Benefits of Switch Data Center Likely to be Exaggerated, Unverified
Transparency would end speculation on effects of tax exemption deal — and the deal itself Read more
Criminal Intent Reform: Lessons from Ohio
Prosecutors’ dissatisfaction with existing language was a key Read more
Was President Eisenhower Prescient on Global Warming Alarmists?
Add 'scientific-technological elite' to Ike’s 'military-industrial complex' warning Read more
The MEDC’s Pure Michigan Puffery: Part II
Reforms could make agency more credible Read more
MEDC’s Pure Michigan Puffery: Part I
Agency claims about success deserve more scrutiny Read more
Let's Make a (Special) Deal: Legislators Can't Shake the Habit
A few months after the cost of previous deals shock, state looks to hand out more sugar Read more
$1 Cigarette Tax Hike Helps Smugglers, Not Health Outcomes
Prohibition by price drives consumers to alternatives Read more
Lawmakers Rushing Through Special Tax Breaks
Will GOP backtrack on select deals? Read more
Capping Retirement Contributions Changes Few District Incentives
State aid could easily fluctuate Read more
State Pension Plans Are Unsustainable
Funding liabilities would cost $5,400 per capita Read more
Will Republicans Backtrack on Corporate Welfare Cuts?
Many economic development programs receive bipartisan support Read more
Do Not Assume Economic Development Spending is Effective
Is economic development a nuclear arms race? Read more
Energy Laws are Next on the Agenda of State Lawmakers
Understanding this tough issue Read more
Headaches of Road Funding and Courser-Gamrat Scandal Now Blowing In the Wind
GOP House has monkeys off its back Read more
A Lesson from the Land of Lincoln: Electricity Competition Works
Michiganders could have saved $10.6 billion in energy costs Read more
China’s One-Child Policy and the ‘Ultimate Resource’
The costs of China's recently lifted reproductive restrictions Read more
Legislature Examines Overcriminalization
Two bills propose solutions to criminal intent problem Read more
Pension Predictions Fall Short
Defined-benefit plans don't get funded, they get underfunded Read more
A Closer Look: Michigan Radio Columnist Calls for Shuttering Charter Schools
Liberal columnist thinks best charters only open to 'well connected' Read more
Beware 'Wimpy' Tax Cut Promises
Politicians will gladly give tax relief later for a big tax increase today Read more
Praise for REI and Also Retailers Open On Black Friday
There’s no shame in freedom Read more
October 23, 2015 MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call Report
Gas tax hike, road funding, criminalization, more Read more
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Pension Underfunding Has a Cause — But it is Not Smaller Workforces
Pensions do not operate like Social Security Read more