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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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