44 percent of Metro Detroit jobs pay middle class wages
Important new metro Detroit educational attainment report from the Detroit Regional Chamber entitled 2022 State of Talent. Worth checking out. The report portrays a region
Big cities are where today’s college students want to live
Conventional wisdom has it that big cities are dead. This time the cause of their predicted demise is the pandemic. It is widely believed that
Why Intel’s chip plant is going to metro Columbus
Recently Intel announced they are going to invest an initial $20 billion in a new chip fabrication plant in metro Columbus Ohio. Initial because Intel’s
Michigan chambers of commerce support Earned Income Tax Credit expansion
A big expansion of Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit benefits both workers and business. Twelve Michigan chambers of commerce agree. They lay out their case
The pandemic is shattering the dreams of high school seniors
Since the onset of the pandemic, far too many Michigan high school seniors––particularly non-affluent seniors––have had their dreams shattered. By either not enrolling in college
Expanding Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit can combat benefit cliffs
The appropriate size and scope of our social safety-net has long been a matter of disagreement between politicians, researchers, and advocates on the left and
