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Michigan Capitol Confidential is a nonprofit news service published by the Mackinac Center and funded through voluntary support. It provides news and analysis of Michigan-specific issues, including state and local government policies, education, and economics. The publication aims to provide in-depth
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in the United States. The Mackinac Center conducts policy research and educational programs. The Center sponsors MichiganVotes.org, an online legislative voting record database which provides a non-partisan summary of every bill and vote in the Michigan legislature. Mackinac Center scholars generally
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and unbiased reporting to inform the public and promote transparency in government. Michigan Capitol Confidential is known for its independent and nonpartisan approach to journalism, and it has gained recognition for its contributions to public discourse in Michigan.
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in Michigan and has supported efforts in other states to expand right to work laws and workers' rights to not pay dues to a union they do not support. The Center also launched the website MyPayMySay.com to alert union members to their rights.
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in 1996, the Center's President Lawrence Reed said: "Our funding sources are primarily foundations ... with the rest coming from corporations and individuals," but that "... revealing our contributors would be a tremendous diversion..."
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fully or partially implementing 16 of those recommendations during his first term in office. In 1994, Governor Engler acknowledged the influence of the Mackinac Center by stating, "When the Mackinac Center speaks, we listen."
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published a two-part series about state-based free-market think tanks that described how the Mackinac Center trained think-tank executives from 42 countries and nearly every US state.
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The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation is a non-profit, pro-bono organization associated with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy focusing on advancing liberty and free markets.
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also reported that, "When the Mackinac Center was founded in 1987, there were just three other conservative state-level policy institutes. Now there are 48, in 42 states."
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Reed served as president from the Center's founding until September 2008, when he assumed the title President Emeritus and also became the president of the
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and others: "socially tolerant, economically sophisticated, desiring little government intervention in either their personal or economic affairs."
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The Center began operations with no office or full-time staff. It formally opened offices in Midland in 1988 with its first president,
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The organization was founded in 1987. In a 2011 interview, founder Joe Olson said that the Center was first conceived in a
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bar at a meeting between Olson, fellow insurance company executive Tom Hoeg, Richard McLellan and then-Senator
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In addition to policy studies, the Center publishes a number of periodicals including
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Rodney M. Lockwood Jr., Chairman of the Board; Chairman/CEO of the Lockwood Companies
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The Mackinac Center published a 20-point plan for state fiscal reform, with Governor
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J.C. Huizenga, Member; Chairman of and founder of Huizenga Group, Member of the
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Martin, Tim (March 22, 2004). "Court Rejects Suit about Endorsing a Rival".
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Joseph P. Maguire, Treasurer; President of Wolverine Development Corporation
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Jim Barrett, Member; President & CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce
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recommend lower taxes, reduced regulatory authority for state agencies,
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Dulce Fuller, Member; Chairman of the Southeast Michigan Committee of
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Current members of the Mackinac Center's board of directors include:
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Jennifer Panning, Member; President and founder of Artisan Tile Inc.
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Daniel Graf, Member; Financial analyst at Amerisure Mutual Holdings
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Edward C. Levy Jr., Member; President of Edw. C. Levy Co.
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The Mackinac Center was involved in the effort to pass a
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The Mackinac Center prefers the term "free market" over "
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Political and economic think tanks in the United States
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Libertarian organizations based in the United States
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Former members of the organization's board include:
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Daily Press & Argus. Archived from 286:. The Mackinac Center is a member of the 1414:"Michigan's 'free-market' media machine" 232: 1029:"The Mackinac Center for Public Policy" 685: 278:The Mackinac Center is classified as a 1230: 915: 913: 911: 909: 466:, Senior Fellow in Economic Education 332:In 2014, the organization released a 7: 1769:. Mackinac Center. December 26, 2014 1511:Schwartz, Sarah (October 18, 2018). 1872:Libertarianism in the United States 1719:. Mackinac Center for Public Policy 1667:"Mackinac Center for Public Policy" 1438:Majeed, Azhar (November 26, 2012). 1336:, Samuel Dodge | (March 16, 2022). 1278:Davis, Justin (December 15, 2014). 879:Astor, Maggie (February 26, 2019). 831:. September 1, 2013. Archived from 794:Gardner, Greg (September 1, 2013). 93:140 West Main Street, P.O. 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Index

Mackinac Center

501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization
Tax ID no.
Midland, Michigan
FYE December 2022
mackinac.org
/ˈmækɪnɔː/
Midland, Michigan
U.S. state
free market
think tank
right-to-work laws
school choice
Joseph Overton
Overton window

Lansing, Michigan
John Engler
Lawrence W. Reed
Northwood University
Lansing
Woolworth's
Foundation for Economic Education
501(c)(3) organization
U.S. Internal Revenue Code
State Policy Network
The New York Times
John Engler

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