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Grand Rapids Junior College: Prospects and Alternatives

...County population outside the city of Grand Rapids exceeds the population inside the city. In 1960, Grand Rapids had more college-age population than the rest of the

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January 18, 1967

The Death of the Death Tax is not a Sign of Tax Reform

A legislative bill is being acted on to eliminate Michigan’s estate tax. Because of the tax’s ties to the federal tax code and federal law changes that

Council Briefs

April 22, 2021
Tags Estate Tax, inheritance tax, sales tax, tax reform

Dispelling some State Government Finance Misunderstandings

This post appeared in the Michigan Association of Counties’ magazine Michigan Counties Even well-informed people can be ill-informed about how state finance works. (How many times have

Council Briefs

July 15, 2019

Before the Smoke has Settled on Cannabis Legalization, Detroit Turnout is High for Decriminalizing Psychedelics

In a Nutshell: Detroit voters have adopted Proposal E, joining Ann Arbor in decriminalizing entheogenic plants (a.k.a. hallucinogens) Decriminalization reduces enforcement priority for police and removes criminal

Council Briefs

November 5, 2021
Tags Cannabis, criminal just, decriminalization, drugs, Entheogenic plants, psychedelics, Public Health

Trees are Critical Infrastructure

In a Nutshell: Trees are underrated as integral components of managed urban infrastructure. They have many measurable benefits including stormwater mitigation, pollution reduction, energy conservation, and climate

Council Briefs

June 23, 2022
Tags Climate, infrastructure, Michigan, transportation
The rooftops of houses peek out from an expansive tree canopy photographed rom an overhead view.

Latest Pollution Discharge into Huron River Highlights Need to Reform Michigan’s Pollution Control Policies

In a Nutshell An automotive supplier accidentally released industrial amounts of toxic hexavalent chromium into a sanitary sewer system that ultimately drains to the Huron River. Subsequent

Council Briefs

September 2, 2022
Tags economic development, Environment, Huron River, Michigan, Polluter Pay, Pollution, Public Health

Shifting Focus – Blight Management for Economic Stability

In a nutshell: Blight is used to describe the economic and social disease brought to communities by properties that are in disrepair and/or neglected and abandoned. How

Council Briefs

October 20, 2022
Tags blight, blight remediation, economic development, economic stability, local government, Public Health

Taking a Closer Look at Blight Foreclosure in New Orleans

...since its peak in 1960. While the U.S. economy was growing from 1990 to 2000, New Orleans lost 2.3 percent of its jobs. The number of blighted

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March 10, 2023
Tags blight, blight lien, blight remediation, code enforcement, code enforcement lien, equity, lien, local government, new orleans, property

The School Accountability System Merry-Go-Round

Elimination of school grades highlights Michigan’s fractured governance structure for public schools In a Nutshell The new partisan legislative majorities are poised to eliminate the state’s A-to-F

Council Briefs

March 23, 2023
Tags accountability, letter grades

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