Keeping Michigan tourism top of mind If you can afford the $30 bucks to pour into the gas tank, it's definitely time to head north to...

Big Ideas for Business Growth Most of us working stiffs didn't have time to head to downtown Motown for this months National...

Reformers emerge from deep within budget The size of the State's government is too large for the state's current resources/tax base and...

Two GREAT election initiatives The August primary for Detroit City Council is an absolute free-for-all, with dozens of candidates...

Early childhood education will have to wait In the Center for Michigan's ongoing statewide Community Conversations, participants have routinely...

WWDD: What Would Doug Roberts Do? Every so often, I like to call somebody and ask them to play King of Michigan for a day. That is,...

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PAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER
• Government Collaboration and Accountability Issue Guide (May 2009)
• School Daze: Michigan's Shrinking School Year (March 2009)
• Pocketbook At-A-Glance: How YOU fund the state budget (February 2009)
• $1.5 Billion in Reform Choices (January 2009)
• Thinking and Doing by James Tobin (July 2008)
• A Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation (May 2008)
• A New Michigan Scorecard (February 2008)
• The Michigan Tax Malaise (November 2007)
• Michigan Hunting and Fishing Licenses Bargains too Good to be True (October 2007)
• Swift Gazelles and Lumbering Lions (March 2007)
• A New Model Michigan (January 2007)
• Growing Communities (June 2006)

EVENTS - The Center has held Town Hall Meetings on some of the most important issues facing our state. Click to browse the papers, presentations and findings from each of our conferences.

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