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Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Chief Growth & Marketing Officer Hilary Doe speaks with WDET's Nick Austin on "The Metro," live from the Grand Hotel at the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference.
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MPC 2024: What does ‘Bridging The Future Together’ really look like for Michigan?

The Metro May 29, 2024

The theme for this year's Mackinac Policy Conference is “Bridging The Future Together,”…but what does that look like?On Wednesday's special...

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Michigan's population has been flat for decades and is expected to begin declining by the year 2045.
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Population report shows warning for Michigan’s future

Colin Jackson April 5, 2024

Michigan’s population is expected to have about another decade of slow growth before eventually declining below current numbers by 2050....

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Whitmer declared herself “a climate optimist” as she signed the 11-bill clean energy package at Detroit’s Eastern Market on Nov. 28, 2023.
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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan doesn’t earn enough revenue to fund population growth initiatives, experts say

Sascha Raiyn March 5, 2024

Economists say Michigan isn’t generating enough revenue to pay for proposals to reverse the state’s population decline.Subscribe to the Detroit...

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich.
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Growing Michigan’s population will require a lot of money, time, bipartisan council reports

Russ McNamara January 31, 2024

Michigan is having a hard time keeping and attracting residents, according to a recent report from the Growing Michigan Together...

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MichMash: New research explores Michigan’s path to a prosperous future

Hernz Laguerre January 2, 2024

What are the keys to a prosperous Michigan? Eric Lupher, president and secretary of The Citizens Research Council of Michigan,...

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Detroit Evening Report: New census data shows slight population increase in Michigan

Jerome Vaughn December 20, 2023

Michigan’s population grew slightly in the past year, gaining roughly 4,000 residents between July 2022 and July 2023, according to...

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Detroit Evening Report: Panel discussion explores solutions to Michigan’s declining population

Hernz Laguerre November 16, 2023

A 2023 report by the nonprofits Altarum and Citizens Research Council of Michigan shows that over the past five decades,...

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