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CLOSUP Updates

Eviction in the U.P. Deserves a Closer Look

Apr 9, 2025 Iron County Reporter

MARQUETTE — As of March 2023, The Eviction Lab reports that Michigan’s eviction filing rate jumped from historic pandemic-era lows to become the fifth worst in the nation, at 16.7%.Read...

Publication

CLOSUP’s second annual report analyzes local government fiscal health

Mar 27, 2025

“Local governments provide services—clean water, plowed streets, courts, elections—that keep our economy and democracy working smoothly. Just like we get regular health checkups to take good care of ourselves, we should also regularly check the...

CLOSUP Updates

New Fiscal Health Project Report: The Fiscal Health of Michigan Local Governments 2023

Mar 26, 2025

Using financial data reported to the State of Michigan in 2023, a new report from CLOSUP's Fiscal Health Project provides an annual update on Michigan local government fiscal health. This report analyzes local government data to develop a set of...

Building tech to support small towns: U-M team develops digital tool for SEC compliance

The Fiscal Health of Michigan Local Governments 2023

March 26, 2025

Margaret Walthall, Stephanie Leiser, Natalie Fitzpatrick

This report provides an annual update on Michigan local government fiscal health. Using financial data reported to the State of Michigan in 2023, this analysis develops a set of indicators to look at cash, budgetary, long-term, and service solvency...

CLOSUP Updates

Amplifying local voices: Michigan Public Policy Survey shares insights, experiences of Michigan’s township officials

Mar 21, 2025 Township Focus

For more than 15 years, a statewide survey of local government officials has helped to garner the opinions, experiences and insights of thousands of public leaders. These efforts, in which MTA is a partner, glean important information to help inform...

News

Lacking a playbook for dealing with economic decline, leaders of smaller cities opt for pragmatism, flexibility

Mar 10, 2025

The challenges facing big cities such as Detroit and Cleveland have been widely examined by experts over the decades, as each has dealt with the loss of population and major industries.Less chronicled are the situations in small- to medium-sized...