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In the Media

Survey: Salary-cutting eases among state's local governments

Jan 22, 2015 ABC12, Flint, MI

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In the Media

Survey: Salary-cutting eases among state's local governments

Jan 22, 2015 Fox 28, Elkhart, IN

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In the Media

Survey: Salary-cutting eases among state's local governments

Jan 22, 2015 Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL

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Interview regarding local leaders' views on pay and fringe benefits for their employees (podcast)

Jan 22, 2015 Capital City Recap with Michael Cohen, WILS Radio 1320am, Lansing

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Survey: Salary-cutting eases among state's local governments

Jan 22, 2015 Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe, MI

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In the Media

Survey: Salary-cutting eases among state's local governments

Jan 22, 2015 Argus-Press, Owosso, MI

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Fact Checker: Some red flags to polling

Jan 13, 2015 Reading Eagle, Reading, PA

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Orange County Register: Local government privatization popular in Michigan

Jan 9, 2015 CalOpinion.com

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Democrats' Future Looks Grim

Jan 8, 2015 Governing.com

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Business Leaders for Michigan Newsletter: A majority of Michigan local governments firm up financial practices

Jan 6, 2015 Business Leaders for Michigan

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University of Michigan Survey Finds High Use, Satisfaction with Local Government Privatization

Dec 31, 2014 Reason Foundation Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter

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Jobs Bills That Don't Create Jobs: What Republican Control Could Mean

Nov 30, 2014 Huffington Post

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US, China push climate change onto front burner

Nov 26, 2014 China Daily USA

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Can Wind Turbines Help Keep Rural America Intact?

Nov 26, 2014 Climaterocks.com

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Macomb County lags in privatization of services

Nov 21, 2014 Macomb Daily

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Michigan Municipalities Like Privatization

Nov 19, 2014 WBCK 95.3FM, Battle Creek

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The Detroit News Overstates the Value of Privatization

Nov 18, 2014 Democracy Tree

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The Detroit News Overstates the Value of Privatization

Nov 18, 2014 Democracy Tree

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Michiganians favor privatization

Nov 18, 2014 The Detroit News

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Interview on local government privatization

Nov 13, 2014 Capital City Recap with Michael Cohen, WILS Radio 1320am, Lansing

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Are local governments satisfied with outsourced work?

Nov 13, 2014 Michigan Radio, Stateside with Cynthia Canty

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U-M survey: Most gov'ts OK with outsourcing

Nov 13, 2014 Lansing State Journal

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Can China hide behind the U.S. on climate change?

Nov 6, 2014 China Policy Institute Blog

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A Sign of Better Days for Michigan Local Governments

Oct 14, 2014 The Bond Buyer

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Proximity to Great Lakes a key factor in local officials views

Sep 6, 2014 Holland Sentinel

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MPPS

The functioning of democracy at the local level: a compendium of findings from the Michigan Public Policy Survey of local leaders

October 28, 2024

The Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) has released a new resource that summarizes Michigan local government leaders’ views on democracy and democratic governance. The findings come from the Michigan Public Policy...

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Local leaders' concerns about Michigan’s direction spike, while evaluations of state leaders sink over the past year

July 6, 2021

This report presents the opinions of Michigan's local government leaders regarding the direction in which the state is headed, as well as their evaluations of the job performance of Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Legislature. These...

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Michigan local leaders say local democracy is strong, as their trust in government and citizens rises

October 27, 2020

This report presents local government leaders’ views regarding the functioning of democracy in their jurisdictions, the State of Michigan, and the United States as a whole, as well as their levels of trust toward the federal, state, and other local...

MPPS

Intergovernmental collaboration on sustainability and energy issues among Michigan local governments

September 30, 2020

This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding current and potential local government collaboration on a range of sustainability and energy policies. These findings are based on statewide surveys of local...

MPPS

The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Michigan communities and local governments

June 24, 2020

This report presents local government leaders' views on the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan through May of 2020, including impacts on the state and its communities, expectations for how long negative impacts would persist, evaluations of governmental...