Today we are delighted to feature a guest post from Global Detroit's Executive Director, Steve Tobocman. He's reflecting on the progress Michigan has made over the last decade in welcoming and integrating immigrants into our economy--for the benefit of all…
The state must do its part to ensure that no talented workers are turned off and turned away by Michigan’s communities. That means a legal framework that prohibits all forms of discrimination, and access to the resources necessary for social…
What worries most about Michigan politics is that we have two parties who by and large are trying to make the 20th Century work again. A factory-based economy supported by farming and tourism. As we have documented in our reports,…
Conventional wisdom is that people follow jobs. So the most effective talent attraction and retention strategy, once again according to conventional wisdom, is to create jobs. If conventional wisdom were right Michigan should have reversed the net outmigration of young…
It goes from bad to worse when it comes to transit in metro Detroit. First the city and state walking away from the Woodward light rail, now the city of Troy refusing to take federal funds for a transit center.…
Seems like there is something wrong with this picture: State policy makers moving towards requiring all Michigan school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each school day and at the same time voting in favor of banning domestic partner…