In this month’s general election, City of Ann Arbor voters adopted a new Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU). The opt-in utility is part of the City’s…
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Yesterday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy awarded a $1M brownfield remediation grant to help remediate the long-vacant University Microfilms site at…
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…
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…