Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Dr. Theodore Bolema (Mackinac Center for Public Policy) talks about an upcoming forum on expanding the electricity market, Kate Oselin (National Geographic) talks about the true story of Solomon Northrup who the Oscar nominated movie "12 Years A Slave" is based on and writer/lecturer George Moss (UofM-Flint Dept...

Senior Legal Analyst Jack McHugh at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy talks about Medicaid expansion in Michigan followed by ARMCHAIR POLITICS LIVE at Alexander J's on The Tom Sumner Program Monday July 22 beginning at 3 p.m. The public is invited...

On Monday's Conversations with Jason Cooper, we'll be joined by Michael Reitz, Executive Vice President at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Reitz will discuss government transparency and changes they would like to see made to the Freedom of Information Act...

Wendi Fornier, Marketing and Media Relations Manager at The Whiting will be in studio to discuss the upcoming season. We'll also be joined by Michael Van Beek, Director of Education Policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. We'll be talking about the situation with the Buena Vista school district, the governor's Educational Achievement Authority, and the Flint School District's plans to eli

On Monday's Conversations with Jason Cooper we'll be joined by Derk Wilcox, Senior Attorney at the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, to discuss the lawsuit filed last week on the behalf of three teachers against the Taylor Federation of Teachers and the Taylor School District over forced dues extension...

On Thursday's Conversations with Jason Cooper, we'll be joined by Steven Bucci, Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, to talk about sequestration and how it could affect our military...

Carriage Town Ministries Executive Director Dallas Gatlin will be on to discuss their mission and the need for assistance during the holidays. Also, Michael LaFaive, fiscal policy director at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, will be on to give some post election perspective...

A review of Michigan ballot proposals with Patrick Wright from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Armchair Politics broadcasting LIVE from The White Horse on The Tom Sumner Program Monday October 22 beginning at 6 p.m.The public is invited...

An article on Michigan Capitol Confidential says news reports out of Indiana are suggesting that  Gov. Mitch Daniels and a majority of the Legislature are likely to act quickly on a right-to-work bill that could be introduced this week. Michael ...

A new analysis by James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, says that each Chevy Volt sold so far, may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it – a total of $3 billion altogether. I...