Western Wyoming Community College recently received a $1.9M grant to develop a nuclear technology program. The grant will support the state’s approach to generating clean…
Posts published in “Economic development”
According to a recent assessment by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, more than one-third of American households wrestle with persistent credit card debt.…
Three and a half years ago, I wrote about the closure of a coal-fired power plant in Craig, CO. The closure of the Craig Station…
Here’s another argument in favor of developing an agricultural program at WCC. Last week, MLive reported on a local couple’s plans to open a USDA-inspected…
Recently, I have been writing about the cost of housing in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Washtenaw County. To put a little more context around housing…
Yesterday, I wrote about the home-price-to-income ratio, and how the calculation identifies areas where people struggle to afford housing. The calculation is simple: divide the…
The Visual Capitalist, a digital media company that specializes in analyzing data, recently published a breakdown of housing costs in large, US cities. By comparing…
Earlier this month, I wrote about new research on the economic viability of family farms in Wisconsin. The research sheds some light into the viability…
The latest New York Federal Reserve bank consumer data shows that while consumers feel good about both their current employment and their chances of landing…
If you need another reason to favor community college programs that focus on preparing students for high-wage, high-demand jobs, here it is. A new study…