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ColumnsProsperity can't come without a talented workforceSeptember 14, 2007 – 9:27 am
Last week was marked by the abysmal failure of our elected leaders to do their jobs and agree on a plan to wipe out a projected $1.75 billion deficit in the state’s budget for the next fiscal year. With everybody involved preoccupied with blaming everybody else, what you hear all over Lansing the thin, high [...] Michigan's Defining Moment: Join UsSeptember 10, 2007 – 10:53 am
A public engagement campaign designed to give everyone a say in the future of our state. Have your say and make your voice heard. Join us to make Michigan the state we want it to be. Michigan's economic, governmental, and social systems are in crisis. In response, the Center for Michigan is launching a statewide campaign to engage citizens and leaders alike in in-depth dialogue about how best to position Michigan and its people for a new era of success and prosperity. Protecting and promoting the 'North Coast' helps Michigan's futureJuly 13, 2007 – 11:28 am
Protecting "North Coast" natural resource assets is a fundamental way for state and federal politicians to help Michigan's future. The good beyond the gloomJune 29, 2007 – 11:40 am
Look beyond the gloom and you can find a fair amount of good news in Michigan's economy Here's a win-win-win for Michigan politicians and business leadersJune 21, 2007 – 11:45 am
An Airport City in Southeastern Michigan helps everybody, including an awful lot of politicians who could use a win right now. Detroit's amazing school success storyJune 14, 2007 – 11:59 am
Politician-turned-education innovator Doug Ross shows it's possible to grow wildly successful urban schools. Mackinac redux: A few hopeful signsJune 7, 2007 – 12:03 pm
Beyond an awful lot of well-reasoned negativity, a few hopeful signs emerged at this year's Mackinac policy conference. A Grand porch filled with scornMay 31, 2007 – 12:06 pm
A budget solution? Hardly. Legislators' "hocus pocus" has only drawn scorn from statewide leaders gathered for the annual policy summit on Mackinac Island. Hopeful signs of compromiseMay 11, 2007 – 12:09 pm
Traditional adversaries are learning to come together on the issue of state business taxes. Imagine what can happen if compromise extends to the state's other complex public policy riddles. 'No-tax' absolutism doesn't help stateMay 4, 2007 – 12:10 pm
A 25-year-old tax controversy hinders leaders in Lansing as they seek agreement on long-term financial strategies to move Michigan forward. |
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