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COVID-19 fiscal strategy and resource guides
Published on May 22, 2020
Guides help local governments through the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19. -
Potential Revenues for COVID-19
Published on April 20, 2020
In order to assist our community members and partners, the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy has compiled brief overviews of COVID-19 response efforts as well as potential implications and impacts for local governments. -
MI Local Governments Finances and COVID-19
Published on April 16, 2020
In order to assist our community members and partners, the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy has compiled brief overviews of COVID-19 response efforts as well as potential implications and impacts for local governments. -
Small Businesses Assistance
Published on April 9, 2020
What the CARES Act Means for Small Businesses -
Local Government Relief Funds
Published on April 9, 2020
In order to assist our community members and partners, the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy has compiled brief overviews of COVID-19 response efforts as well as potential implications and impacts for local governments. -
What the CARES Act Means for Unemployment
Published on April 9, 2020
In order to assist our community members and partners, the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy has compiled brief overviews of COVID-19 response efforts as well as potential implications and impacts for local governments. -
MSU teams with state’s top universities to provide economic forecasting for city of Detroit
Published on July 12, 2019
MSU Extension will work with University of Michigan, Wayne State to provide city of Detroit economic analysis and forecasting. -
Public safety positions and social security coverage
Published on May 15, 2018
The three Social Security coverage statuses of Michigan’s police officers and firefighters. -
Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act: What is Act 345 and what does it do?
Published on May 23, 2017
The Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act (Act 345 of 1937) allows for a retirement plan for police officers and firefighters and also authorizes a funding source. What is Act 345, what does it do, and why does it matter? -
Consequences of eliminating Michigan’s individual income tax
Published on February 13, 2017
An analysis of the possible impact of repealing the income tax and what we can learn from Kansas