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
A copy of the full report is available below.
An Assessment and Status Report of Beach Closings in the Saginaw River/Bay Area of Concern
Prepared for The Partnership for the Saginaw Bay Watershed The Partnership for the Saginaw Bay Watershed (Partnership) hired Public Sector Consultants Inc. (PSC) to conduct an assessment of current beach monitoring efforts, including beach closings, to advance the delisting of the Beach Closings Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) in the Saginaw River/Bay Area of Concern (AOC)…
Detroit Public Schools: Options for the Future
In April of 2011, The Skillman Foundation commissioned PSC to look at the financial crisis in Detroit Public Schools (DPS). The district has a current operating deficit of $331.4 million. For the past two years, the district has been operated by Robert Bobb, the state-appointed emergency financial manager. As his appointment comes to an end,…