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Mackinac Center

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Mackinac Center

@MackinacCenter

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a free-market think tank dedicated to improving the quality of life of the people of Michigan.

Midland, Michigan

Joined February 2009

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May 21, 2025
The @MackinacCenter is a research and educational institute that advances the principles of limited government and freedom. We challenge government overreach and advocate for free-market approaches to public policy that enable people to realize their potential and their
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Jan 9, 2025
It's not the climate, it's the fuel.
Once again, it's not the climate, it's the fuel
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Mackinac Center
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Sep 3, 2024
The right to refuse to associate with those whom we disagree with is essential to free speech.
Public sector unions should only speak for their members
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Mackinac Center
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Jun 4, 2024
When government employees plainly state they’re not experts on an issue, is it advisable to trust them to regulate it?
‘We’re not experts,’ says state agency given authority over placements of wind and solar energy...
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Mackinac Center
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May 6, 2024
The worst path is more solar and wind, yet that’s the road that policymakers have chosen. By choosing energy sources that get failing grades, policymakers are setting America itself up for failure.
Proof that wind and solar are disasters, not the energy America really needs
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Jan 24, 2025
For those who don't think unions have too much power, here is an active union contract in Michigan. Teachers can be drunk at school five times before they are fired. They can be high three times before losing their job. And they can MAKE AND SELL DRUGS and keep their job.
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Mar 10, 2025
President Trump's early executive actions represent a strategic shift toward American energy independence.
Trump’s orders boost American energy
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Mar 10, 2025
Five years ago today, Gov. Whitmer issued her first pandemic emergency order—a decision that set the stage for what followed. As we look back, we examine its impact and the lessons we must learn to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Learn more: mackinac.org/covid
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Jan 28, 2025
On this National School Choice Week we highlight @WaltBlanksJr who has been working to spread the word about school choice.
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Jun 27, 2025
Michigan’s economy is falling behind after a lot of bad policy went into effect last year.
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Bad policy, bad results: Michigan’s economic decline
Democratic trifecta did severe and lasting damage
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Sep 6, 2024
A new Michigan law would permit employees to miss work without calling in for three consecutive days without facing any consequences. Learn more: michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/michigan-…
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Jan 9, 2025
"Mr. Biden claims coastal communities back his actions because they know that offshore drilling can cause irreversible damage. This is an ironic twist, as Biden has spent the past several years promoting the massive development of offshore wind generation along the East Coast.
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Jun 1, 2023
A look into the bizarre world of licensing in Michigan. Learn more: mackinac.org/license-to-(no…
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Jan 14, 2025
In Flint landlords need the city to turn on the water. Before they will turn on the water the city requires an inspection and rental certificate. But to get that, the city requires the water to be turned on. People wonder why there's a housing shortage.
Flint bureaucracy keeps water turned off during freezing winter, landlord says
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