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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

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.

Revisiting Certificate of Need

On Tuesday, September 16, Michigan’s Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville introduced a new bill that once again addresses the controversial Certificate of Need (CON) program. Senate Bill

Council Briefs

September 22, 2014
Tags certificate of need, health care, health care costs, Michigan

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

Council Briefs

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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January 12, 2026

Crime in the City – Identifying Detroit’s Peer Cities

...from 1960 to 1999 found that population size or urbanism was a mid-strength predicator of crime. A more recent study from 2025 of 760 U.S. cities observed

Council Briefs

January 22, 2026
Tags cities, city, community resources, Community Violence Intervention, crime, crime trends, Criminal Justice, criminology, Detroit, disparities, human capital theory, incapacitation theory, local government, neighborhoods, peer cities, police, policing, poverty, public safety, resource deprivation, Sheffield, social disorganization, strain theory, Urban
The Detroit Chief of Police stands at a podium with six police officers standing behind. There is a backdrop with the City of Detroit logo and most of the police officers are in uniform including the chief of police.

Health Care Costs in Michigan: Drivers and Policy Options

...rose from 5.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 1960 to 17.9 percent in 2013.2 Health care expenditures as a percent of GDP are expected to

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May 21, 2013
Tags certificate of need, competition, disease, end of life, health care, insurance, malpractice, medicaid, Michigan, no-fault
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