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Guest commentary: Three reasons why you should want to know your hometown’s fiscal score

Guest commentary: Three reasons why you should want to know your hometown’s fiscal score

By Eric Lupher/Citizens Research Council Those of us who have been around for a while remember the opening of each “M*A*S*H” episode, with the doctors and nurses rushing to the incoming helicopters to retrieve and assess [...]

Analysis: Detroit raises large sums with high tax rates

Analysis: Detroit raises large sums with high tax rates

By Jeff Guilfoyle/Citizens Research Council With Michigan’s largest city now under the direction of an emergency manager, statewide attention has focused on the city of Detroit’s finances. The Citizens Research Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research firm, [...]

Land O Links

Land O Links

*With the appointment of Kevyn Orr, Detroit, Pontiac and Flint all are under state emergency managers. Something else the three cities share: They have the three lowest rates of average household incomes among Michigan cities with [...]

Taxpayers on hook for ‘captures’ gone wrong

Taxpayers on hook for ‘captures’ gone wrong

They collect taxes. They borrow money. They pay interest on their loans. They spend money on public improvements to entice businesses to locate in specific areas. And they may have the most bureaucratic of names ever [...]

GAO wades into charter-school special ed

GAO wades into charter-school special ed

Publicly funded independent, or charter, schools educate fewer children with disabilities than traditional public schools, suggests a new report by the Government Accountability Office. But the report, reported by Education Week here, notes that there are a number [...]

Negotiating with ‘heroes’ no simple matter

Negotiating with ‘heroes’ no simple matter

In 2009, Ann Arbor became the poster child for critics of Michigan’s public safety binding arbitration law, as a labor settlement cost the city $1.5 million in retroactive pay raises. The judgment came as police and [...]