Washtenaw Community College might benefit by taking a page out of Hormel’s book. The multinational food distributor headquartered in Minnesota, is worth nearly $17B, but…
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Over the past few years, there has been a growing recognition that the public’s faith in higher education is slipping. If you want to know…
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.…
According to new analysis by Zillow, nearly half of all renters in the United States are rent-burdened. The term refers to renters who spend more…
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…
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…