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Higher taxes for schools? A big fight brews in Utah
A group of powerful Utah business leaders is pushing for more money for that state’s schools. Utah lawmakers are having none of it.
Snyder’s former budget chief points to Michigan’s way forward
A Q-and-A with John Nixon, Gov. Rick Snyder’s lauded budget guru before he left in 2014.
Take a trip through the Michigan Tax Time Machine (SLIDESHOW)
Michigan used to have plenty of jobs, high wages – and high taxes. Not so today. Travel briefly through time to see how what Michigan collects in taxes has shrunk over a generation – and why we now struggle to fund the basics.
After three years, Michigan’s working poor are still stuck
Despite rising wages and declining jobless rates, four in 10 Michigan households remain unable to afford basic living necessities.
Check out Michigan’s hottest residential markets
Homes in these cities now exceed 2008 property values, even as much of the rest of the state still recovers from the Great Recession
Farmland prices soar in Michigan
Rising crop prices fueled a surge in land values, and larger investments in Michigan farms
Warren now has highest industrial property values in metro Detroit
A $1 billion investment by GM gives Warren the region's highest industrial property values. Auburn Hills slides into second, while Detroit is a close third.
Michigan property values remain dramatically below 2008 levels
More than 90 percent of Michigan residents live in communities where property values have yet to return to 2008 levels. Can the hardest hit cities and towns recover?
A tale of two cities: Ann Arbor now outpaces Detroit real estate values
The numbers show just how far Detroit has fallen post-bankruptcy, and how much farther the city has to go toward a real turnaround.
Has your town recovered from the Great Recession? See the property value map.
We break down the property value numbers from every city and township in Michigan to see how communities have fared since the Great Recession.
On Michigan farms and in restaurants, who will fill the jobs?
Fruit and vegetable growers across the state say immigration crackdowns will scare away seasonal workers, with few Americans eager to fill in.
Michigan’s economic axis tilts away from Detroit
Looking for opportunity? Go west.