Saginaw River/Bay Area of Concern: Restoration Plan for the Habitat and Populations BUIs
Prepared for United States Fish and Wildlife Service This restoration plan summarizes and updates years of work that has advanced restoration of two beneficial use impairments (BUIs) in the Saginaw Bay and River Area of Concern (AOC)—physical habitat degradation and population reductions of key fish and wildlife species.
Michigan’s Current Energy Plan: Research-based, Comprehensive, Flexible, Certain, Accountable, Reliable and Affordable
Background—Michigan’s Current Energy Plan and 25×25 The 25% by 2025 (25×25) ballot initiative, if approved by voters in November 2012, would amend the state’s constitution by requiring electricity providers to obtain by 2025 at least 25% of their electricity from renewable energy sources. The 25×25 initiative represents a significant departure from the state’s current energy…
Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System: Major Changes in Recent Years and More Changes to Come
Prepared for Coalition for Secure Retirement–Michigan The Coalition for Secure Retirement–Michigan hired Public Sector Consultants to research and write an analysis of Senate Bill 1040, which was introduced in the Michigan Senate. Senate Bill 1040 seeks to decrease the retirement costs under the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS) for employers through a combination…
Individual States Moving Rapidly toward Internet Sales Tax Collection—An Addendum to Michigan Sales Tax Collection and the Internet: A Need for Fairness
Prepared for Michigan Retail Association This is an addenedum to the Michigan Sales Tax Collection and the Internet: A Need for Fairness report (released September 2011). Press Michigan lags in pushing online retail sales taxes, group says: Industry trade report targets Amazon.com’s site in Grand Haven (DetroitNews.com, 5/15/2012) Governor Snyder backs legislation to tax internet…
Saginaw Bay Watershed and Area of Concern
The Planning and Zoning Center at Michigan State University, a department of the Land Policy Institute at MSU, hired Public Sector Consultants to review and summarize environmental and natural resource trends and conditions in the Saginaw Bay Watershed that led to the Saginaw River and Bay being identified as an Area of Concern through the…
Michigan’s Urban and Metropolitan Strategy
Public Sector Consultants and Brookings Institution Metropolitan Program have prepared a Michigan Urban and Metropolitan Strategy for Business Leaders for Michigan which evaluates regional strengths, and areas of opportunity critical to the redevelopment of Michigan’s urban and metropolitan Areas. The report includes recommendations that will help the state achieve three goals essential to the health…
The New Michigan State Budget Debate: What to Do about the Budget Surplus?
By Gary S. Olson, Senior Policy Fellow, Public Sector Consultants After a decade of heated debates in Lansing on the elimination of Michigan state budget deficits, Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Legislature are now faced with a new challenge: what to do about the unanticipated budget surpluses in the fiscal year (FY) 2012 General…
The New Landscape of Civic Business: How Business Leadership Is Influencing Civic Progress in Our Metropolitan Regions Today
A sequel to the 1993 study commissioned by the Frey Foundation on CEO-level civic leadership groups, with updated information and fresh perspectives on what works in business-led initiatives across the nation.
Michigan Sales Tax Collection and the Internet: A Need for Fairness
This analysis discusses the complex legal issues involving the collection and transmittal of state sales taxes by remote vendors.
The Impact of Reducing PIP Coverage in Michigan
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