Archive for Tag Archives: ' Michigan'
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sewer overflows declining, but heavy rains still push sewage into streams
Billions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage are still fouling the state’s rivers, lakes and streams, despite years of work by state and local officials and voter approval in 2002 of $1 billion in [...]
Guest commentary: Survey finds hostile political rhetoric erodes trust in government
By Tom Ivacko/Center for Local, State and Urban Policy Government of the people? For the people? By the people? Unfortunately, not many of the people appear to be for the government at this point. The percentage [...]
Thousands of failed septic tanks threaten Michigan’s waters
Public health sanitarian Regina Young wasn’t sure what her staff would encounter when the Barry-Eaton District Health Department clamped down on failed septic systems in 2007. They quickly discovered more problems than anyone anticipated in those [...]
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Are you trying to suggest that having CEO's want to invest their money
Guest commentary: New revenue-sharing model shortchanges and infuriates municipalities
The primary reason this state program was started was to save money.
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Who in the past 10, 20, 30 years did anything to foster cooperation?
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Money seems about the most effective way to get the government's (or t
Guest commentary: Local governments’ fiscal distress worsened by state’s actions
All Mr. Bean is whining about is getting more money for the members of