Happy Holidays, dear readers.
Fresh Thoughts and the Center for Michigan crew will be back in force in 2010. Early in the new year we plan to announce a wave of intensified initiatives for citizens to get what they want from their leaders in Lansing, hold statewide televised political debates, and win forward-looking public sector reforms.
Fresh Thoughts will not publish over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Until we return in early January, here’s a look back at some of the big-picture policy issues we reported to you in 2009…
Other States Offer Bipartisan Paths by Susan Demas
2/11/09
Pocketbook Glance: How YOU fund the state budget by John Bebow
FEBRUARY 2009
SCHOOL DAZE: Michigan’s Incredible Shrinking School Year by Ron French and John Bebow
MARCH 2009
Turning Away from Term Limits by Susan Demas
3/4/09
Getting Airport City Off the Ground by Melissa Preddy
4/2/09
Government Collaboration & Accountability Issue Guide by John Bebow
MAY 2009
The Problem with Police and Firefighter Negotiations by Melissa Preddy
5/7/09
Old Law Ensures Less Bang for Taxpayer Buck by Susan Demas
5/14/09
New Slices to the Revenue-Sharing Pie by Chris Andrews
6/11/09
Year-Round School Pioneers Gain Favor with Parents by Chris Andrews
7/9/09
Can Michigan Afford These Tax Breaks? by Melissa Preddy
7/16/09
College Affordability: How Other States Outpace Michigan by Judy Putnam
7/30/09
Michigan’s Tax Reform Playbook by Susan Demas
8/6/09
Other States Struggle with Tax Changes Too by Melissa Preddy
9/30/09
An Inside Look at Michigan’s Regional Economies by John Bebow
OCTOBER 2009
Disinterest, Disinvestment, Disillusion by Lisa Wozniak & Bill Kirk
10/29/09
A Call for In-Depth Michigan Journalism by Ken Winter
10/29/09
Other States Find Answers to Arts Funding Woes by John Foren
11/13/09
Michigan Tax & Budget Reform Issue Guide by John Bebow and Peter Pratt
Other States Take Run at Beer Tax (But Come Up Short) by Melissa Preddy
12/3/09
Inside Michigan’s Economic Growth Zones by John Foren
12/10/09
