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In the Media

Roses are red, violets are blue, America to coal: I might dump you.

Feb 14, 2018 www.environmentguru.com

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Survey says: the American public is souring on coal

Feb 14, 2018 vox.com

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Poll finds shrinking public support for coal

Feb 9, 2018 Greenwire

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CLOSUP publishes report, hosts webinar on local government workforce issues and challenges

Feb 7, 2018

In January, the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) published a report and hosted a webinar on the views of Michigan local government officials regarding workforce issues and challenges. The results come from the Spring 2017 edition...

New report from CLOSUP: Rising confidence in Michigan’s direction but partisan differences remain

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Rabe & Mills: "State energy policy in the Trump era: Insights from public opinion"

Feb 5, 2018

An article by Barry Rabe and Sarah Mills, "State energy policy in the Trump Era: Insights from public opinion," was published in the December 2017 edition of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. Abstract In light of President Trump’s...

Governors have emerged as President Trump's main opposition, according to Rabe

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Sarah Mills: "Wind development in Pennsylvania: A reflection on state policy"

Feb 5, 2018

An article by Sarah Mills, "Wind development in Pennsylvania: a reflection on state policy," was published in Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy (Volume 19, Number 1 [2017]). AbstractWhile other states have continued to add...

Sarah Mills work featured on This is Michigan

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Rabe joins NAPA Panel of Fellows assessing Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Feb 2, 2018

Barry Rabe, director of the University of Michigan's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, has been appointed to a five-member National Academy of Public Administration Panel of Fellows that is charged with assessing the Oklahoma Corporation...

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For Brookings, Barry Rabe discusses state and federal tension around climate policy

Jan 30, 2018

In a new blog for the Brookings Institution, Barry Rabe looks into the difficulties surrounding climate policy in America, detailing how fluctuating positions at the federal level have impacted states and their individual commitments.Barry Rabe is...

In the Media

Can states deliver on climate promises?

Jan 26, 2018 Brookings Institution, FixGov BLog

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In the Media

Public Policy lecturer talks the risks and benefits of fracking in the oil industry

Jan 24, 2018 Michigan Daily

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In the Media

Has the time finally come for offshore wind energy on the great lakes?

Dec 29, 2017 ensia.com

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State & Hill

Low voter turnout? Introducing Turn Up Turnout and the Big Ten Voting Challenge

Dec 21, 2017

Voter turnout is abysmally poor," says Joe Schwarz, a Ford School lecturer and former U.S. Congressional representative (R-MI-7). "In general elections, you're lucky to get 50 to 60 percent of eligible voters—that just shows an embarrassing level of...

Low voter turnout? Introducing Turn Up Turnout and the Big Ten Voting Challenge

MPPS in the news

Bad solutions to real problems: The Lansing special

Dec 8, 2017 Detroit Free Press

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David Bohnett mayoral fellowship program featured in Governing Magazine

Dec 7, 2017

The David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellowship program, which has provided generous support to 20 Ford School graduate students since its launch in 2010, is highlighted today in an article by Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene,...

David Bohnett mayoral fellowship program featured in Governing Magazine

In the Media

U of M study reveals opinion on wind turbines, Part 2

Nov 27, 2017 Midland Daily News, Midland, MI

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U of M study reveals opinions on wind turbines

Nov 26, 2017 Midland Daily News, Midland, MI

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In the Media

Wisconsin, under Scott Walker, no longer leads in conservation

Nov 22, 2017 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Mills provides power of information, nears end of Michigan wind energy tour

Nov 16, 2017

Sarah Mills is working to dispel rumors and inform rural Michiganders of the pros and cons of wind farm energy.Mills, a post-doctoral fellow at the Ford School’s Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), received an $80,000 grant from the...

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Michigan Public Policy Survey results featured by AP and Michigan Bureau of Elections

Nov 14, 2017

Results from the spring edition of the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) were highlighted by the Michigan Secretary of State’s Bureau of Elections in their November 9 newsletter, which is sent to election officials across the state.The latest...

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