Commentary

Road Debt Gives Michigan Little Other Than Interest Payments

Taking on more debt isn't the answer to fund road repairs

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Analysis

Without Context, Water Use Claims Are Misleading (Millions? Billions? Trillions?)

Water use debate often occurs in an information vacuum

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News Story

These Teachers Earning More Under ‘Right To Work For Less’

Their union is getting less, though

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Commentary

A Good Economy Means More State Revenue Without a Tax Hike

Whether this revenue will go to lawmakers’ highest priority is a different question

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News Story

Motorists Already Doing More For Roads Without Another Tax Hike

'Nothing?' Drivers paying $298 million more gas tax + $226 million more license plate tax in 2020

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News Story

Gov. Whitmer Says Michigan Carmaker Jobs Up; They’re Not

And subsidized job projections not the same as actual jobs

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Detroit School’s Response On Costly Travel Expenses Raise More Questions

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Moving Company Reports More Customers Leave Michigan Than Move Here

State will likely lose another seat in Congress after next census

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Commentary

Public Transit: Moving Few at a Huge Expense

More people walk to work in Michigan than use public transit

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Commentary

Lawmakers Should Not Resurrect Pure Michigan Subsidy Program

Its funding should stay at zero

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News Story

Motorists Still Paying For Engler And Granholm’s Road Debt

Payments on those bonds use transportation tax dollars that would otherwise go to fix today’s roads

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News Story

Water Bottler A Drop In The Trillions Of Gallons That Fall On Michigan

State appears awash in water

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News Story

‘The Nation’ Blames Michigan GOP For Cuts In School Budgets Signed By Dem Governor

Cuts came during single-state recession; funding only higher since GOP gained trifecta in 2011

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Commentary

Democratic Minority Voters Overwhelmingly Favor School Choice

Don’t downplay party’s racial divide on charter schools

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Commentary

Michigan Lawmakers on Pace for the Smallest Increase in Business Subsidies

Legislators reduced some corporate welfare spending

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Commentary

Forfeiture Cases Can Take Years, Even for the Innocent; Supreme Court May Help

Mackinac Center signs onto amicus brief in Salgado v. United States

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News Story

Bill Extends Criminal Sanctions To Eavesdropping Via Siri, Alexa, Smart TVs

Law’s definitions of eavesdropping, surveillance, secret records date from 1966

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News Story

More Inaccurate Media On Amount Michigan Taxpayers Pay For Schools

Reports do reveal what school establishments want public to think about how much they get

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News Story

Nature Outstrips Commerce In Discharging Great Lakes Water

St. Lawrence River removes more Great Lakes water in two minutes than bottling plant does in a year

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Commentary

‘Trump Tax Cuts’ Have Benefited Union Workers

Almost everyone got a tax cut

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News Story

This Land Is Your Land - But Under These Bills Not The Water

'Public trust doctrine' and 'collective' ownership mean government permission required

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News Story

CapCon’s Top 10 Stories For 2019

Road Fix That Wasn’t, Gun-Free Zones, 1,100 Windmills Won’t Replace This Coal Plant

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More Michigan Internet Purchases Taxed Starting New Year’s Day

Some out-of-state sales tax collections began earlier; this new law adds another $80 million a year

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News Story

Michigan Nurse Sues Teamsters For Taking Illegal Union Dues

Genesys Medical also on the hook for going along

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News Story

Decade’s Top 10 Legislators For Missing Votes: 9 Represented Detroit

Site that tracks state representative and senator yeas and nays also shows not present

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