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Pensions, Art and Water in Detroit Bankruptcy

December 9, 2013

Diego Rivera Mural at the DIA. Photo courtesy of Michigan.org Detroit is bankrupt. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), however, is doing well, increasing its attendance by approximately 30% (460,000 to 600...

Pittsburgh Civic Arena Plan. Image from pittsburghmovingforward.org

Pittsburgh enters its stride with a progressive new Mayor

Patrick Hewitt

December 2, 2013

Economic Development, News, Policy

The press has been very kind to the City of Pittsburgh recently, and rightly so. The Brookings Institute heralded Pittsburgh as one of only three cities nationally to fully recover from the recession, the Econo...

Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell defends cities, Obama budget

John Cruz

February 19, 2012

Economic Development, News, Policy

Grand Rapids Mayor took to mlive.com yesterday morning with an article defending cities and the Obama budget. The former city commissioner and ordained minister's editorial list's off a healthy number of reason...

Cracked Sidewalk. Image courtesy of jazart90 on Flickr.

Cash strapped Los Angeles may have to pay for new sidewalks. Will your city?

John Cruz

February 4, 2012

News, Policy

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Ever since president Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities act of 1990, we have seen countless entities in the private sector fall to lawsuits claiming that their facilities were discriminatory a...

Is there a loophole for lawlessness in Michigan’s Lake St. Clair?

John Cruz

August 30, 2011

Featured, Maps, Policy

In 2005, Michigan State University professor Brian Kalt discovered an interesting legal loophole in Eastern Idaho, where because the congressional district spans the state, and there's no population in the 50-m...