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Education & Michigan's Economic Future

Interactive Agenda/Recap Summary of Media Coverage: Michigan Public Radio: “The Promise We Need” Kalamazoo Gazette: “Conference Attendees Promote Statewide Promise” Kalamazoo Gazettte: How to get to K-14? Through evolution! Detroit News: “Increasing College Grads has Big Payoff for State” Click here for Afternoon Participant Survey Summary Click here for Participant Comments 9:00-9:45 a.m. – Education as the Fuel for the Michigan Economy. Presentations: Roberts T. [...]
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Tax Reform

Interactive Agenda Click on the links below for source documents 9:00-10:00 a.m. – Setting Michigan Financial Priorities. Presenter Papers: Tom Clay, Citizens Research Council of Michigan 10:00-11:45 a.m – What Kind of Michigan Do We Want? Work Group Papers: Breakout Group Worksheet Budget Fact Sheet Group Conclusions Noon-1:00 p.m. – Tax Reform In Other States What Michigan can learn from recent tax reform efforts in Ohio, [...]
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Where Do We Go From Here? An Agenda-Setting Conference for the Economic Issues Facing Michigan

The Center’s first initiative, an agenda-setting conference on Michigan’s economy, was held on March 14th. Co-sponsor was the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy, at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Reports and Transcripts From the Conference A summary of the Agenda-Setting Conference held on March 14, 2006. An important part [...]
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