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Kathy Hoekstra

Regulatory Policy Reporter, Watchdog.org

Kathy Hoekstra is the Regulatory Policy Reporter for Watchdog.org, writing about national and state regulatory issues. Before joining Watchdog, she was a senior communications manager and Michigan state director for Job Creators Network (JCN), a advocacy organization that focuses on employee education. She has also been a contributor to the Detroit News and occasional guest-host for Frank Beckmann on WJR Radio in Detroit. Her work has also appeared in The American Spectator. Hoekstra is also a policy advisor with The Heartland Institute.

Prior stints include Media Relations Director for former presidential candidate Herman Cain in the year following his campaign, investigative reporter at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and 15 year career in radio and television news. She lives in Michigan with her two teenage sons.