Mackinaw Center

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

Nov. 13, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   OPINION Democrats threaten to send winter shivers through Michigan By: Jason Hayes   Midland, Mich. Winter is coming, and President Biden may soon make Michigan’s hardest season even more painful. The White House is reportedly studying the consequences of shutting down