Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Agriculture consultant James DeYoung says farmers in Michigan are under attack by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Farmers came to Lansing today to show their frustrations with the department and call for changes. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gwXqX7ZT @MichiganEGLE

Michigan lawmakers raised money from business taxes over the past two years only to hand it over to a few businesses. That’s not how state government is supposed to work.

Disastrous paid sick leave changes were averted, but political dithering cost businesses steeply in time and legal fees.

Michigan's minimum wage is rising to $15 by 2027, but research shows the biggest impact won’t be on wages—it will be on lost job opportunities, especially for younger workers, students, and the disabled.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has?talked the talk?about occupational licensing, saying she wants to make Michigan’s regulatory structure better. It’s less clear whether the departments she oversees, and the Legislature, will walk the walk.

Michigan lawmakers raised money from business taxes over the past two years only to hand it over to a few businesses. That’s not how state government is supposed to work.

Union contracts should not protect drunken teachers.

On March 15, 2020 Gov. Whitmer issued an executive order regulating the sale of literally every product in the entire state. It was an early sign that the Whitmer administration believed it could unilaterally issue dictates about any policy, not just those related to public health. https://lnkd.in/gYCnzFUi

It would be best if lawmakers stopped pretending that they’re doing good work with so-called free federal money.

Disastrous paid sick leave changes were averted, but political dithering cost businesses steeply in time and legal fees.