Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently announced with great fanfare that 700,000 Michigan households were getting a new tax break. It was good news because any reduction…
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Governor Whitmer and Michigan’s Legislature Should Consider These Important New Year’s Resolutions
January 3, 2024
Government
People enjoy making New Year’s resolutions. And the media loves to write about them. We’ve determined eight much-needed 2024 resolutions from actual recent news articles…
Population Council’s Recommendations Fail to Provide Solutions to Grow Michigan Jobs and Population
December 14, 2023
Government
GRAND RAPIDS – (Dec. 14, 2023) –The West Michigan Policy Forum today expressed disappointment that the state’s Growing Michigan Together Council is not calling out…
Top Ten Reasons Why Michigan Legislators Failed to Make Michigan a Growing State
December 14, 2023
Government
Since the Michigan Legislature has quit work early and will be out for the rest of the year, now is a good time to assess…
Michigan Legislature Quits Working as Michiganders Struggle with Higher Costs and Rising Inflation
December 7, 2023
Government
For the first time since 1978, the Michigan Legislature decided to stop working before Thanksgiving and took the rest of the year off. The legislature’s…
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Michigan Legislature Quits Working as Michiganders Struggle with Higher Costs and Rising Inflation
December 7, 2023
Government
For the first time since 1978, the Michigan Legislature decided to stop working before Thanksgiving and took the rest of the year off. The legislature’s…
WMPF’s ‘Michigan Economic Scorecard’ Continues to Hold Elected Officials Accountable to the People
November 16, 2023
EconomyEducationGovernment
Michigan is moving further away from being a top 10 state, as shown by the West Michigan Policy Forum’s “Michigan Economic Scorecard.” This continuously updated…
The Growing Michigan Together Council Shows Its True Colors
November 10, 2023
EconomyEducationGovernmentTaxes
Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s “Growing Michigan Together Council” has become the “Growing Michigan Taxes Council.” According to a media report, it plans to recommend tax hikes…
Bolger: “The political ‘climate change’ our state Capitol is experiencing right now is directly responsible for raising people’s taxes, decimating our state’s population, and putting…
The Great Lakes Growth Coalition: A United Front For a Stronger Michigan
October 23, 2023
EconomyGovernment
Michigan has a new powerhouse group advocating for workers, families, and job creators: The Great Lakes Growth Coalition. The coalition brings together a diversity of…
Families and job creators need simple, fair, and easy-to-understand rules and regulations. Yet the state Senate may soon open the door to a maze of…
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Labor
You may have seen our recent op-ed in The Detroit News on the benefits of right-to-work. And you may have heard our conversation with Michael…
A Tale of Two Economies: Possibilities of Michigan’s Right-to-work
December 15, 2022
GovernmentLabor
As Michigan’s Right-to-work (RTW) law celebrates 10 years as a statute, it also faces the possibility of repeal from the incoming Democratic majority. In this…
Small Business in Michigan Continues to Take Punches with Judicial Overturn of Changes Made to Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage
December 14, 2022
GovernmentLabor
In 2018, at the urging of the National Federation of Independent Business in Michigan (NFIB) and the business community, the Michigan legislature adopted the minimum…
Protecting Right-to-work Laws: The Window of Freedom for Michigan Workers
December 9, 2022
GovernmentLabor
10 years ago we came together to protect the interest of all Michigan workers, unions, and our state’s economy by advocating to make Michigan a…
Caught between record-low unemployment and record-high inflation, it’s no secret that entrepreneurs are facing unprecedented challenges. It’s rare to enter a retail store or restaurant…
The hospitality industry is filled with incredible servers, who, for the most part, intentionally chose this business because of the perks of tipping. In an…
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