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State Taking Teacher Turnover Seriously, Finally – New Teacher Retention Program Part of Budget

...that urban districts had the highest teacher turnover (24 percent), followed by rural schools (16 percent) and then suburban schools (15 percent). Districts in and around Detroit

Council Briefs

September 25, 2020
Tags teacher pipeline, teacher retention, teacher turnover, teacher workforce

The Future of the Affordable Care Act is Back in the Hands of the Supreme Court

...urban centers like Detroit and Flint. Even now, Michigan’s successful Medicaid expansion is attracting the attention of experts from other states. A sudden repeal of the law

Council Briefs

November 10, 2020
Tags ACA, Affordable Care Act, health, health care, Healthy Michigan Plan, insurance, medicaid, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court

Michigan’s Long Ballot May Leave Voters in the Dark – Thankfully There are Organizations to Shed Some Light

...guess. A recent opinion piece by Nolan Finley of the Detroit News talked about the importance of judicial races and admonished people not to just guess at

Council Briefs

December 4, 2020
Tags elections, michigan elections, public institutions, voter education, voting, voting requirements, voting rights

Use State Budget Surplus to Pay Down School Pension Debt

This article first appeared in the Detroit News on February 4, 2021. Budget forecasts show that the state is expected to remain in good fiscal condition through

Council Briefs

February 5, 2021
Tags COVID-19, MPPSR, state surplus, teacher pension

Let us learn public health lessons to guide the future

...disease. In Michigan, it was 196 deaths per 100,000 – nearly 20 percent higher. In Detroit, the rate was nearly 300 deaths per 100,000. As we stated

Council Briefs

February 19, 2021
Tags COVID-19, Michigan Public Health Institute

Michigan must equalize federal school spending

This Research Council commentary appeared in the Opinion section of the Detroit News on April 1, 2021. Michigan is getting $3.7 billion in federal elementary and secondary

Council Briefs

April 1, 2021

Ideas for building a better county tax system

...have more tax options than any city or township not named Detroit, but the real estate transfer, hotel/motel, and Wayne County’s car rental taxes are so minor

Council Briefs

April 8, 2021
Tags income tax, sales tax, state revenue sharing

ARPA Funding Offers Exciting Possibilities

...While the state government, health providers, and others benefited from the earlier rounds of funding, only Detroit and the largest county governments received CARES Act funding last

Council Briefs

May 21, 2021

The Burden of Local Government Pensions Could Have Eased by COVID Funds

This article appeared in Crain’s Detroit Business State and local government leaders throughout Michigan are discussing ideas for transformative uses of federal COVID-19 stimulus funding. However, they

Council Briefs

June 1, 2021
Tags ARPA, pension reform

2021 Public Policy Event Honored the Honorable Dennis Archer Sr. and had Keynote Discussion of Electric Vehicles

On October 7, 2021, the Research Council hosted our Annual Public Policy Event at Motor City Casino in Detroit. The program was also streamed virtually so participants

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September 21, 2021
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