Household income down 3% since 2019 when adjusted for inflation. Despite other rosy economic data, median household income fell in 30 of 50 states since 2019 when adjusted for inflation.
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
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How is your Michigan community spending opioid settlement money? Look it up
Use Bridge’s database to search how opioid settlement funds are being allocated by community in Michigan. Most of the money is being spent on recovery, drug courts, defibrillators and the like.
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Michigan communities sit on $90M meant to help drug users, Bridge finds
Michigan doesn’t track how cities are spending their share of a landmark lawsuit settlement with opioid manufacturers. A Bridge investigation finds 4 in 10 haven’t spent money yet on the crisis that has upended thousands of lives.
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COVID cases rising, but more slowly, as Labor Day fun, get-togethers loom
Michigan is one of just four states with ‘moderate’ levels of COVID-19 detected in wastewater, while many states are seeing ‘high’ or ‘very high’ levels of infection. Case counts in the state are still rising, but more slowly.
Posted inTalent & Education
M-STEP results reveal struggles for Michigan kids who began school in COVID
Experts have warned that the pandemic’s effect on learning would last for a long time. Now, Michigan scores show third graders are scoring worse on reading than third graders prior to the pandemic.
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Michigan elections FAQ: Why RFK Jr. is on ballot despite suspending campaign
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign, but his name will still be on the ballot. Bridge Michigan explains why he’s on the ballot, and why the Natural Law Party wants him to stay there.
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Key figure in $25M Clare health park grant cooperating with Michigan probe
Awaiting sentencing in a separate case, a consultant on the Clare project has provided ‘hundreds of documents and text messages essential to the success of the investigation,’ according to a state official.
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Whitmer touts free community college. It’s not true for all Michigan kids
A new Michigan program guarantees free community college – but only if you live in a community college district, and 1 in 5 students don’t.
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Senate vote: Paths to victory for Rogers, Slotkin offer hope, peril in Michigan
Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin both rolled to victory in U.S. Senate primaries, carrying all 83 counties apiece. But an analysis of results shows some pressure points.
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Michigan primary 2024 results live: U.S. House
Live U.S. House results from Michigan’s Aug. 6 primary for U.S. House, beginning when polls close at 8 p.m.