Melissa Maynard

Recent Articles

• Hot Stuff: States Look to Natural Energy
• May 1, 2010
• As states seek ways to meet their renewable-energy goals, solar and geothermal power may become major players--despite their expensive start-up costs.

• Catching Up With Speed
• May 1, 2010
• Two states are adjusting the way they deal with lead-footed drivers.

• Welcome to Wiki World
• Apr 30, 2008
• WIKI: A collaboratively edited Web page that allows users to edit or add content. The most famous wiki is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, and the...

• In Orbit: A Spaceport Takes Off
• Jul 1, 2007
• Economic development isn't rocket science. It's more like risk management--making strategic investments to stay competitive in the global market.

• A Little Sunshine
• Jul 1, 2007
• After a period of eclipse, anti-secrecy and open-government laws are making a comeback.

• Revenue Raiser: Going After Corporate Taxes
• Jun 1, 2007
• The revenue losses are huge. According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the 252 largest and most profitable American corporations collectively avoided $41.7 billion in state income taxes between 2001 and 2003. More than a quarter of the companies managed to pay no state corporate taxes during at least one of the years in question.

• Trash Talk
• May 7, 2007
• Canada and Michigan have long had a bizarre relationship. Michigan sends its teenagers across the border to get trashed (legal drinking age in Ontario: 19), and ...
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• The Young Invincibles
• May 2, 2007
• Young adults aren't a politically viable demographic in the health insurance debate, but they comprise the largest uninsured segment of the population. Healthy twentysomethings fretting ...
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• All Over But the Shooting
• Mar 20, 2007
• A college-bound family friend recently solicited my advice in the great roommate debate. I advised her to take her chances and room with a stranger ...
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• Patrol Less, Ticket More
• Mar 13, 2007
• The relationship between budget shortfalls and speeding tickets is becoming infinitely more complex in Michigan. More state troopers will soon likely be parked on the ...