LWV: Robert Schneider helps explore causes and potential consequences of state government shutdown

On September 16, the League of Women Voters Michigan hosted a State Budget Forum entitled “The Michigan Budget: What Would a Shutdown Mean?”

The Citizens Research Council’s Robert Schneider, Senior Research Associate, joined Rachel Richards, Director of Michigan League for Public Policy’s Fiscal Policy & Government Relations, and Arnold Weinfeld, Associate Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University for the discussion.

LWV: Robert Schneider helps explore causes and potential consequences of state government shutdown

LWV: Robert Schneider helps explore causes and potential consequences of state government shutdown

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