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In a nutshell: Federal tax reform removed Michigan’s personal exemption The Legislature wants to restore and increase the exemption Budget concerns could create problems   When President Trump signed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act[1] (TCJA) into law, it ...

Over CRC’s 100 year history, it has made an outsized impact for such a small organization.  This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting CRC’s top projects and reports since its inception in 1916. Michigan’s Fiscal Future was the last i...

UPDATED:  May 7, 2014 (see below) It appears that a state-appointed emergency manager and private management of an academically and financially struggling school district has not been the answer in the Muskegon Heights community.  The chronically ailing...

DETROIT SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCES Council Comments No. 829, March 19, 1970 On January 27, 1970, seven months after the beginning of the fiscal year, the Detroit board of education passed a budget for the 1969-70 year which contemplates a $16 million defici...