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Fresh Thoughts for Michigan's Transformation

SPECIAL REPORT: If beaten by budget, state's 3 top leaders risk exiting office without legacy By Susan J. Demas Gov. Jennifer Granholm has framed the upcoming budget debate as requiring a...

Seats are filling fast for March 10 Education Town Hall: Reserve yours today! Maybe it's the big-name speakers? Maybe its the provocative topics that are sure to dominate...

The shared vision of Granholm and Bishop Quote of the night from Governor Jennifer Granholm's State of the State Address: "Let'

A big shout out to the Bipartisan Freshman Caucus In the summer of 2008, Center for Michigan workers traveled the state to give Michigan House of...

GUEST COLUMN: A bipartisan approach to fiscal stability By Kevin Prokop and Jim Curran The State is about to begin its annual budgeting rite when the...

GUEST COLUMN: Kurt Metzger looks to U-Haul rates to measure MI's health By Kurt Metzger The stories of out-migration: From Michigan, from metro Detroit, and from the City...

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READ PHIL POWER'S WEEKLY COLUMN - Phil Power, founder and president of the Center for Michigan, spent nearly 40 years in the newspaper business as founder, owner and Chairman of HomeTown Communications....

PAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER
Tax and Budget Reform Issue Guide (November 2009)
SPECIAL REPORT: AN INSIDE LOOK AT MICHIGAN'S REGIONAL ECONOMIES (October 2009)
Government Collaboration and Accountability Issue Guide (May 2009)
School Daze: Michigan's Shrinking School Year (March 2009)
Pocketbook At-A-Glance: How YOU fund the state budget (February 2009)
$1.5 Billion in Reform Choices (January 2009)
Thinking and Doing by James Tobin (July 2008)
A Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation (May 2008)
A New Michigan Scorecard (February 2008)
Michigan Hunting and Fishing Licenses Bargains too Good to be True (October 2007)
Swift Gazelles and Lumbering Lions (March 2007)
A New Model Michigan (January 2007)


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