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SummaryCLOSUP’s Functioning of Democracy Project is designed to increase our understanding of how American...
The Spring 2020 Michigan Public Policy SurveyTopics:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); annual tracking items for...
The Spring 2019 Michigan Public Policy SurveyTopics:Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies;...
SummaryIn November, 2018, the citizens of Michigan passed Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to place...
The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) is a program of state-wide surveys of local government leaders in...
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Jun 03, 2020
This memo is included in the Local Government COVID-19 Fiscal Strategy and Resource Guide.
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Jul 16, 2020
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This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding the direction in which the state is headed, as well as their evaluations of the job performance of Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Legislature. These findings are based...
Jun 24, 2020
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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 coordination,...
Feb 01, 2016
Carolyn Rice, CLOSUP Policy Analyst
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This paper seeks to explore the issue of unilateral state authority over hydraulic fracturing policy and the possibility/ merits of a shared government model that incorporates local input. This analysis explores...
Apr 01, 2017
Benjamin P. Greenberg
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An epidemic has silently swept across America with no regard for race, location, or socioeconomic status. The recent opiate epidemic, characterized by the sudden surge in usage among Americans, is considered the most fatal...
Apr 01, 2017
Kohlton Johnson
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With 2014’s Agricultural Act, otherwise known as the “Farm Bill” signed by President Obama at Michigan State University, there was a new doubling-down on federal subsidies as well as a new investment in young, beginner farmers....
Apr 01, 2017
Karen Seo
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Michigan, like many other states, holds final authority over tax policy in the state. In Michigan, the authority to levy local taxes is granted by the State. The State defines a set of regulations and restrictions that local...
Oct 01, 2017
Claire M. Griffin
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The connection of food systems to the urban environment cannot be ignored as cities require outside production to provide the bulk of resources needed to sustain their residents’ physical, social, and economic needs. Literature...
Jun 01, 2018
Madeline Carter
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To evaluate current Republican views on climate, this study performs an inventory of all 51 US Republican senators’ official websites. It analyzes how each member speaks of "climate change" and "energy," which types of climate...
Jun 01, 2018
Joe Cianciola
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In the global fight against climate change, cap-and-trade programs remain one of the most effective means of greenhouse gas mitigation at policymakers’ disposal. Within the United States, several sub-national cap-and trade programs...
Jun 01, 2018
Will Horne
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Solar power has historically been a high cost form of renewable energy. Other renewables like wind have dominated the market, leading to a lack of diversity within American states’ renewable portfolio standards (RPS). To combat this...
Jun 01, 2018
C.J. Mayer
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The gas tax in the United States has significant implications for the environment and for infrastructure funding. In contrast to federal inaction for over two decades, many states have recently increased their own state-level gas taxes...
Jun 01, 2018
Grant Rivas
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A combination of rapid population growth, lack of proactive water management policy, and prolonged drought have put Cape Town, South Africa on the verge of becoming the first major, global city to effectively run out of water, a crisis...
Mar 01, 2019
Nick Guisinger
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The United States Government and the various state governments all have laws establishing rules around government ethics and transparency. These are put in place to avoid conflicts of interest or corruption among public officials...