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MDM Candidate Outreach in Full SwingWe're taking the MDM Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation directly to candidates running for state House of Representatives to get their perspectives on issues raised by citizens across the state. Candidates have so far agreed to televised debates sponsored by the Center for Michigan in the following Southeast Michigan races... DISTRICT 1 (Detroit-Grosse Pointe) -- Mary [...] Aug 22, 2008
RMGN Thankfully StoppedEarlier this summer Center for Michigan leaders came out against the Reform Michigan Government Now ballot proposal because it threatened to increase hyperpartisanship in Michigan, it was crafted anonymously and in secrecy, it threatened to disenfranchise many voters, and it would've set a bad precedent of Constitutional overahaul by ballot initiative. Here's the full text [...] Aug 22, 2008
Reform Pot Starting to BoilMore than half of Michigan residents say the state's political leaders have done a poor job of balancing the state budget and setting clear spending priorities and a majority of residents want major structural reforms in Lansing, according to a summer poll by the Detroit Renaissance executives group. The following half-dozen reforms all get majority support [...] Aug 22, 2008
Small Schools Push a Bipartisan SuccessLost in a summer of scandal headlines was a significant bipartisan success in Lansing regarding education policy. Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently signed into law the The 21st Century Schools initiative designed to address Michigan's high school graduation problem through smaller schools. As important as the legislation itself is how it came together. In January, the governor's chief education [...] Aug 22, 2008
Prosperity and Michigan Population TrendsOne in five households in Michigan's four largest counties -- Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Kent -- is a "young professional" household, according to new research by Lou Glazer and his group, Michigan Future, Inc. But Michigan is falling behind more prosperous Midwest regions like Minneapolis and Chicago in attracting, retaining, and concentrating young professional "knowledge workers" [...] Aug 22, 2008
Proof that citizens' voices matterThe Michigan's Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign is designed to get citizens in local communities thinking about the future of the state and then take citizens' ideas directly to policy makers. It's working. Among the many common ground agenda items to come out of the first round of nearly 100 Community Conversations involving 1,800 people in the [...] 08/22/2008 08/07/2008 08/07/2008 08/07/2008 08/07/2008 08/07/2008 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 07/25/2008 07/25/2008
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