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February 16, 2021

Put Michigan Budget Surplus to Work By Paying Down Expensive Teacher Retirement Debt

Citizens Research Council of Michigan’s Research Director Craig Thiel discusses how investing the current budget surplus into paying down state debt could help the state in the long run.

Citizens Research Council of Michigan · Put Michigan Budget Surplus to Work By Paying Down Expensive Teacher Retirement Debt

Put Michigan Budget Surplus to Work By Paying Down Expensive Teacher Retirement Debt

Citizens Research Council of Michigan · Put Michigan Budget Surplus to Work By Paying Down Expensive Teacher Retirement Debt

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Put Michigan Budget Surplus to Work By Paying Down Expensive Teacher Retirement Debt

Put Michigan Budget Surplus to Work By Paying Down Expensive Teacher Retirement Debt

Latest Insights

Budget Proposals Backtrack on State’s Recent Commitment to “At-risk” Students

To Better Understand Detroit’s Post-Bankruptcy Fiscal Health, Adjust for Inflation and Population

On Implementing the Promote the Vote Constitutional Amendment

If Michigan Steps Up to Address School Infrastructure Needs, it Must do so Equitably

Recent Report Shows Continued Financial Improvement for Detroit Schools

Supreme Court Decision a Blow to Taxpayers, but not Section 30 of the Headlee Amendment

Detroit’s Plan to Use Federal Relief Funds to Address Future Budget Shortfalls May Fall Short

Schools should proceed with caution in their use of federal funds

A Trip Down Memory Lane – Tax Day Edition

A Budget Fad We Hope Does Not Have Legs

Is bipartisanship the key to avoiding another annus horribilis?

Michigan’s Income Tax: Where Does the Money Go?

The Good News of Detroit’s Reduced Homicide Rates, but Peer City Analysis Shows More Work to be Done

Policy Options to Hedge the Worsening Human Costs of Online Sports Betting

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