Welcome to the Bridge Special Reports Page. This will be home to our best, most-in-depth work, including these past reports from the Center for Michigan’s e-newsletter:
Ballot Mania (October 2012)
Michigan’s Forgotten 4-year-olds (September 2012)
2012 Michigan Scorecard (June 2012)
Economic Life in Michigan (August 2011)
Weighing In on Reinvention (May 2011)
Common Sense Conversation About Michigan’s Future (March 2011)
Re-Drawing Michigan – How Redistrcting Pre-determines many election results and often leaves voters without competitive choices at the polls (February 2011)
School Daze 2 – Michigan’s Shrinking School Year (January 2011)
Common Sense Reform Summit Issue Guide (December 2010)
10,000 Voices to Transform Our State: Citizens’ Agenda 2010 (June 2010)
2010 Michigan Scorecard (April 2010)
Education Issue Guide (March 2010)
Tax & Budget Reform Issue Guide (November 2009)
Michigan’s Regional Economies (October 2009)
Government Collaboration & Accountability Issue Guide (May 2009)
School Daze: Michigan’s Shrinking School Year (March 2009)
Pocketbook At-A-Glance (February 2009)
$1.5 Billion in Reform Choices (January 2009)
Thinking & Doing (July 2008)
Michigan’s Defining Moment: A Common Ground Agenda for Our State’s Future (May 2008)
2008 Michigan Scorecard (February 2008)
Swift Gazelle’s and Lumbering Lions (January 2007)
A New Model Michigan (January 2007)
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I don't see it as a "zero-sum game" at all. When businesses move back
Why are Michigan’s child abuse/neglect rates so high?
Not only is the trend related to the gross lack of employment & in
Schoolchildren shuttle across SE Michigan, raising questions about funding, community identity
There's much to unpack here, but most notable is that the figures and
Pipefitter’s daughter from Downriver becomes potent advocate for Michigan prisoners
Thank you Attorney LaBelle, for all of your non-ending, burdensome wor
Schoolchildren shuttle across SE Michigan, raising questions about funding, community identity
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