Great Lakes Wire

Battle Creek sees 53,000 nonfarm payroll employees in March

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 2, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for March in Michigan's Battle Creek metropolitan statistical area was 53,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

McLain on earmarks: 'I would prefer that we didn’t have earmarks at all, but the Democrats brought them back'

By Timothy Stuckey | Apr 2, 2021

Republicans remain split on the use of earmarks after House Republicans voted to lift its internal, decade-long ban on the practice March 17, according to a press report.

Michigan collects $80 million in miscellaneous taxes during Q1 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan's miscellaneous tax revenue reached $80 million in the first quarter of 2021, a decrease of 7% compared to the previous quarter.

Michigan's combined tax revenues up 28.5 percent from Q1 to Q2 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan collected $9 billion combined tax revenues and income taxes during the second quarter of 2021.

Michigan's combined tax revenues up 6.3 percent from Q2 to Q3 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan collected $10.1 billion combined tax revenues and income taxes during the third quarter of 2021.

Ann Arbor sees 211,900 nonfarm payroll employees in March

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for March in Michigan's Ann Arbor metropolitan statistical area was 211,900, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Michigan's income tax revenue up 80.6 percent in year since Q1 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan collected $2.5 billion in individual income taxes during the first quarter of 2021, a 80.6 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Michigan ranked 35th in home vacancy rate in Q1 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan's home vacancy rate was 35th in the U.S., with a home vacancy rate of 0.6 percent in the first quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Rental vacancies in Michigan down 1% from Q1 to Q2 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Rental vacancies in Michigan were 5.9 percent in the second quarter of 2021, a decrease of 1 percent from the previous quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Michigan's combined tax revenues up 6.3 percent from Q2 to Q3 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan collected $10.1 billion combined tax revenues and income taxes during the third quarter of 2021.

Total non-farm payroll employees in Michigan increases by 0.8% in March

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan reported the number of employees on non-farm payrolls for the month of March was 4,090,300, a 0.8 percent increase over the previous month, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report.

Michigan’s property tax revenue up 124 percent since Q1 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan collected $112 million in property taxes during the first quarter of 2021, a 124 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Michigan collects $112 million in property tax revenue in Q1

By Great Lakes Wire | Apr 1, 2021

Michigan collected $112 million in property taxes during the first quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.