A one-page summary of Michigan legislative activity and political news of significance to government operations, public policy, and voter attitudes. Published weekly during legislative sessions and intermittently during legislative recesses. ...
by Peter Pratt, Ph.D., Vice President and Senior Consultant for Health Policy Although the recent election reflected citizen dissatisfaction with the president's handling of health care reform, the issue still ...
by Laurie Cummings, Economist, and Robert Kleine, Vice President and Senior Economist This Advisor compares combined state-local spending and revenue in Michigan with that of selected other states. The data ...
by Leslie Wells, Consultant for Natural Resources This Advisor briefly describes our current national energy policy (or lack thereof) and presents some options that are being espoused to promote a ...
by Robert Kleine, Vice President and Senior Economist, and Alec Rodney, Economist This Advisor examines some of the trends that are likely to affect the U.S. and Michigan auto industry ...
by Robert Kleine, Vice President and Senior Economist This Advisor analyzes job growth in Michigan since 1988, with particular emphasis on the 1992 to 1994 period and the service sector. ...
by Robert Kleine, Vice President and Senior Economist A major point of contention in the governor's race between John Engler and Howard Wolpe is how much taxes have been reduced ...
by Leslie Wells, Consultant for Natural Resources This Advisor reviews Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce, highlighting its major themes, including the problems with the current system of commerce, efforts ...
by David Gruber, Director of Public Involvement This Advisor reviews two recent books that ask who will control the new information technology: big government business or the public? Bedazzled (or ...
by Robert Kleine, Laurie Cummings, and Alec Rodney The FY 1994–95 budget, released during last fall's intense school finance reform debate, has been finalized. The budget, which begins on October ...