Yesterday was Michigan’s birthday. Our state has undergone a great deal of change over the last 175 years, and today can serve well as a history lesson for the country and itself. Especially given the recent discussion with regard to government owned bridges, light rail, and other stimulus &...
As a new Michigan state committee meets on liquor control, statistical analysis finds liquor prices higher in states Like Michigan Hidden cost of state’s liquor regime estimated to raise prices by up to 6.3 percent, potentially more than doubling Michigan’s state sales tax for liquor
Center’s 2011 School Privatization Survey Shows That for First Time, Majority of Michigan Districts Contract With Private Vendors for Food, Custodial or Transportation Services 295 of 550 districts — 53.6 percent — now contract at least one major service to the private sector, up from 31.0 percent in 2001 MIDLAND —...
Well only if one wants it to be. I might add, that I am aware of a bar in the thumb area which has not only lost regulars because of this ban signed into law by the worst governor in the state of Michigan’s history, it has now had...
Mackinac Center Legal Foundation to Hold News Conference Thursday Regarding Unionization of Graduate Student Research Assistants at University of Michigan Press conference set for 10:30 a.m. at Michigan Union MIDLAND — Patrick J. Wright, director of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, will announce a major development regarding the attempted...
Nice work Mackinac Center! Great job in documenting the roll out of Michigan Freedom To Work.
New Online Database Provides Unique ‘Context and Performance’ Information for Every Standard Michigan Public High School Data for 678 schools range from ACT and MME scores to percentage of students qualifying for federal school lunch subsidies; chance to ‘uncover hidden gems’ MIDLAND — A new online database released today...
At least that is what the end result will be for some, as the state of Michigan removes its links to the popular “Michigan Votes” website operated by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland based think tank. The links to the transparency site which have been up...
Center Study Compares Financial Data for Michigan’s Urban, Suburban, Town and Rural School Districts Study analyzes revenue and operational spending for all Michigan school districts during seven-year period, ‘may call a few conventional notions into question,’ says study’s author MIDLAND — A new report released today by the Mackinac...
Mackinac Center and Michigan Press Association to File Documents With Michigan Supreme Court in Key FOIA Case School district’s FOIA denial yesterday suggests last year’s Court of Appeals ruling may be deployed to hide public employees’ use of government resources to plan illegal activities
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