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Detroit News: Welcome, kid. Here’s your bill
From The Detroit News: Someone must have enrolled my extended family in the Baby of the Month Club.So far this year, we’ve said hey to Solomon, Seth, Ethan, Derek, Ali, Mason, Parker, Bryce, Micah Cole and, just last week, the lovely Addison Leigh. What to get all these new arrivals? How about a bill for [...]
May 11: Prisons, Ficano, Obama, and the U.P.
Michigan spends billions on the prison system each year. Yes, each year. We spend more on corrections than higher education. What are we paying for? Detroit Free Press editorial writer Jeff Gerritt stops by the big table to help us sort out the state of our prison system. We also can’t ignore the scandalous happenings [...]
May 4: Chrysler, downtown, Snyder, and Mackinac
Big news from Chrysler, speculation about Gov. Rick Snyder and the Mackinac Policy Conference shapes up. Detroit Economic Growth Corporation President and CEO George Jackson stops by the big table and Christy chats it up with Rock Ventures LLC’s CEO Matt Cullen. Watch it here.
Bridge Magazine
- Not much above par on Michigan’s scorecard
Gov. Rick Snyder campaigned for the state’s top elected office in 2010 with a promise to “reinvent” Michigan. The Center for Michigan’s 2012 M... Read more[...] - State’s exports lift economy as they leave
One of the biggest — and largely unheralded — signs of Michigan’s economic recovery is the state’s impressive jump in exports. The 201... Read more[...] - Poverty rises even as economy turns
One trend belies the notion that a rising economy lifts all boats: Michigan’s growing poverty rate. Michigan’s economy bottomed out near the end o... Read more[...] - Michigan’s air cleaner, but watch out for carp and friends
Michigan may be best known as the home of the domestic auto industry, but state officials are focusing more on creating a wider public image, focusing... Read more[...]
