LOCAL LEADERS DECLINING FAITH IN MICHIGAN STATE GOVERNMENT

Typically, people use the phrase “state and local government,” as though they are two entirely separate sets of entities. But unless the states and their cities, counties and towns work together smoothly, impediments to progress abound. Some fascinating revelations about the status of those relationships were revealed in a November report from the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

• State-local relations
• intergovernmental relations
• Relations with state government