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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.
Trump’s tax audit and his bid for a Detroit casino
A Detroit casino wasn’t in the cards for Trump, undone by some of the same issues dragging down his presidential campaign today, including a battle over tax returns
7 things every Michigan business startup must know
Too many new entrepreneurs make the same, avoidable mistakes. In a state badly lagging in new businesses, executing a sound plan is critical. Our experts tell you how.
Michigan and the death of entrepreneurship
If the state doesn’t create a new generation of business owners, its future will remain hostage to the swings of the manufacturing sector
In Cheboygan, waiting for entrepreneurs to take a chance
The city’s downtown stores are shuttering. While some hope for a shift to a tourism-based economy, a port project is betting on new industry
Protesters a thorn during Trump’s Detroit economic speech
Before an unusually rowdy Detroit Economic Club audience Monday, the Republican presidential nominee calls for cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and letting parents fully deduct the average cost of childcare from their taxable income
Booming again: West Michigan’s economy is on a roll
The Grand Rapids region continues to surge ahead, adding jobs (if not high wages) across a wide area. Can its success be exported to the rest of Michigan
10 counties with lowest jobless rate
Slideshow photo gallery of the 10 Michigan counties with the lowest jobless rate as of April 201
10 counties with biggest increase in jobs
Slideshow photo gallery of the 10 Michigan counties with the biggest increase in jobs from 2012-201
10 counties with greatest growth in average weekly wages
Slideshow photo gallery of the 10 Michigan counties with the greatest growth in average weekly wages from 2011-2015