A new analysis of federal education data conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows that higher instructional spending has a significant impact…
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I read a little item from the Spartan Newsroom yesterday regarding vocational education at community colleges and its role in improving employability. Without intending to,…
Last month, the Scio Township Board of Trustees denied a proposal to build about three dozen townhomes on a 5-acre parcel on Zeeb Road. The…
Research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that new strategies may be needed to preserve family farms moving forward. The number of farms in Wisconsin…
Stacker recently analyzed employment data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that compared the relative pain of worker shortages in all 50 states. Michigan…
Data from the 2022 American Communities Survey show the dollar value of educational attainment. In addition to putting a dollar value on various levels of…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Ann Arbor Greenbelt and its apparent impact on Washtenaw County. About a decade ago, the Office…
Anyone who lives in Michigan knows that the economy here is highly sensitive to change. Michigan often leads the nation into a recession and holds…
Washtenaw County is becoming increasingly divided with pockets of extreme wealth offset by pockets of extreme poverty. I attended today’s Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees…
What accounts for the poverty rates among adults with some college or an associate degree in eastern Washtenaw County, and in our cities? There’s no…