Michigan Public Policy Survey Reports

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) is a program of state-wide surveys of local government leaders in Michigan. The MPPS is designed to fill an important information gap in the policymaking process. While there are ongoing surveys of the business community and of the citizens of Michigan, before the MPPS there were no ongoing surveys of local government officials that were representative of all general purpose local governments in the state. Therefore, although we knew the policy priorities and views of the state's businesses and citizens, we knew very little about the views of the local officials who are so important to the economies and community life throughout Michigan. More …

Beyond trust in government: government trust in citizens?

Local leaders support reforming Michigan’s system of funding local government

Local leaders support eliminating Michigan’s Personal Property Tax if funds are replaced, but distrust state follow-through

Michigan’s local leaders satisfied with union negotiations

Michigan’s local leaders are divided over the state’s emergency manager law

Fiscal stress continues for hundreds of Michigan jurisdictions, but conditions trend in positive direction overall

Michigan’s local leaders more positive about Governor Snyder’s performance, more optimistic about the state’s direction

Data-driven decision-making in Michigan local government

State funding incentives increase local collaboration, but also raise concerns

Local officials react to state policy innovation tying revenue sharing to dashboards and incentive funding

MPPS finds fiscal health continues to decline across the state, though some negative trends eased in 2011

Public sector unions in Michigan: their presence and impact according to local government leaders

Despite increased approval of state government performance, Michigan's local leaders are concerned about the state's direction

Local government and environmental leadership: views of Michigan's local leaders

Local leaders are mostly positive about intergovernmental cooperation and look to expand efforts

Local government leaders say most employees are not overpaid, though some benefits may be too generous

Local government leaders say economic gardening can help grow their economies

Local governments struggle to cope with fiscal, service, and staffing pressures

Michigan local governments actively promote U.S. Census participation

Fiscal Stimulus Package Mostly Ineffective for Local Economies

Fall 2009 Key Findings Report: Educational, Economic, and Workforce Development Issues at the Local Level

Local government officials give low marks to the performance of state officials and report low trust in Lansing

October 2009: Local Government Fiscal and Economic Development Issues

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Data Tables "Core" Fiscal Tracking Items Fall 2012 MPPS Data Spring 2012 MPPS Data More tables Fall 2011 MPPS Data Spring 2011 MPPS Data Fall 2010 MPPS Data Spring 2010 MPPS Data Fall 2009 MPPS Data Spring 2009 MPPS Data

Reports Beyond trust in government: government trust in citizens? (March 2013) Local leaders support reforming Michigan's system of funding local government (Jan. 2013) Local leaders support eliminating Michigan's Personal Property Tax if funds are replaced, but distrust state follow-through (Nov. 2012) More reports Michigan's local leaders satisfied with union negotiations (Oct. 2012) Michigan's local leaders are divided over the state's emergency manager law (Sept. 2012) Fiscal stress continues for hundreds of Michigan jurisdictions, but conditions trend in positive direction overall (Sept. 2012) Michigan's local leaders more positive about Governor Snyder's performance, more optimistic about the state's direction (July 2012) Data-driven decision-making in Michigan local government (June 2012) State funding incentives increase local collaboration but also raise concerns (March 2012) Officials react to funding incentives (Jan. 2012) Fiscal health continues decline, though some trends have eased in 2011 (Oct. 2011) Public sector unions in Michigan: their presence and impact according to local government leaders (Aug. 2011) Assessments of state's direction and state policymaker job performance (Aug. 2011) Local government and environmental leadership (July 2011) Local leaders mostly positive on intergovernmental cooperation (March 2011) Local government pay and benefits (Feb. 2011) Support for economic gardening (Nov. 2010) Coping with fiscal, service, and staffing pressures (Aug. 2010) Promoting participation in the U.S. Census (Aug. 2010) Fiscal stimulus package impacts (May 2010) Fall 2009 key findings (April 2010) Low trust in Lansing (March 2010) Spring 2009 key findings (Oct. 2009)

Questionnaires Fall 2012 MPPS Questionnaire Spring 2012 MPPS Questionnaire More questionnaires Fall 2011 MPPS Questionnaire Spring 2011 MPPS Questionnaire Fall 2010 MPPS Questionnaire Spring 2010 MPPS Questionnaire Fall 2009 MPPS Questionnaire Spring 2009 MPPS Questionnaire

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