As mentioned here before, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is hosting a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, in the Oakland County Commissioners Auditorium to look at how new media outlets are changing the political landscape.…
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New Media’s Impact – Panel October 21 2010
Mackinac Center Files Motion for Reconsideration
Will The Michigan Supreme Court ACT?
I had mentioned before that the Michigan Supreme Court remanded the day care unionization case Loar v. DHS to the Michigan Court of Appeals for an explanation of its rejection of the lawsuit, which claims that the unionization of Michigan’s…
MI Supreme Court Says Appeals Court Has Some Explaining To Do
Hanger 42 – Celluoid Burns Like Napalm
Perhaps no one has yet noticed the similarity between the name and the amount (percentage) of credit provided to film makers for their “investments” into the Michigan Economy? Could it be possible, the sheer audacity of what now appears to…
Granholm Wants No Jobs Left Behind When She Is Gone.
30,000 jobs could be lost with tax hikes, but losses eventually moderate to 13,500 if tax cuts phased in Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s tax hike proposal would cost as many as 30,000 Michigan jobs in the first year, according to research…
Michigan Capitol Confidential A Great Resource
If you have not yet had the opportunity to get over to Capitol Confidential, now is as good a time as any. With original reporting spawned by research of the Mackinac Center and other leading news sources around the state,…
10AM Lehman on Glenn Beck TODAY June 09 2010 Overton Window
Beck’s new book borrows title, premise from theory developed by Center scholar MIDLAND — Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman is scheduled to appear live on The Glenn Beck Program during the 10 a.m. hour EDT (or second hour if…
Michigan Education Association Ads Fail Fact-Check
Claims of ‘concessions’ and doing ‘more with less’ are unsupported, misleading or false The Michigan Education Association is airing television and radio advertisements that are misleading the public, according to Michael Van Beek, director of education policy at the Mackinac…