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A Federal Bill to Loosen Licensing Requirements

And a step for Michigan to follow suit

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Criminal Justice in a Free Society

Mackinac Center announces criminal justice initiative

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Imaginary Murder Pets Versus Michelle Obama

Society uses the free market: It’s super effective!

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Vet Saves Dog's Life, Family is Happy – State Sanctions Him

The problem with occupational licensing

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No Easy Answers in Highland Park

Students continue to flee troubled district

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Blown Away By Flawed Research on Jobs Program

Michigan spent millions with little to show for it

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Occupational Licensing Costs Hurt Working Class Michiganders

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Michigan Adequacy Study Shows the State Already Spends Plenty on Education

New study provides few clear-cut answers

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How Bad Investment Rate Projections Cause Pension Underfunding

Municipal discount rate assumptions prove to be costly

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I Don’t Have Answers to These Questions

There aren't always easy answers to policy questions

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Commemorating the Repeal of the Stamp Act

The history of transaction taxes in America

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New Evidence: Film Incentives Still Don’t Work

Research from Michael Thom analyzes a variety of programs

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A $4.6 Billion Transit Millage Is a Tax Too Far for Detroit

Time to question the benefits of the Regional Transit Authority

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MSU Scholar Ignores School Revenue Sources

Says revenue has been cut

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More School Spending is Still Unlikely to Boost Achievement

A response to a critique of ‘School Spending and Student Achievement in Michigan: What’s the Relationship’

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Gov. Snyder Vetoes Bill Limiting Consumer Auto Parts Choices

HB 4344 would have increased red tape for consumers and businesses

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State Government Up to Its Eyeballs in Pension Debt

Unfunded pension liabilities dwarf state’s other borrowing

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Moving Forward on Forfeiture Reform

Michigan is only partway there

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'I Don’t Know My Country Anymore'

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New Study Shows Positive Effects of Ridesharing

Introduction of Uber decreases crash rates and DUIs

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House Refuses to Ration School Choice for Detroit Parents, Children

Let parents, not a new bureaucracy, choose schools

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Cut Corporate Welfare to Help Balance State Budget

Tenuous relationship between corporate welfare and economic health

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Pure Michigan: An Economic Development Program That Doesn’t Create Any Development

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As Right-to-Work Expands, So Do Union Membership Rolls

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Legislature Makes it More Difficult to Use Inexpensive Car Parts

Will Gov. Snyder veto the bill?

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