The impact of the collapse of Michigan’s auto-driven economy keeps rolling in. As Ron French reports in The Detroit News, our state suffered a net loss of 109,000 last year, and many (most) of them were the college-educated we need. Half of all graduates from Michigan’s public universities leave the state within a year after [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Fleeing Michigan
Posted in Communty, Economy, tagged Calvin College, Center for Michigan, GVSU, Michigan Future on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You Think So?
Posted in Communty, tagged immigration, Vern Ehlers on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You could call it collateral damage. The paper the other day had the story of a Romanian immigrant’s impending deportation, along with his naturalized wife and native-born son.
(Kevan) Chapman, of Ehlers’ office, agrees: “It’s important for people to know that (some immigrants) are being deported on a daily basis and are not criminals.”
Cases like Tiberiu’s, [...]
