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Court Rules in Favor of Mackinac Center Clients

Ruling says union and district violated right-to-work law Read more

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2016 Was Good For Michigan

Economy is growing and shows no signs of stopping Read more

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Why Are Michigan House Republicans Continuing These Union Scams?

New Legislature should take up pension spiking, release time in 2017 Read more

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Legislature Reins In Judges’ Power to Deny Parole

A prisoner’s chances at parole can no longer be rejected by a random judge Read more

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Plenty of Good Reasons to Oppose Business Subsidies

Giving taxpayer dollars to developers is ineffective Read more

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Time To Fix MPSERS Pension Problem

Unfunded liabilities will grow so long as lawmakers let them Read more

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Licensing Lobbyists Say Rolling Back Interior Designer Rules Will Cost Lives

Florida fight shows how ridiculous many regulations are Read more

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Lawmakers Prohibit Local Bans on Plastic Bags

Michigan likely to join 16 states with uniformity laws Read more

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Profiles in Courage in Defense of Taxpayers

Cotter and Chatfield hold the line on cronyism Read more

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Critic Still Misses Mark on Detroit Charter Research

The trouble with doubling down on anti-DeVos criticism Read more

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Michigan House Rejects Cronyism Bills

‘TIF on steroids’ legislation dead for now Read more

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Bad Santa: Trump Risks Cronyist Blowout with Carrier Incentives

Draining the swamp by creating new ones Read more

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Michigan Legislature Passes Sensible Transportation Reforms

Uber, Lyft and taxis to play by the same rules Read more

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Michigan Legislature Set to End Union Schemes

Special ‘release time’ and pension spiking arrangements unfair to taxpayers Read more

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Why School Choice is So Valuable

Detroit Schools doesn’t expect academic progress for a decade Read more

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Infrastructure Funding Principles

Eight things the governor’s 21st Century Infrastructure Commission should remember Read more

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Michigan’s Licensing Laws Prevent Poor from Accessing Health Care

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Free Trade Agreements Have Been Good For America

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Don’t Impose Granholm-era Mandates on Michigan Energy

With new federal regulations likely, legislators should wait on energy reform Read more

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Pension Officials Mislead Lawmakers

Bureaucrats attempt to scuttle pension reform with inaccurate and irrelevant information Read more

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Mackinac Scholars Challenge Tourism Officials to Debate

Letter sent to key proponents of Pure Michigan campaign Read more

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School Choice on the National Stage

How Can New Education Secretary Best Advance Opportunities? Read more

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After Election Season, Economic Liberty Please

Lesson from a state-by-state study: Liberty promotes prosperity Read more

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Un-Making a Murderer

Preventing crimes provides huge cost savings Read more

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State Not Transparent with Effectiveness of Multi-Million-Dollar Program

New Pure Michigan study questions advertising expenditure Read more

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