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Sarah Mills work featured on This is Michigan

Apr 19, 2019

With bias and misinformation swirling around the consequences of wind turbine installation, local government officials are hard-pressed to find reliable information for themselves and their communities. Certainly there are tangible...

Sarah Mills work featured on This is Michigan

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Barry Rabe and climate change: the opinions of the 2020 Democratic hopefuls

Apr 19, 2019

While the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grows and the first primaries approach, one of the top issues for the field is climate change. Since his inauguration, President Trump has reversed Obama-era environmental policies, focused...

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Democrats Are United on Climate Change, but Not on What to Do About It

Apr 18, 2019 The New York Times

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Ivacko evaluates independence of Detroit's IG in lieu of Mayor Duggan investigation

Apr 12, 2019

An investigation into Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has some questioning the impartiality of Inspector General (IG) Ellen Ha. The investigation in Mayor Duggan is looking into the appearance of preferential treatment of a nonprofit prenatal program...

Ivacko evaluates independence of Detroit's IG in lieu of Mayor Duggan investigation

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Duggan Investigation: Can Detroit Inspector General Be Impartial?

Apr 11, 2019 Deadline Detroit

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Stephanie Leiser and Sarah Mills on perception versus reality in local government budgets

Apr 10, 2019

Local government officials’ assessments of their own fiscal health is often at odds with—and worse than—what their financial statements indicate, according to work done by Stephanie Leiser and Sarah Mills. The researchers note that this could be...

Stephanie Leiser and Sarah Mills on perception versus reality in local government budgets

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Mills weighs in on UP wind energy project

Apr 8, 2019

In Michigan's Upper Peninsula a proposal to construct 49 wind turbines across 28,000 acres of the Huron Mountains is the subject of criticism from the local communities. To get perspective in her April 4, 2019 story on Interlochen Public Radio, Kaye...

Mills weighs in on UP wind energy project

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Plan to put wind farm in Upper Peninsula forest gets community pushback

Apr 5, 2019 Michigan Radio

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Plan to put wind farm in Upper Peninsula forest gets community pushback

Apr 4, 2019 Interlochen Public Radio

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Ivacko provides context for economic hardship findings

Mar 29, 2019

Understanding poverty in Michigan is the first step towards alleviating it, so people are playing particular attention to the recent Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) report on how local officials think about economic hardship. Much...

Ivacko provides context for economic hardship findings

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Are most of us struggling to make ends meet? Report shows what local officials think of poverty in the area

Mar 26, 2019 The Cadillac News

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Inslee eyes national climate fight, has struggled at residence

Mar 23, 2019 infosurhoy.com

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Where does US climate policy stand in 2019?

Mar 22, 2019 Brookings Institute

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On the campaign trail, climate change can no longer be ignored

Mar 19, 2019 Roll Call

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Local Officials: Residents Struggling To Make Ends Meet

Mar 8, 2019 Gongwer

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Study shows many in Michigan struggling to make ends meet

Mar 7, 2019 WLNS TV 6, Lansing

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Poverty Solutions & CLOSUP new report find local officials believe many Michigan residents struggle to make ends meet

Mar 7, 2019

AMany local governments in Michigan report poverty and economic hardships among their residents, according to a survey from University of Michigan researchers. Almost half (44 percent) of local officials say more than one in five of their residents...

CLOSUP: Local civic discourse heats up in Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula

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This Coal Plant Shutdown Shows We Can't Ignore Communities Left Behind

Mar 6, 2019 The Huffington Post

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Inslee eyes national climate fight, has struggled at home

Mar 5, 2019 Peninsula Daily News

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Inslee eyes national climate fight, but has struggled at home

Mar 4, 2019 komonews.com

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Inslee eyes national climate fight, has struggled at home

Mar 4, 2019 Washington Times Herald

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Inslee eyes national climate fight, has struggled at home

Mar 4, 2019 Albuquerque Journal

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Carbon taxes can be both good policy and good politics

Mar 4, 2019 Policy Options Politiques

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The So-Called Political Divide on Coal vs. Renewables Is Fake News

Feb 25, 2019 EcoWatch

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The Political Divide on Coal vs. Renewables Is Fake News

Feb 22, 2019 nrdc.com

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CLOSUP: Local civic discourse heats up in Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula

Feb 22, 2019

In recent years, divisiveness within the political arena has continued to widen the chasm between Democrats and Republicans, especially at the federal level. Municipal government in Michigan has largely remained insulated from such divisiveness,...

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'We got to know each other as humans'

Feb 21, 2019 The Cadillac News

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A changing climate: Congress moves on climate change, Barry Rabe questions how far

Feb 18, 2019

After the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to back out of the Paris Agreement, a UN effort to mitigate harmful effects of greenhouse-gas-emissions, some members of congress began forming a bipartisan coalition to adopt the goals on a...

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New study: when residents feel they have a say in local wind turbine projects, they are more likely to have positive opinions about wind energy

Feb 14, 2019 WMUK NPR Radio

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Opinions on wind energy linked to whether people feel they had input into turbine projects

Feb 14, 2019 WCMU Public Radio

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