company
Senate Bill 363 is held up in the Michigan House Read more
Put ISD Funding on Education Budget Table
While agency spending grows, Guv seeks student-based cuts Read more
Property Tax Revenue On a Slow Rise
Value of property increased 12 percent over past four years Read more
State Corporate Welfare Agency Picks Winners That Turn Out To Be Losers
Program officials subsidize Cherry Growers, Inc., company goes bankrupt Read more
Detroit Schools Will Sell to a Prison, But Not a Charter School
Moves criticized by parents and community members Read more
State’s MBDP Job Creation Claims an Inconvenient Fiction
Just because government says its effective doesn’t mean it is Read more
Education Budget Should Back Parents' Priorities
Snyder's proposal undercuts cyber school, shared time options Read more
Michigan Is Not a Windy State
The true cost of wind in Michigan is beginning to become clear Read more
Michigan’s Long 'Bad Driver Tax' Nightmare Will Finally End
A revenue-grab from the state's lost decade left a trail of social costs and broken lives Read more
Meet Some Law Enforcement Officers Who Support Forfeiture Reform
Michigan Legislature should strengthen property rights Read more
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State Funding for Universities Continues Upward Climb
Lawmakers should question what taxpayers get for more money Read more