LANSING - Tests now being used by some to evaluate whether congressional and legislative districts have been gerrymandered do show that Michigan fails several of those tests, which could argue that the state's districts somewhat favor Republicans, a report from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan said. The report came out as the U.S. Supreme
LANSING - A Citizens Research Council of Michigan study claims the state's 1992 voter-initiated term-limits constitutional amendment has failed to broom out career politicians, increase diversity or make more elections competitive. However, term-limits leader Patrick Anderson said the term-limits amendment didn't advertise itself as a cure to many of the things the Wayne State University (WSU)
LANSING - A combination of tax policy changes, economic factors and demographic changes means Michigan ranks in the lower tier of all states in terms of per capita tax burden, a report from the Citizens Research Council shows. The report, which looks at data from 2013, shows that Michigan residents had overall tax burdens similar
