Mackinaw Center
The absurdity of moving away from reliable energy sources
Aug. 16, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Walz’s Climate Policies Could Leave the Midwest in the Dark By: Joshua Antonini and Jason Hayes “State leaders need to wake up, and soon…” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz last year signed one of America’s most aggressive
Don’t separate teacher effectiveness from student achievement
Apr. 23, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION By: Molly Macek Repealing reforms will only hurt students School boards across the state have their work cut out for them. Leading a school district is hard enough, and now they must prepare to bargain with teachers’ unions
Governor’s imposing green energy mandates slam DTE customers
Dec. 5, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Plymouth residents can expect to pay premium prices for more blackouts and intermittent service By: Don Howard This week right after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed three proposed green energy bills, the strictest energy mandate in the nation-forcing transition from fossil
Blackout Bills Are Dangerous
Jun. 22, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Today the Michigan Senate Energy and Environment Committee heard testimony on Senate Bills 271-277 – part of the Michigan Senate Democrats’ Clean Energy Future Plan. The subject Senate Bills according to the Mackinaw Center for Public Policy are blackout bills that
Right-to-Work repeal shows unions control of Democrats in Lansing
Apr. 23, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION The repeal of Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law repays Big Labor, as five of the biggest private unions sent more than 95% of their campaign contributions to Democrats, according to Bridge Michigan. Democrats ban on right to work forces workers to join
Right to Work mailers flood Plymouth mailboxes
Feb. 2, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Thousands of post cards are filling mailboxes in our community calling for residents to contact their Lansing lawmakers; the ones who are backed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. They’re the work of a conservative advocacy group, known as Americans for Prosperity,
Whitmer’s auto job race to the bottom
Jan. 4, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Governor’s electric vehicle policies are helping kill the auto jobs she claims to care about By: James David Dickson Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to be known for creating jobs in Michigan’s all-important auto industry. In October, she proudly declared
The mystery of anonymous earmarks
Oct. 21, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Bridge Michigan reported that for the third time in just over five years, the Michigan legislature has found millions of dollars in big spending bills to aid a private development with ties to former state GOP chairman and prominent
Whitmer likely to veto tax relief bill
Mar. 8, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Last week the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate voted to send a $2.5 billion tax cut proposal to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk. With billions of dollars in surplus funds GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate pushed to drop the state’s income tax
Lansing is flush with cash – Lawmakers should keep an old promise on taxes
Mar. 3, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News House Republicans last Thursday unveiled a tax cut proposal — House Bill 5838 — that would significantly cut the personal income tax rate from 4.25 percent to 3.9 percent – a tax cut that reportedly would save a worker earning $70,000