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CLOSUP Updates

New MPPS Report: Growing consensus among Michigan local government leaders on revenue inadequacy, but declining support for local tax options

Sep 23, 2025

A new MPPS report presents the views of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding local revenue policy, including whether the state’s current system of funding local government will allow them to maintain or improve services, their preferences fo...

News

Local leaders tell Lansing, state system of funding local government is broken

Sep 12, 2016

Nearly two-thirds of Michigan’s local leaders believe that the state’s system of funding local government is broken and in need of reform. This belief is shared by a majority of local leaders from jurisdictions large and small, from every region of t...

Coverage of CLOSUP medical marijuana policy poll grows like weed

Fiscal Health Reports

The Fiscal Health of Michigan Local Governments 2024

March 16, 2026

Margaret Walthall, Stephanie Leiser, Natalie Fitzpatrick, Ann Wilkinson

This report provides an overview of Michigan local government fiscal health using financial data reported to the State of Michigan from 2022 to 2024. This analysis evaluates cash, budgetary, long-term, and service solvency indicators for counties, ci...