Category Archives: The Center at Work

Big News: A shift in public opinion on Michigan term limits

By John Bebow | Published: October 29, 2009

A majority of Michigan residents surveyed for a new poll released this morning support a reform that would allow Michigan legislators to serve 14 years in either the House or the Senate. Likewise, a majority of those polled favored allowing veteran legislators to return to the capitol after a brief “time out” period following their [...]

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Facebook Fun and Free Lunch

By John Bebow | Published: October 29, 2009

The Center for Michigan relaunched its Facebook page last week and immediately drew a couple hundred fans. If you’re not among them, what are you waiting for? Our Facebook page features running dialogue about Michigan’s future as well as breathtaking, pride-inspiring photos of landscapes all across our great state. And if you care about Michigan’s [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: Disinterest, disinvestment, and disillusion

By The Center for Michigan | Published: October 29, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the Michigan League of Conservation Voters argues below, Michigan citizens are eating our seed corn by sitting passively by while political leaders in Lansing continue to disassemble decades of nationally recognized natural resources protection. Disinvestment in Michigan’s breathtaking natural environment threatens to destroy the very tourism economy the state works to promote. [...]

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Education tips for middle school parents — promising hints from Kalamazoo

By John Bebow | Published: October 29, 2009

Five years ago, many of the brightest minds in Michigan business and education proclaimed Michigan needed to double its number of college graduates. Since then, state education policy has been characterized largely by funding cuts, tuition increases, and an ever-growing amount of student loans. The pressure is on like never before for parents working to [...]

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The good, the bad, and the election in Detroit

By John Bebow | Published: October 29, 2009

A delightfully positive story about Detroit graced the pages of the New York Times the other day… Maybe it’s that adage that nothing brings a community closer than having a common enemy. For the restaurateurs, the residents, the urban farmers and the community activists now working to reshape the city, the enemy is Detroit’s own [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: A call for in-depth Michigan journalism

By The Center for Michigan | Published: October 29, 2009

Editor’s Note: The Center for Michigan recently convened a panel of about a dozen former Michigan journalists who’ve left the profession. Our topic: ways to reinvigorate civics-minded journalism in an era when it is growing more and more difficult to make a living by working for the traditional media outlets. The panel we convened certainly [...]

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Shakespearean tragedy in Lansing?

By Phil Power | Published: October 28, 2009

In Macbeth, William Shakespeare wrote about “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Too bad the bard isn’t around to comment on the goings-on these days in Lansing, where the sound and fury is loud, and maybe we have a balanced budget … and maybe we don’t. The most [...]

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Join us on November 17 for a kitchen table talk on Michigan's public purse

By John Bebow | Published: October 22, 2009

What are Michigan’s top public investment priorities to help create the environment for high prosperity and high quality of life? How much money should we invest in those priorities? And what are the most sustainable and equitable tax options to fund those investments? We welcome you to join the Center for Michigan for a free [...]

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Center labeled as "left" and "right" at the same time

By John Bebow | Published: October 22, 2009

We must be doing something right. Or, actually, I guess I should say we must be doing something, um, correctly. The Center for Michigan was formed four years ago with bipartisanship in mind. And we’ve achieved it! At least in the off-the-cuff labels given to us by mainstream media! This morning, the Detroit Free Press [...]

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CAMPUS REPORT CARD: Michigan universities beat national average on tuition increases this year

By John Bebow | Published: October 22, 2009

As students struggle with mid-terms, it’s report card time for Michigan universities. That’s because Grand Valley State this month issued its annual accountability report to its community. The GVSU report card, based on well-documented and impartial state data, is a very good and easy to use consumer resource for any Michigan parent or student trying [...]

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