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The City of Ann Arbor is starting a guaranteed income pilot project, giving $528 a month to 100 lower-income households that rely on side gigs to make ends meet.

Some Michigan lawmakers are trying – once again – to pass legislation that would require elected officials to file financial disclosures. It’s an issue…

The Next Idea What if governments just gave money to people? That’s the big question that Thomas Weisskopf?, professor emeritus of economics at the…

A recent University of Michigan research analysis shows wage growth in Flint was the seventh-highest nationally in 2015, outpacing growth in Michigan and…

More economists are telling us that income and wealth inequality is growing in the U.S.The Economist declared that inequality in wealth in America is…

Over the past few years, renting a home has become more popular than owning one. However, according to a recent Harvard study, rent is quickly becoming…

For many of us, the word “budget” is not on our favorite words list.But as so many of us across Michigan discovered during the Great Recession, things can…

This map shows you how wealthy your ZIP code is.The Washington Post created it using data from the 2010 Census. Only zip codes that have at least 500…

New U.S. Census data shows Michigan’s median income and poverty rates holding steady.The Census Bureau released the results of its latest American…

The gap between the Middle and Upper class in Michigan has widened.Michigan State University’s Charley Ballard spoke with Cyndy about income disparity in…