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…
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Contracting Savings On School District Support Services
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…
Smoking Ban Effect Hazy?
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…
News Conference on U-M Unionization of Research Assistants
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…
Michigan Freedom To Work Video
Nice work Mackinac Center! Great job in documenting the roll out of Michigan Freedom To Work.
Tools Become Available
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…
State Hides Voting Records
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…
Michigan Education Financial Comparison?
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…
Zarko FOIA Case Continues With New Action
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…
DHS Director Corrigan: They Are NOT Employees
State of Michigan to Stop Illegal ‘Union Dues’ Withdrawals From Checks to Home-Based Day Care Providers ‘Fantastic news’ needs to be coupled with legislative action to prevent similar schemes in the future, says Mackinac Center attorney MIDLAND — A spokesperson for…