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In the Media

Leiser on the far-right shift in the Ottawa County government

Oct 5, 2023 MLive

“It’s almost as if instead of leading with, ‘OK, what’s our job in this jurisdiction in this county? What services do we provide?’ – and then sort of taking the cues from citizens and policy from there – it’s like a flipped script,” said Stephanie...

Leiser shares expertise on government financial reporting in webinar

CLOSUP Updates

New MPPS Policy Brief: Michigan local governments’ ability to find, get, and manage state and federal grants

Oct 11, 2023

A new policy brief presents Michigan local government leaders’ views on their jurisdiction’s capacity for pursuing external grant funding from the state and federal governments. These findings are based on statewide surveys of local government...

Michigan local governments face ARPA spending challenges with inflation and supply chain issues

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Margaret Walthall

Research and Data Specialist

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Margaret joined CLOSUP as our research and data specialist in September 2023, after having worked at the Center as a student policy analyst during her master's program in the Ford School. During her studies, Margaret worked on CLOSUP's Fiscal Health…

MPPS

MPPS Policy Brief: Michigan local governments’ ability to find, get, and manage state and federal grants

October 11, 2023

This policy brief presents Michigan local government leaders’ views on their jurisdiction’s capacity for pursuing external grant funding from the state and federal governments. These findings are based on statewide surveys of local government...

MPPS in the news

U.P. local government leaders most likely to report housing shortages

Sep 27, 2023 Iron County Reporter

Concerns among local government leaders in the Upper Peninsula about housing shortages in their communities have more than doubled since 2017. Today, 59% of officials from U.P. cities, villages, and townships say they have too little single-family...