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In the Media

FEMA to deny funds to warming deniers

Mar 23, 2015 Philly.com

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In the Media

FEMA To States: No Climate Planning, No Money

Mar 23, 2015 Southwest Times Record

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In the Media

FEMA To Deny Funding To States Without Global Warming Plans

Mar 23, 2015 The Libertarian Republic

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In the Media

FEMA To Deny Funding To States Without Global Warming Plans

Mar 23, 2015 freedomforce.com

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In the Media

FEMA to Cut Disaster Prep Funding to Governors Who Deny Manmade Climate Change

Mar 23, 2015 Mediaite

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In the Media

FEMA to governors: If you want funding, act on climate change now

Mar 23, 2015 Daily KOs

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In the Media

FEMA To States: No Climate Planning, No Money

Mar 22, 2015 Southwest Times Record

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In the Media

Feds To Block FEMA Funds For States That Deny Man-Made Global Warming

Mar 21, 2015 freerepublic.com

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In the Media

FEMA to states: no climate planning, no money

Mar 20, 2015 Redding Record Searchlight

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In the Media

FEMA To States: No Climate Planning, No Money

Mar 20, 2015 Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

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In the Media

FEMA to States: No Climate Planning, No Money

Mar 19, 2015 Inside Climate News

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In the Media

FEMA to states: No climate planning, no money

Mar 19, 2015 Examiner-Enterprise

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In the Media

FEMA to States: No Climate Planning, No Money

Mar 19, 2015 Emergency Management

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In the Media

FEMA to states: no climate planning, no $

Mar 19, 2015 The Recorder

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FEMA to states like Florida: no climate planning, no money

Mar 19, 2015 Tampa Bay Times

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In the Media

Are government officials ethical in office?

Mar 18, 2015 Interlochen Public Radio

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In the Media

Michigan's local governments say roads need more funding

Feb 23, 2015 The Elkhart Truth

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In the Media

Survey finds support for federal emission limits

Jan 28, 2015 The Michigan Daily

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In the Media

UofM Survey Shows Growing Economy Increases Work Bonuses

Jan 23, 2015 WLNS TV 6, Lansing, MI

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MPPS

MPPS Policy Brief: Michigan local government leaders’ assessments of democratic functioning improve from 2021 low, but first signs of trouble at local level emerge

December 6, 2023

This policy brief presents the views of Michigan's local government leaders regarding the functioning of democracy in their jurisdictions, across the State of Michigan, and across the United States as a whole. These findings are based on statewide...

MPPS

Michigan local leaders’ concerns about U.S. democracy at state and federal levels ease somewhat, but remain grim

November 16, 2022

This report presents local government leaders’ views regarding the functioning of democracy in their jurisdictions, the State of Michigan, and the United States as a whole. These findings are based on statewide surveys of local government leaders in...

MPPS

The lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Michigan communities and local governments

October 27, 2021

This report presents local government leaders’ views on the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan in 2021, including overall impacts on local communities, evaluations of governmental coordination and resource provision, and...

MPPS

The functioning of democracy at the local level: a compendium of findings from the Michigan Public Policy Survey of local leaders

December 14, 2020

The Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) has released a new resource that summarizes Michigan local government leaders’ views on democracy and democratic governance. The findings come from the Michigan Public Policy...

MPPS

Confidence in the accuracy of Michigan’s 2020 Census count among local leaders was not very high, slips further

August 25, 2020

This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding the 2020 U.S. Census, including their confidence in the potential accuracy of the count both locally and at the state level, as well as information about local...

MPPS

The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Michigan communities and local governments

June 24, 2020

This report presents local government leaders' views on the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan through May of 2020, including impacts on the state and its communities, expectations for how long negative impacts would persist, evaluations of governmental...

Fiscal Strategy Memos

Fiscal Strategies: What Does the CARES Act Mean for Local Governments in Michigan?

May 1, 2020

Samantha Zinnes, Michigan State University Extension Center for Local Government Finance and Policy

This memo is included in the Local Government COVID-19 Fiscal Strategy and Resource...

MPPS

Michigan local government preparations and concerns regarding the 2020 U.S. Census

September 1, 2019

This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census, including their confidence in the potential accuracy of the count both locally and at the state level, assessments of groups within...

IEEP

Federalism and California’s Role in Vehicle Emissions Standards

July 1, 2018

This paper and its analyses were commissioned in order to support a paper written by Barry G. Rabe for the Academy of Arts and Sciences Project on Durability and Adaptability in Energy Policy entitled “Leveraged Federalism and the Clean Air Act: The...

MPPS

Michigan local governments actively promote U.S. Census participation

August 1, 2010

On Friday, July 30, 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau closed its public phone call-in lines that had allowed U.S. citizens who were missed by mailed forms and door-to-door efforts to be counted in the 2010 Census. The Census data, according to the Census...

MPPS

Fiscal Stimulus Package Mostly Ineffective for Local Economies

May 1, 2010

This report presents Michigan local government leaders’ opinions on the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—also known as the Federal Stimulus Package—based on statewide surveys in the Spring 2009 and Fall 2009 waves of the...