A local government gave ownership of Kevin Fair's Nebraska house—and all of its value—to a private investor, in a practice known as home equity theft.
American history is often a story of people leaving to try to build their voluntary utopias.
Golden State voters decisively rejected progressive approaches to crime and housing.
Neither Democrats nor Republicans seem fully able to wrap their minds around what's happening.
Despite decades of bipartisan attempts, industrial policy keeps failing to deliver on promises from both the left and the right.
Michiganders had to choose between a hawkish Democrat with an intelligence background and a hawkish Republican with an intelligence background for Senate.
Democrats assumed they could campaign as neoconservatives while keeping Middle Eastern votes. They were wrong.
The charges, which could send Colin Gray to prison for the rest of his life, are part of a broader attempt to criminalize parental failures.
A handful of states use loopholes to get around a Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice unconstitutional.
Kevin Fair fell behind on his property taxes in 2014. The local government eventually gave a private investor the deed to his home.
Both Israeli hostage families and Palestinian Americans want the war to end with a prisoner exchange. But that isn’t moving Democratic policy.
Judge Kenneth King is facing a lawsuit for punishing a 15-year-old who visited his courtroom with his "own version of Scared Straight.''
Plus: An appeals court sides with property owners seeking compensation for the CDC's eviction ban, a Michigan court backs the would-be builders of a "green cemetery," and Kamala Harris' spotty supply-side credentials.
After a Michigan couple indicated their intent to open a green cemetery, their local township passed an ordinance to forbid it. A judge found the rule unconstitutional.
Chelsea Koetter is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to render the state's debt collection scheme unconstitutional.
The ruling is the second recent court decision that has curbed Detroit's aggressive vehicle forfeiture program.
Robert Williams was arrested in 2020 after facial recognition software incorrectly identified him as the person responsible for a Detroit-area shoplifting incident.
The plot to kidnap the Michigan governor was in large part concocted and encouraged by paid FBI informants and their Bureau handlers.
Yes, cheap imports hurt some American companies. But protectionist trade policy harms many more Americans than it helps.
Corey Harris attracted widespread news coverage—including from Reason—when a video showed him behind the wheel during a court hearing about a suspended license. Except he never had a license at all.
Corey Harris' case should never have been a national news story to begin with.
Bans have resulted in what some have called the "whitewashing" of American juries.
The court declined to address whether the search violated the Fourth Amendment and merely held that the evidence could not be excluded in a civil case.
Sadly, not by drinking it—the government just lost a fifth of the state’s inventory.
Two class-action lawsuits say Michigan counties take cuts of the exorbitant costs of inmate phone calls while children go months without seeing their parents in person.
In the name of safety, politicians did many things that diminished our lives—without making us safer.
James Crumbley, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, may be an unsympathetic defendant. But this prosecution still made little sense.
Why are federal taxpayers paying for upgrades at tiny rural airports, Thanksgiving Day parades, and enhancements for Alaskan king crabs?
The other Biden policy abroad that left an imprint on Tuesday’s presidential primary
Plus: Brooklyn communists, Shenzhen Costco, Chernobyl mythbusting, and more...
Former Rep. Justin Amash says "the idea of introducing impeachment legislation suggests there's other people who will join you. Otherwise, it's just an exercise in futility."
Copper Peak revitalization was pitched as an economic development project for the Upper Peninsula, which already has two working ski jumps.
Peter Meijer talks about his run for Senate, his Trump impeachment vote, and possibly competing against Justin Amash on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
In some sense, the case seemed to hinge on what prosecutors wished the law said, not on what it actually says.
Michigan jurors are considering whether Crumbley's carelessness amounted to involuntary manslaughter.
Peter and Annica Quakenbush are suing Brooks Township for the right to operate an environmentally friendly cemetery.
The bulk of the employees may be able to find work elsewhere within the company, but the state could still be on the hook for the promised cash.
For the third time in five years, the Center for Economic Accountability found an electric vehicle or battery plant to be the most egregious waste of taxpayer funds.
If states insist upon giving away taxpayer money to private companies, the least they can offer in return is transparency.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan argues that shifting taxes from homes to the land they sit on will encourage development and cut taxes for most homeowners. Local property tax activists aren't convinced.
Ford and General Motors have tempered plans for E.V. production, but governments still spend billions of dollars in incentives.
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear opening arguments today in a case that could decide whether the practice is allowed.
Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.
Labor actions largely respond to policies that cause widespread pain.
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