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Michigan Communities: Services Cut in Response to Fiscal Distress

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 29, 1992
Report No. HRD-92-142
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Summary:

Local communities have been hard hit by changing economic conditions and declining revenues from the federal government. To determine how local governments are coping with these changes and shifts in intergovernmental responsibilities, GAO looked into the situation among local governments in Michigan and did case studies for the following communities: the cities of Detroit, Saginaw, and St. Clair Shores and the county of Saginaw. These case studies: (1) examine fiscal conditions, including the communities' responses to the elimination of general revenue sharing in 1986; (2) identify the range of local responses to economic conditions and declines in intergovernmental revenues; and (3) determine whether state policies and actions helped local governments maintain public services.

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