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  Summer-like weather is winding down, and many of us are going to the lakes to swim, fish, boat and play on the beach before chillier weather. The Great Lakes are where we live, work…

Michigan’s approach to economic development is broken. The state relies on corporate welfare with giveaways so costly that taxpayers will never see an adequate return on their investment. Plus, despite a willingness to overpay, some…

Walk into any public library in Michigan, and you’ll see it: a teenager curled up in the graphic novel section, a parent helping a child sound out their first words, an older adult using the…

  It would be fair for some of the leaders in the Michigan economic development community to feel a little salty about the cancelled chip fabrication center on rural land near Flint. “Project Grit” promised…

  When it comes to business projects, Michigan has had recent disappointments—notably, the July 16 announcement that a large semiconductor plant near Flint will not be built. This plant was reported to involve 9,400 jobs.…

It’s no secret that Michigan is facing a housing crisis, with countless residents struggling to find an affordable place to live while also managing essential expenses like groceries, health care and child care. Here in…

  The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed on a party-line vote, is estimated to lead to several hundred thousand Michiganders losing health insurance and food assistance, and to bring many rural hospitals to the…

  When hospitals close or cut vital services in the wake of Medicaid funding reductions, there is one very clear reason why those decisions will need to be made: Because the federal government just slashed…

  Detroit factory workers wept. Church bells rang. Families gathered around radios. At the University of Michigan, Dr. Thomas Francis had just announced to the world on April 12, 1955, that the Salk vaccine to…