Beyond Both Sides: Between Hope and Hard Numbers | Episode 13
Big promises are easy. Delivering on them is harder.
This week, Michigan finds itself caught between rising expectations and tightening constraints. State lawmakers are facing a billion-dollar revenue shortfall just as communities are asking for more investment, not less. Detroit is exploring new ways to fund essential services, only to run into constitutional limits and political reality. And long-running efforts to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp are facing fresh uncertainty as federal decision-making slows.
We also take a one-year look at how current federal policies are landing…
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