Earlier this week, Swisher Commercial released the 2021 year-end vacancy report for commercial space in the Ann Arbor area. As you might imagine, there’s a…
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According to a 2020 survey conducted by Gallup, nearly three-fourths of Americans consider themselves part of the middle class. Realistically, however, the middle class has…
Almost a year ago, I wrote about Craig, CO, a coal mining town that’s facing the closure of a coal-fired power plant and the coal…
The City of Anaheim had a big budget problem last summer. The city normally collects more than $160M annually in hotel taxes. Hotel taxes feed…
The pandemic has made it clear that community colleges have a lot of competition for enrollment. Recent high school graduates are making other plans, leaving…
A couple of months ago, I wrote about the inability of community college administrators to understand or appreciate the ungentle art of competition. I wrote…
Real wages – increases in income minus inflation – provide a revealing look at why community college enrollment is dropping. And until the “real wage…
Earlier this month, the Ann Arbor Public Schools released its fall enrollment figures. The data show a 3% decrease in enrollment over last year. Much…
It doesn’t take long to see the impact of the pandemic on local businesses. The rising demand for labor coincides with a labor shortage, meaning…
Yesterday, I wrote about Ford’s decision to locate battery and EV plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Ford factored the cost of electricity in candidate states…