The state’s affordable housing, beautiful lakes and reproductive rights are some of the selling points Michigan may use in a new ad campaign hoping to convince young professionals to put down roots in the state.
Mike Wilkinson
Mike has been a reporter for Bridge Michigan since 2013 and focuses on data-assisted reporting, often finding stories by analyzing maps and data sets and has created Bridge's dashboards on COVID-19, the state's economy and Michigan's elections. He held similar positions at The Detroit News and The Blade of Toledo. A native of Michigan, Mike grew up in Macomb County, graduated from the University of Michigan and started his reporting career in New Baltimore before his career took him to Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio. You can reach him at mwilkinson@bridgemi.com
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan paid $10M before ‘red flags’ froze ex-House speaker’s pet project
Nonprofit led by a onetime aide to a lawmaker who championed a Clare health center was paid $823,000, records show. The state has paused payments and ordered an investigation.
Posted inMichigan Government
‘Red flags’ surround $25M health campus pushed by ex-Michigan House speaker
The state is investigating a grant it awarded last year to a former aide of then-Michigan House Speaker Jason Wentworth that led to a $3.5 million land sale involving another lawmaker.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Michigan home values among lowest in U.S. What do they sell for in your ZIP?
New prices show median listing price ahead of only Ohio and West Virginia, but values vary widely by region.
Posted inTalent & Education
STEM degrees soar at Michigan colleges; business grads decline, records show
Michigan is producing more engineers and fewer English majors as a shift toward science and technology fields comes as fewer are opting for liberal arts degrees. The shift also shows more women and minorities are graduating with STEM degrees, fields long dominated by men.
Posted inMichigan Government
Census: More deaths than births in almost all Michigan counties
Michigan loses population again, driven largely by declines in metro Detroit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inMichigan Government
Nashville releases records soon after school shooting. Not so much with MSU
Video, 911 calls came out quickly after a horrific school shooting in Nashville, while the public waits for similar information in the Feb. 13 Michigan State University shooting.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan is cutting income taxes for 2023. How much will you save?
Michigan’s income tax rate will drop from 4.25 percent to 4.05 percent in 2023. Use our calculator to see an estimate of how much you will save.
Posted inMichigan Government
Democratic gun safety laws met with a shrug in Michigan gun country
In some Michigan counties, one in six adults have a license to carry a concealed handgun. The reason they carry guns is the same explanation Democratic legislators give for new weapon restrictions — safety.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
On second look, Michigan’s COVID death rate wasn’t so bad, study finds
If based solely by population, Michigan had the 10th worst COVID death rate of any state in the nation. But when adjusted for the state’s older and less healthy population, the state’s handling of the pandemic fares much better.