Economic reckoning Is there a kids' soccer game, kids' dance class, neighborhood book club meeting, or cocktail party...

More government collaboration possible in tough times Michigan's hundreds of local governments and school districts can do more to collaborate, share...

Who will tell the People? Increasingly, Michigan is a place without watchdogs, Phil Power writes this week. He's not talking...

Michigan Ed: Good news and more opportunity Michigan has just earned the distinction as the second best online learning state in the nation by...

A New Economy Up North How does a place like Grayling, Michigan thrive in the 21st Century? Home to about 15,000 people,...

Invitation: Have YOUR say in Michigan's future Michigan needs a common ground agenda for the future. An agenda to keep our friends, neighbors,...

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READ PHIL POWER'S WEEKLY COLUMN - Phil Power, founder and president of the Center for Michigan, spent nearly 40 years in the newspaper business as founder, owner and Chairman of HomeTown Communications....

PAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER
• 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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