CHAPTER 2: About State Government
- Executive Branch
- Legislative Branch
- Judicial Branch
- Division and Balance of Power
CHAPTER 3: About Local Government
- Evolution of Local Government
- Local Government Organization
- Local Government Issues
- Intergovernmental Cooperation and Consolidation
CHAPTER 4: State Budget
- Process
- Size and Composition
- Changes in State Spending
- Revenue Sources
- Spending Trends
- Comparisons with Other States
CHAPTER 5: Issues
- Abortion
- Agriculture
- AIDS and HIV Infection
- Air Quality
- Arts Funding
- Assisted Suicide
- Automobile Insurance
- Business Taxes
- Campaign Finance
- Casinos and Other Legal Gambling
- Child and Family Services
- Child Care
- Civil Rights
- Community Colleges
- Consumer Protection
- Corrections
- Court Reorganization and Selection of Judges
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Devolution
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Early Childhood Development
- Economic Development: State Financial Incentives
- Electric Industry Deregulation
- Environmental Audits
- Environmental Quality Indicators
- Firearm Regulation
- Genetic Cloning and Testing
- Great Lakes Concerns
- Headlee Amendment
- Health Care Access
- Health Care Costs and Managed Care
- Hospital and Health Plan Conversions
- Income Tax: State Rate, Credits, and Deductions
- Information Technology and Society
- Internet and Computers
- Job Training
- K – 12 Funding
- K – 12 Quality and Assessment
- K – 12 Schooling Alternatives
- Land Use
- Local Telephone Service
- Long‐Term and Related Care
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Mental Health Funding and Services
- Personal Property Tax
- Privatization
- Revenue Sharing
- Road Funding
- Sales and Use Taxes
- Solid Waste Management and Recycling
- Special Education
- State Government Debt
- State Government Employment
- State Lands and Waters
- State‐Local Relations
- Substance Abuse
- Term Limits
- Tobacco Use and Regulation
- Traffic Safety
- University Funding
- Urban Revitalization
- Water Quality
- Welfare Reform
APPENDICES
- Census 2000: Possible Implications
- Critical Health Indicators
- Economic Outlook: 1998, 1999, and Beyond
- Facts about Michigan
- Famous People from Michigan
- Key Economic Statistics Comparing Michigan to the United States
- Michigan Foundations
- Michigan Holidays 1998 – 2000
- Michigan’s Nonprofit Sector
- Motor Vehicle Industry: Production, Sales, and Employment
- Personal Income
- Regional Economies in Michigan
- United Way Organizations in Michigan
- Vital Statistics
- Volunteering in Michigan
- Who Are We? A Profile