Governments cite debunked ALICE study to justify welfare spending
United Way’s methodology miscalculates and overstates poverty
How will a Michigan homeschool registry make students safer?
Politicians who advocate the idea will not answer the question
Whitmer ignores taxpayer in school lunch pitch
State of the State speech gives credit to politicians, not the public, for funding 2.8 million school lunches daily
Bring back the public benefit
If Whitmer is cutting our costs, why are we all paying more?
The simple truth that Michigan’s population council can’t tell
Want to make Michigan competitive? Let people keep their money and send less of it to Lansing
Michigan lawmaker admits: Free lunch is taxpayer-funded
Universal school lunch is a bill footed by taxpayers, not a gift given by politicians
An invitation to help CapCon find the news
Michigan Capitol Confidential is going local in 2024
Whitmer’s population council shoots blanks
Growing Michigan Together report long on groupthink, short on ideas for growing state population
Why you should never believe corporate welfare promises
Planners’ forecast for Ford plant was comically wrong; will anybody be held to account?
Michigan lawmaker calls for homeschool registry
Foster care is already regulated by the state
Blaming homeschoolers for foster abuse is a dodge
The state has better tools to protect children and should not be targeting families
Electric vehicles scar the environment
Moving around energy costs harms the earth more than you know
Growing Michigan Together Council omits energy transition
If Michigan’s energy transition is the path to prosperity, why doesn’t Whitmer’s advisory board say so?
Selective subsidies are a losing strategy for Michigan
Corporate welfare does not fuel high-growth states and is not the answer for Michigan
The missteps of the Michigan Legislature were many in 2023
Forced unionization, pork, and corporate welfare are the story of first half of the 102nd Legislature
In Michigan, central planning is not the path to freedom
If you disagree with elected officials, there is a process for that. Not so much for bureaucrats.
Hill Harper and the problem of financial disclosure in Michigan
Feds have teeth to police incomplete financial disclosures; under bills headed to Whitmer’s desk, Michigan does not
Is democracy too messy in Michigan?
While voters speak up in Oakland and Mecosta County, Lansing lawmakers dismantle local control
Three years later, Michigan court rules Michigan State illegally withheld information
Michigan lawmakers must close FOIA loopholes
Whitmer might sign fewer laws with Democratic majority
With a Republican legislature, Whitmer signed 278 laws last year. She’s below 200 in 2023.
Lansing treats taxpayer money like Publishers Clearing House
Lawmakers bring home large, taxpayer-funded checks to their communities. Literally and figuratively.
So you want to move to Michigan? Here’s the reality
$20M marketing blitz won’t mask Michigan’s problems, but an engaged public can help
There is no such thing as ‘the state’s dime’
There are no free school lunches, rides on the QLine, or community college classes; taxpayers always foot the bill.
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