Not time for a celebration
In an editorial entitled Snyder must sell how a 2nd term would overcome shortcomings of his 1st, Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor, wrote: “I think he’s (Governor Snyder) premature in taking victory laps, especially with the unemployment rate creeping back up.” Rick Haglund in a MLive column entitled Michigan’s economy is running rough […]
49th for another decade?
Important set of articles from Bridge on projected job growth in Michigan over the next decade. Definitely worth reading! (The lead article can be found here and a Q&A with me here.) Using the 2013-2023 job projections from the US Department of Labor, Bridge found that Michigan is projected to have the second slowest job […]
Central cities winning
A central theme of our work is that the most prosperous places are big metros with a vibrant central city. Defined by a high proportion of adults with a four-year degree or more living in the central city. In many of the most prosperous regions the central city has a higher college attainment rate than […]
Massachusetts: student achievement
As we explored previously Massachusetts’ students rank amongst the best in the world on international math and science tests. The recently released 2013 NAEP–the nation’s report card–results for 4th and 8th graders on reading and math solidify Massachusetts’ standing as the leader in k-12 student outcomes. Massachusetts ranks first in the proportion of students scoring […]
Michigan and Minnesota: student achievement
The nation’s report card on student achievement is the National Assessment of Education Progress. It measures how well students across the country perform on high standards tests. The results for the 4th and 8th grades in reading and math were just released. Given the importance of education attainment to both individual and state economic success […]
Minnesota and Wisconsin
Interesting New York Times column on the recent economic fortunes of Minnesota and Wisconsin. And the correlation between that and the policies pursued by their Governors the past three years: Minnesota’s progressive Mark Dayton and Wisconsin’s conservative Scott Walker. The column’s conclusion: “Which side of the experiment — the new right or modern progressivism — […]
Which top ten?
Insightful column by Chris Farrell for Bloomberg Businessweek entitled “Innovative States Aren’t Low-Tax States”. Worth reading! As we did in our last two posts, Farrell looks at the actual performance of the top and bottom states on the Tax Foundation’s 2014 State Business Tax Climate Index and adds the top and bottom on the conservative American […]
Lansing State Journal on our new report
The Lansing State Journal provides extensive coverage of our latest report in their Outlook section today. Worth checking out! Included are columns by me and Doug Stites, who just retired from his long-time position as CEO of Capital Area Michigan Works. And there is an editorial on what the findings in the report mean for the […]