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Workers for Opportunity celebrates Iowa win – Mackinac Center
Workers for Opportunity, a project of the Mackinac Center, celebrated a big win May 19 when Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF 472 into law. The measure strengthens a requirement that unions periodically gain their members’…
What is MTLeg Studying?
"This really underscores why we need to reform state and federal permitting laws so Montana can build things again." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter written by…
The nation’s first pension raid is happening in Washington
Retired Washington firefighters and police officers are suing the state to stop one of the most dangerous pension raids in American history.They should win, and the courts should not have to work hard to get there.House Bill…
Graduation rates rise while student achievement flatlines – Mackinac Center
This article originally appeared in Bridge Michigan March 4, 2026. Standardized test scores for Michigan students are on an alarming downward trend. Yet high school graduation rates are rising. These conflicting trends raise…
Price controls — like other bad ideas — never die
John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog documents the latest revival of a bad idea in the world of public policy. Price controls are in the Hall of Fame of bad ideas. They have an unbroken record of failure, stretching back…
NC not the only state with Canadian voters
As Canadian Denis Bouchard learned he would face two months in federal prison for voting in North Carolina elections, M.D. Kittle of the Federalist documented another case in a northeastern state involving an alleged illegal…
New chair can help downsize bloated Fed staff
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a significant opportunity for the Federal Reserve’s new leader. A new chairman of the Federal Reserve is an opportunity to scale back the system’s staff, whose numbers…
National Review documents Thomas Massie ‘lesson’
Editors at National Review Online assess the impact of one of this week’s high-profile elections. It turns out that trying to appeal to the audience of left-wing podcaster Cenk Uygur is not the way to win a Republican…
‘Science has spoken’ against climate alarmism
Editors at National Review Online assess the current state of climate alarmism. “The science” should not be a thing. Science is not dogma, but a voyage of endless intellectual exploration in which blind alleys are part of the…
New York Says “Yes” to Scholarships. Oregon Should Too
By Kathryn Hickok Governor Kathy Hochul announced May 5 that she intends to opt New York into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC), pending additional information expected from the U.S. Treasury Department later this…
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