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Phil Power's Column
Phil Power, founder and President of The Center, spent nearly 40 years in the newspaper business as founder, owner and Chairman of HomeTown Communications Network, Inc. During that period, his weekly column appeared regularly in his Michigan newspapers. It earned both state and national honors for its balance, insight and vigorous point of view. After the sale of his company last year, Phil continued writing his column on a regular basis. If you would like to receive his column via email, sign up for the Center's award winning newsletter.

[07/25/2008]
Power: There's a national stirring among citizen groups

[07/18/2008]
Sensing a New Era

[07/09/2008]
Correcting Corrections

[06/20/2008]
Reform: The New Work Week

[06/12/2008]
The Hope Factor in Michigan

[06/06/2008]
A Sad Display on the Island

[06/06/2008]
There's No Monster Under the Bed

[05/15/2008]
Tax Brinksmanship Hurts Business

[04/24/2008]
MI's New Info Assembly Line

[04/17/2008]
The Dillon Recall Charade

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Papers
The Center for Michigan publishes papers on a variety of topics pertinent to our mission of making Michigan the great state we all want it to be. In the links below, you can read our reports on tax and education reform, as well as our white paper entitled "The New Model Michigan," which was the starting point for our public engagement campaign, Michigan's Defining Moment.

[07/28/2008]
Thinking and Doing

[05/21/2008]
Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation

[05/21/2008]
A New Michigan Scorecard

[05/21/2008]
The Michigan Tax Malaise

[10/19/2007]
Michigan Hunting and Fishing Licenses Bargains too Good to be True

[03/29/2007]
Comprehensive School Reform

[01/17/2007]
Swift Gazelles and Lumbering Lions

[01/01/2007]
A New Model Michigan

[07/01/2006]
Degrees & Workplace Needs - How Well Do They Match?

[07/01/2006]
Government Employee Analysis

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