Welcome to the inaugural issue of Michigan Capitol Confidential, a new bimonthly publication of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Inside, you will find a review and analysis of important state legislative policy issues that did not always receive attention from the general media. Michigan Capitol Confidential will also make it easier to keep tabs on your elected representatives in Lansing.
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License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing is the first national study to measure how burdensome occupational licensing laws are for lower-income workers and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Michigan has one of the most burdensome licensing requirements. Our state forces people to take classes and pay money to the state for things like painting, floor sanding, cutting hair and low-level carpentry. Few other states require that.
