Archive for Tag Archives: ' Michigan State University'
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 [...]
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*Michigan is in the national mainstream when it comes to the identity of its highest-paid public state employee. In about 40 states, that person is the coach of a collegiate football or men’s basketball team. Michigan [...]
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*In “The real problem with law schools: They train too many lawyers,” Eric Posner writes, “The figures are grim, and the human cost is real. Ninety-two percent of 2007 law school graduates found jobs after graduation, with [...]
As cars get safer, gun deaths eclipse traffic fatalities
If you live in Michigan, you’re more likely to die from a bullet than from a motor vehicle accident. In 2010, the death toll from motor vehicle traffic accidents in Michigan was 942, the National Highway [...]
Property value drops exceed 30 percent in parts of SE Michigan
It might be only a slight exaggeration to say that as Southeast Michigan goes, so goes the state. The region, with roughly 50 percent of the state population and the driver of half its economic activity, [...]
Billions more lost, but property value drop slowing
In five years, total Michigan property values plunged by more than $260 billion, according to an analysis of state records by Bridge Magazine. But while the decline continued over the last year, it slowed considerably. Values [...]
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
Guest commentary: Keep world-class standards for Michigan learners
If, and this is a big if, the Common Core is used as it is (being adve
State leaders navigating a route to new dollars for roads
Adding to Michigan's already absurd sales tax system is a really dumb
Stressed cities hear little sympathy from State Capitol
Roger, Looking at the financial ratings, it would suggest that some