Joseph Hubert
Joe Hubert is a research assistant at the University of Michigan’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), where he works on the Center’s “Close Up on the UP” project. He is a senior from Escanaba, and is studying Kinesiology, where he researches biomechanics as an assistant in the Athlete Innovation Laboratory.
A strong foundation of local democracy in the U.P.
Local democracy often gets overshadowed by national politics, but the health of our communities starts closer to home. New research looking at Upper Peninsula local officials shows how leaders here view the strength of democracy at the federal, state, and local levels. The results offer an interesting snapshot of how democracy is functioning across the U.P.
