BP emails show desire to alter course of research following oil spill

Wednesday marks one year since the initial explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig sent around 200 million gallons of crude oil gushing into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A year on, controversies continue to surface over BP’s handling of the spill. On Friday, Greenpeace released a More…

Michigan State labor professor says university will comply with FOIA request

When the Mackinac Center’s requested emails from the labor programs at Wayne State and the University of Michigan, John Beck, Associate Professor and Director of the Labor Education Program at Michigan State University, says his phone started ringing off the hook.

The media, both local and national, wanted to know More…

Conservative think tank’s motivations questioned after records request on labor relations professors

A very broad Freedom of Information Act request for all emails and communications from professors in labor relations programs at the state’s major public universities is sparking controversy and questions about the motivation for the request.

Talking Points Memo reported Tuesday that the Mackinac Center, a conservative think More…

ACLU wins surveillance appeal

A three judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling and granted standing to a coalition of human rights groups suing the government over the 2008 FISA amendments.