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Guest commentary: Local governments’ fiscal distress worsened by state’s actions
By Mitch Bean I am concerned about what seems to be a significant decline in the fiscal health of local governments in Michigan. That decline is due in part to the 1990s recession and plummeting property [...]
Bridge and Detroit Free Press partner for ‘A Better Michigan’
By Stephen Henderson/Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor When Michigan voters said “no way” to fixing Michigan’s awful and unfair school finance structure in 1993, no one I knew was more crushed than legendary Free Press [...]
Kalamazoo, Muskegon make tough calls, rise in fiscal ratings
A gritty, blue-collar city on Lake Michigan, Muskegon faces headwinds similar to many Michigan communities: factory closings, job losses, an eroding tax base. But in the past few years, it has managed to turn a dicey [...]
Michigan’s detours into social issues won’t help attract young talent
By Natalie Burg I was pretty proud of myself upon landing my first grownup-person job several years ago. It came with such new-to-me perks as a salary, health insurance and this mind-boggling thing where you don’t [...]
PHOTO GALLERY: Look! Up in the sky!
It’s that time of year again when you see folks wandering around in the woods or in fields, or even parked haphazardly along the road, staring up at the sky. Serious birders know that Michigan is a treasure [...]
See how your hometown’s checkbook is holding up (searchable database)
Nearly a decade ago, as Michigan struggled through a massive recession, the state Department of Treasury began to look at how the tough times were affecting the bottom lines in city and village halls across the [...]
Michigan has nation’s weakest regulations on septic systems
I find some of the comments in the article and the reply section a bit
Technology is altering how we learn, think and live – and not necessarily for the better
while i can agree in part with the author's point it just came to my m
Michigan’s detours into social issues won’t help attract young talent
Thank you, Natalie! Brilliant and well written. I also think the "plac
Stressed cities hear little sympathy from State Capitol
There is no funding problem. $30 + Billion dollars/year are available
Best, worst of Michigan communities’ fiscal ratings
It is somewhat humorous to see Saginaw on the Crisis Averted list, mov