While the Citizens Research Council of Michigan makes the results of its analyses freely available through this website, in printed versions, and in forums, the media frequently bring CRC research to a wider audience.

Media Coverage

• Granholm's gamble: Woo Toyota to Michigan, Kalamazoo Gazette, December 31, 2005
• Legislators see mixed results in '05, Detroit News, December 29, 2005
• Michigan thinks about the previously unthinkable: A Toyota plant, International Herald Tribune, December 27, 2005
• School contract fight leaves many in dark: Both sides quiet as Port Huron district struggles with finances, Port Huron Times-Herald, December 23, 2005
• Public pensions, private jackpots: Days of extravagant plans fading, Detroit Free Press, December 14, 2005
• Tinkering with teacher benefits a cartoonish battle, Detroit Free Press, December 13, 2005
• Motown loses it Mojo, The Wall Street Journal, December 8, 2005
• Shrink school bureacracy, Crains Detroit Business, December 5, 2005
• Acheson gets help paying for Desmond Landing, Port Huron Times Herald, December 4, 2005

 

• Wayne Co.'s New Deficit: $56 Million: Ficano wants to fill the gaps gradually; critics skeptical, Detroit Free Press, November 30, 2005
• County legislators must support public school health care reform, Oakland Press, November 27, 2005
• Sharing services, cutting costs, Grand Rapids Press, November 23, 2005
• GM deal likely to influence others in battle against costs, Crain's Detroit Business, November 14, 2005
• Newsmaker Thursday: Uncertain Future Faces S.B.T., Age 30, Gongwer News Service, November 11, 2005

 

• WSU conference explores cutting costs through shared community services, Farmington Observer, October 30, 2005
• Funding in crisis, Boyne City Citizen, October 26, 2005
• Doctor's bills: Cuts in Medicaid funding may cost state physicians $40M, but many providers say it could have been worse, Crain's Detroit Business, October 24, 2005
• Daily Health Policy Report: Health Care Marketplace | Potential Effect of UAW Agreement With GM Examined, KaiserNetwork.org, October 24, 2005
• Doctor’s bills, Crain's Detroit Business, October 24, 2005
• KWAME KILPATRICK: In time of great change, city is on course to prosper, Detroit Free Press, October 23, 2005
• Detroit needs to face its city's welfare state, Detroit News, October 23, 2005
• GM-UAW agreement could have far-reaching effect on health care, Detroit Free Press, October 20, 2005
• Re: Early Days, Business Review Western Michigan, October 13-19, 2005
• Tax shift: Tax on services would fill state coffers but drain many consumers, businesses, Lansing State Journal, October 16, 2005
• Burton developer reaped $324,000 from city loan, Flint Journal, October 14, 2005
• Economics In Perspective: A Look At Where MI Is Headed, MIRS Capitol Capsule, October 14, 2005
• Cities must work together, Oakland Press, October 13, 2005
• It takes more than a village, [New York] Newsday, October 9, 2005
• It takes a village to rile Metro Detroit taxpayers, Detroit News, October 9, 2005
• Ada man takes helm of research council, Grand Rapids Press, October 8, 2005
• Suburbs can save money with more cooperation, Detroit News, October 8, 2005
• They Said It Saul Hymans at CRC Annual Meeting, Inside Michigan Politics, October 3, 2005
• Jobs formula - Experts rights: Michigan must focus on broad fixes, Flint Journal, October 2, 2005
• Mayoral race crosses 8 Mile: What happens in Detroit doesn't stay in Detroit -- suburbs have big stake in city election., Detroit News, October 2, 2005
• Educators respond to new state superintendent, Houghton Daily Mining Gazette, October 1-2, 2005
• Governor's Task Force on Local Government Services and Fiscal Stability Holds First Meeting, Capitol Currents (Legislative Update of the Michigan Township Association), October 2005

 

• State budget has few cuts, no tax hikes, Detroit News, September 30, 2005
• Final budget bills go to Granholm, who plans vetoes, Lansing State Journal, September 30, 2005
• LOCAL COMMENT: Inherit the debt, National and state shortsightedness pushes sacrifice onto our grandchildren, Detroit Free Press, September 28, 2005
• Cutting taxes no way to grow economy, experts say, Mlive.com, September 28, 2005
• Experts size up Michigan, Detroit Free Press, September 28, 2005
• Recovery-Less: State, and city, need brighter long-term vision, Detroit Free Press, September 28, 2005
• Forum focuses on future of state’s economy, Crain's Detroit Business, September 26, 2005
• Cooperate and Save: To preserve levels of service, local governments need to team up, Detroit Free Press, September 25, 2005
• Cooperation: Bridge to less-costly services, Jackson Citizen Patriot, September 25, 2005
• Survey: Locals Not Cooperating Enough, MIRS Capitol Capsule, September 19, 2005
• C.R.C. finds little intergovernmental cooperation, Gongwer News Service, September 19, 2005
• Task force to develop local gov’t funding plan, Gongwer News Service, September 19, 2005
• Budget’s passage targeted for this week, Gongwer News Service, September 19, 2005

 

• Gas Prices Concern Economist, MIRS Capitol Capsule, August 22, 2005
• Double dipping or win-win?, Grand Rapids Press, August 21, 2005
• Off the Record, August 19, 2005
• Royal Oak weighs booze tax, Detroit News, August 19, 2005
• Experts say state's revenue looks better, Lansing State Journal, August 18, 2005
• K-16 Funding, High Drama With A Mundane Conclusion?, MIRS Capitol Capsule, August 16, 2005
• Group takes stalled consolidation process in stride, Grand Blanc News, August 14, 2005
• Reform teacher pensions to avoid future budget woes, Detroit News, August 9, 2005
• Detroit's future in sharp focus for mayoral race, The Boston Globe, August 1, 2005

 

• Time tussles: 20-minute wait newest volley fired in the emergency room battle, Crain's Detroit Business, July 25, 2005
• Report: School Building Money Short $8.7B, MIRS Capitol Capsule, July 20, 2005
• Michigan reforms election calendar, The (Utica/Shelby Twp) Advisor, July 10, 2005
• Council jobs go to family, friends: Amid Detroit's fiscal crisis, contractors cost $2 million, Detroit Free Press, July 6, 2005
• A battle looms on teacher benefits, Detroit Free Press, July 5, 2005
• Loving a Loser, Governing Magazine, June 2005

 

• Teachers' benefits at issue, Ann Arbor News, June 30, 2005
• ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW: State education funding crisis: Merge school districts to cut costs, Detroit Free Press, June 27, 2005
• Unequal still: Urban schools suffer, Michigan Citizen, June 26, 2005
• Construction of schools, Macomb Daily, June 26, 2005
• Expert: State economy headed for meltdown without major reform, Southfield Eccentric, July 23, 2005
• State funds need to be pooled to properly maintain schools, Oakland Press, June 21, 2005
• Kent County schools rally in Lansing, looking for more funds, Byron Center South Advance, June 21, 2005
• Beaumont in Senate's sights, Crain's Detroit Business, June 20, 2005
• Band-Aid won't solve Michigan's education woes, Grand Haven Tribune, June 18, 2005
• Blues told to give up surplus, Detroit News, June 17, 2005
• State should look at proposals on capital expenses, Livingston County Press, June 15, 2005
• Michigan's GOP tax-cutters have a change of heart, Detroit News, June 12, 2005
• Unfinished business: Proposal A left untouched the wide gaps in ability to pay for school buildings, Grand Rapids Press, June 12, 2005
• Capital needs: Still school tax inequities, Jackson Citizen Patriot, June 9, 2005
• Gleaming new schools or antiquated wrecks, Kalamazoo Gazette, June 3, 2005
• Proposal A: Work in progress, Livingston County Press, June 1, 2005

 

• State schools have $8.7B in capital needs: report, Gongwer News Service, May 31, 2005
• Facilities gaps spur debate about capital funding, Kalamazoo Gazette, May 29, 2005
• Pensions help drain Detroit cash, Detroit Free Press, May 27, 2005
• 200 foreclosed properties to be auctioned, St. Joseph Herald Palladium, May 18, 2005
• A Parkinson's disease primer, St. Joseph Herald Palladium, May 18, 2005
• Few advised state treasurer on tax plan, Greenville Daily News, May 16, 2005
• Funding inequities hurt opportunities, Grand Rapids Press, May 15, 2005
• Michigan’s system of funding school building improvements producing vast inequalities, MSU Today, May 13, 2005
• November elections might be what Pontiac schools need, Oakland Press, May 12, 2005
• State News--Across the USA, USA Today, May 10, 2004
• Saginaw plugging school building gap, Saginaw News, May 9, 2005
• State considers new way to cover school employee health, pension costs, Bay City Times, May 9, 2005
• Report: State widens gap between rich, poor schools, Monroe Evening News, May 9, 2005
• Study finds inequities in classroom conditions statewide, Muskegon Chronicle, May 9, 2005
• School funding system blasted, Detroit News, May 9, 2005
• Creating an insurance pool works in other states, may save money for classroom, Detroit News, May 8, 2005
• Detroit hamstrung by pensions, benefits, Crain's Detroit Business, May 2-8, 2005
• Detroit's finances plunge, Detroit News, May 1, 2005

 

• Michigan reforms election calendar, Michigan Education Report, Spring 2005
• Policy analysts and rating analysts have different views, Municipal Advisory Council of Michigan's MAC Quarterly, Spring 2005

 

• Experts, leaders to discuss state's economy, Detroit News, April 27, 2005
• WCS offers teacher buyouts to avoid layoffs, Sterling Heights Sentry, April 13, 2005
• School finance break-down, Huron Daily Tribune, April 12, 2005
• Local governments struggle to maintain necessary services, Oakland Press, April 11, 2005
• Critics say bold action needed, Oakland Press, April 11, 2005
• State also faced serious budget crisis in '83, Oakland Press, April 11, 2005
• Instead of support, education gets cuts, Oakland Press, April 10, 2005
• Consolidation would slightly cut staff, workers' cost, Grand Blanc News, April 10, 2005
• Double trouble, Oakland Press, April 10, 2005
• As enrollment rises, state attempts to trim Medicaid, Oakland Press, April 10, 2005
• Thin bandage: Oakland hospital sites cross legal hurdle, Oakland Business Review, April 7-13, 2005
• Report: Overhaul health care spending regs, Business Review Lansing - Jackson, April 7-13, 2005
• Burton treasurer steps up pace collecting delinquent taxes, Flint Journal, April 3, 2005

 

• Advocate for poor blames tax cuts for state's red ink, Macomb Daily, March 30, 2005
• Some facts wrong in study -- officials, Grand Blanc News, March 27, 2005
• School employee retirement costs rising, Portland Review & Observer, March 27, 2005
• City is near top of list of spenders, Detroit Free Press, March 22, 2005
• Kilpatrick's challenges grow, Detroit News, March 20, 2005
• BA school staff cuts likely, Huron Daily Tribune, March 16, 2005
• Granholm plan ramps up state roadway projects, Lansing State Journal, March 15, 2005
• Control School Health Costs To Ease Money Crisis, Detroit News, March 14, 2005
• Wary Voters Want Tangible Results from New Taxes, Detroit News, March 8, 2005
• Consultant's report available online, Flint Journal, March 8, 2005
• State Budget Issues Only Going to Get Worse, Grand Rapids Business Journal, March 7, 2005
• How Cool Is This, Grand Rapids Business Journal, March 7, 2005
• Study: Michigan voters prefer tax requests pegged to services, Owosso Argus-Press, March 7, 2005
• Merged city would own county for road work, Grand Blanc News, March 6, 2005
• Taxes for specific areas win, Detroit News, March 7, 2005
• Ex-House speaker suggests tax hike, Grand Rapids Press, March 3, 2005
• Deal points up competition in pediatrics, Kalamazoo Gazette, March 1, 2005

 

• Churches may see township charges, Flint Journal, February 28, 2005
• State finances topic of women's breakfast, Troy Eccentric, February 27, 2005
• City Hall could house combined police force, Grand Blanc News, February 27, 2005
• Report: Certificate of Need's Effect Inconclusive, Gongwer News Service, February 25, 2005
• Teachers' benefits scrutinized, Ann Arbor News, February 25, 2005
• Budget pains infect towns, Detroit News, February 23, 2005
• Tech plan creates jobs, risk, Detroit News & Free Press, February 20, 2005
• Costs to eat school money, Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun, February 15, 2005
• Granholm: Join forces, save money, Ann Arbor News, February 13, 2005
• Merger could cut police costs -- study, Grand Blanc News, February 13, 2005
• Police arbitration benefits Michigan communities, Detroit News, February 11, 2005
• Long-term care headed for 'fiscal train wreck', Kalamazoo Gazette, February 11, 2005
• Lansing, Washington face similar $$$$ problems, Crawford Avalanche, February 10, 2005
• Granholm asks more funding for local schools, Grand Rapids Press, February 10, 2005
• Michigan told to change spending, tax strategies, Kalamazoo Gazette, February 8, 2005
• Shortfalls dog state budget, Lansing State Journal, February 7, 2005
• Huge gap looms for '06 budget, Lansing State Journal, February 7, 2005
• Gr. Blancs need to chill, talk, Flint Journal, February 6, 2005
• Repeal binding arbitration law for police and firefighters, Detroit News, February 6, 2005
• School-retiree costs: At what point a crisis?, Jackson City Patriot, February 4, 2005
• Analysts Question Outcomes Budget, Gongwer News Service, February 1, 2005

 

• Ongoing Budget Woes Call for New Approach to State Spending, Michigan Township Association's Michigan Township News, January/February 2005

 

• Michigan is last in too many of the categories that really count, Detroit News, January 30, 2005
• Study projects tax, public service consequences, Flint Journal, January 28, 2005
• Researchers predict retirement costs will be 30 percent of school payrolls by 2018, Holland Sentinel, January 27, 2005
• Granholm risks taking blame for education ills, Detroit News, January 26, 2005
• Only crisis will break political logjam on school funding, Bay City Times, January 24, 2005
• Lawmakers taking their time, Cheboygan Daily Tribune, January 24, 2005
• Sides in merger issue bemoan lack of completed study on consolidation, Flint Journal, January 23, 2005
• CMU faculty member of state executives panel, Midland Daily News, January 19, 2005
• Don't Oust Watkins for Thinking Creatively, Detroit News, January 18, 2005
• Consolidation foes plan to be heard at state meeting, Grand Blanc News, January 16, 2005
• August income tax vote?, Marquette Journal, January 14, 2005
• A dose of Diogenes is what state officials need, Ferndale Mirror, January 13, 2005
• Detroit's tax plan faces tough sell, Detroit News, January 13, 2005
• BALANCING THE BUDGET: Daunting state deficit ignites tough talk on tax, Detroit Free Press, January 12, 2005
• School retirees sue to block hikes in insurance deductibles, copays, Ann Arbor News, January 10, 2005
• Budget cuts top agenda in Lansing, Detroit News, January 10, 2004
• Grand Blanc Merger: Don't judge consolidation report before it's written, Flint Journal, January 7, 2005
• New House speaker and Senate leader's new outlook take on old problems, Big Rapids Pioneer, January 6, 2005
• Tick, tock! Time is running out when it comes to fixing state’s financial woes, Plymouth Observer, January 6, 2005
• Score Higher On Education, Detroit Free Press, January 3, 2005
• Cities eye income tax to plug budget holes, Detroit News, January 3, 2005
• Merger study nearly ready, Grand Blanc News, January 2, 2005
• Critics question credibility of consolidation study, Flint Journal, January 1, 2005

 

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