Close Up on Shiawassee
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CLOSUP has partnered with the University of Michigan's Cook Scholars program and the Shiawassee County news "The Argus-Press" to use results from the Michigan Public Policy Survey to understand the unique experiences of local governments in Shiawassee County and across mid-Michigan.
CLOSUP has partnered with the University of Michigan's Cook Scholars program and the Shiawassee County news "The Argus-Press" to use results from the Michigan Public Policy Survey to understand the unique experiences of local governments in Shiawassee County and across mid-Michigan.
The "Close Up on Shiawassee" project works with data collected through the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), a census survey conducted since 2009 among all 1,856 local jurisdictions across Michigan, with a particular emphasis on the responses from local governments in Michigan's Shiawassee County and in mid-Michigan (including Bay, Clare, Clinton, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw, and Shiawassee counties) that respond each survey wave. Students on this research team work closely with CLOSUP staff to choose topics covered by previous surveys and develop policy briefs or op-ed pieces detailing the findings among Shiawassee jurisdictions.
CLOSUP Student Articles Published in the Argus-Press
Shiawassee County's renewable energy divide: opinions of local leaders on renewable energy development (Laurie Platner, October 2026)
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