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8 Aug 2023, 1:04 pm by Christie D. Arkovich, P.A.
  And a lawsuit was filed yesterday by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute in an effort to block it. [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 12:16 pm by Thomas Burke
  On August 4, 2023, the Cato Institute and Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed suit in the Eastern District of Michigan, alleging that the U.S.... [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 9:10 am by Ana Popovich
” The case settles a qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit, which was filed by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 3:45 am by Kyle Hulehan
Each year, scholars at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy estimate cigarette smuggling rates for each state.[1] Their most recent report uses 2020 data and finds a strong positive relationship between cigarette smuggling and tax rates across U.S. states and the District of Columbia. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Each year, scholars at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Michigan think tank, use a statistical analysis of available data to estimate smuggling rates for each state.[1] Their most recent report uses 2019 data and finds that smuggling rates generally rise in states after they adopt cigarette tax increases. [read post]
13 Apr 2021, 11:54 am by Kevin Kaufman
The Mackinac Center, which publishes an annual analysis of cigarette smuggling, estimates that a 100 percent increase of cigarette taxes in Maine would more than triple inbound smuggling rates (from 8 percent in 2018 to 25 percent). [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Each year, scholars at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Michigan think tank, use a statistical analysis of available data to estimate smuggling rates for each state.[1] Their most recent report uses 2018 data and finds that smuggling rates generally rise in states after they adopt cigarette tax increases. [read post]
4 Dec 2019, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Source: Mackinac Center for Public Policy; Tax Foundation State 2017 Tax 2017 Consumption Smuggled (positive is inflow, negative is outflow) 2006 Consumption Smuggled (positive is inflow, negative is outflow) 2017 Rank Rank Change since 2016 Excise Tax Rate change 2006-2017 AL $ 0 [read post]
17 Jul 2018, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
AFSCME case] Mackinac Center has launched national exit-encouraging campaign [My Pay My Say] Class action suits in several states against government unions seek refund of fees paid [Bill McMorris, Free Beacon] Proposal to have public employers simply pay unions directly could eliminate workers’ choice in the matter [Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block, Vox (favoring idea); Eugene Volokh] “California’s Government Unions Take Steps to Obliterate Janus… [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 7:48 am by Matthew Forys
According to the Mackinac Center, they may lose three million union members and agency-fee payers and perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in dues or fees. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 7:48 am by Dan Carvajal
Each year, Professor Todd Nesbit of Ball State University, Michael LaFaive of the Mackinac Center, and myself release updated estimates of how prevalent cross-border sales of cigarettes are. [read post]
22 Dec 2017, 7:06 am by Patrick Wright
Patrick Wright is the vice president for legal affairs at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioner in Janus v. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 10:10 am by Dan Carvajal
Source: Mackinac Center for Public Policy; Tax Foundation. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 9:45 pm by Walter Olson
“The bipartisan legislation is supported by groups as diverse as the ACLU of Michigan and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. [read post]
28 May 2015, 9:03 am by WIMS
USGS Release: Model Offers More Ease, Precision for Managing Invasive Asian Carp Michigan News <> Disruption at Michigan Policy Conference Calls Attention to Aging Mackinac Pipelin [read post]
26 May 2015, 8:57 am by WIMS
<> Deepwater Horizon Trustees Invite Public Comment On Draft Phase IV Early Restoration Plan - The Deepwater Horizon oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees are asking the public to review and comment on its new Draft Phase IV Early Restoration Plan. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 8:53 am by WIMS
The Forum will provide a venue for Great Lakes leaders to share ideas and insights that will help shape economic policy, boost the region's competitive edge and secure its long-term success. [read post]
8 Aug 2014, 12:13 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
According to The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, nearly 60% of cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled into the state. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 7:15 am by Tom Smith
As Vinnie Vernuccio, director of labor policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, put it: "Right-to-work does not affect collective bargaining in any way except to take away unions' ability to fire workers for not paying them. [read post]