This story also appeared in Bridge Michigan Michigan’s colleges and universities are increasingly dominated by women, a trend fueled by rising wages and plentiful jobs that are keeping men away from classrooms, experts say. Mirroring a national trend, an estimated 69% of women in Michigan enroll in college within a year of graduating high school, according […]
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Michigan students fell behind during COVID. Their recovery lags other states
New research finds Michigan students have been slower to recover from pandemic learning losses than peers in most other states.
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Michigan near tops in nation for outages. Utilities want to raise rates
New data shows that only California and Texas — much larger states — have more bad outages than Michigan. ‘The level of performance is unacceptable,’ the state’s top regulator says. Utilities don’t disagree.
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Detroit gains residents for first time in decades. Check your city’s change
Detroit’s population has fallen for years, so a Census estimate showing gains was cause for cheers. Use our database to look up population estimates across the state.
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Michigan population may plummet by 700K in 26 years, report warns
The population could drop 7% as deaths exceed births, warns a report. Michigan’s best hope — luring people from other states —would stem some losses. But population woes will persist.
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How new Michigan House maps uncouple Detroit, suburbs to boost Black voters
New legislative maps ordered by a federal court panel reduce the number of districts that include both Detroit and its northern suburbs in an effort to restore electoral power of Black voters.
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Michigan bet big on online gambling. We’re now No. 1
Internet gaming – like poker on your phone – is surging in Michigan. Receipts totaled $1.92 billion last year, and that’s meant higher than expected tax revenues for the state and Detroit.
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Analysis: Redistricting maps give GOP fighting chance, boost Detroit’s clout
Bridge Michigan analyzed House maps under consideration to replace those deemed illegal. The new districts are less overwhelmingly Democratic and far more homogenous racially.
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Whitmer State of the State 2024: Did she meet last year’s goals?
As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prepares her 2024 State of the State address, did she accomplish her 2023 goals? Bridge Michigan analyzes the success of her priorities over the last year.
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Study: ‘Informal quota’ fuels racial disparity of Michigan State Police stops
Michigan State Police troopers more likely to patrol urban areas to fill activity logs, report finds. Police say there is no quota but a ‘generalized expectation’ of productivity.