intro_slide bike1 cents1_0 highway1 gas_pump1 car1 house1 tollbooth1 cell-phone1 11 things every Michigan taxpayer should know Comparatively, Michigan’s tax burden is low – and getting lower. Look around: YOUR taxes could be much higher. Michigan gives more tax breaks than it collects for schools/gov’t. The definition of “Anti-tax conservative” has changed Why might taxes seem […]
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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So, what will happen with your taxes over the long term?
11 things every Michigan taxpayer should know Comparatively, Michigan’s tax burden is low – and getting lower. Look around: YOUR taxes could be much higher. Michigan gives more tax breaks than it collects for schools/gov’t. The definition of “Anti-tax conservative” has changed Why might taxes seem high to YOU? The motivation for a state income […]
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Interactive Map: Detroit water shutoffs by neighborhood
Go block by block to scan the more than 27,000 homes that had water cut off in 2016.
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Interactive map: See how districts are drawn in YOUR community
How gerrymandered are YOUR political districts? Check our maps.
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Interactive map: See how many are on disability in YOUR community
Across the northern Lower Peninsula, high poverty and unemployment often are accompanied by high rates of residents receiving disability checks.
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Interactive map: What political bubble do you live in?
Bridge creates Michigan’s first precinct-level map showing how your neighborhood or community voted in the presidential election.
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That Detroit rarity: a home mortgage
Can you call it a comeback if mortgages are only written in a few communities? Several years into a downtown recovery, neighborhood mortgage lending remains “pathetic.”
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Check out Michigan’s hottest residential markets
Homes in these cities now exceed 2008 property values, even as much of the rest of the state still recovers from the Great Recession
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Farmland prices soar in Michigan
Rising crop prices fueled a surge in land values, and larger investments in Michigan farms
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Michigan property values remain dramatically below 2008 levels
More than 90 percent of Michigan residents live in communities where property values have yet to return to 2008 levels. Can the hardest hit cities and towns recover?