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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
10 counties with highest weekly wages
Slideshow gallery of the 10 Michigan Counties with highest weekly wages in 201
Dow Chemical being courted by other states
If more business-friendly states come calling, can Midland hold on to thousands of high-paying jobs? A test of Gov. Snyder’s economic development strategy.
People need jobs. Factories need workers. Busing, a love story.
A partnership is connecting poor, hard-to-employ Flint residents with a factory hungry for workers in Howell. How a public-private transportation program is helping both sides thrive.
In an improving economy, Michigan workers’ part-time blues
Even as Michigan's unemployment rate falls below 5 percent, some 300,000 workers seeking full-time jobs are stuck with part-time paychecks
With gas prices falling, should the state start collecting taxes for roads now?
November's tortuous road-funding deal called for a raise in gas taxes beginning next year to help repair crumbling roads. But why not raise taxes this year, when gas prices are cheap, easing the tax burden in 2017? Lansing, that’s why
The graying of Michigan farmers, and what they will leave behind
More than a third of Michigan farms are operated by farmers over 65. What happens when they retire?