As a group of economists who study municipal finance of cities experiencing population decline, we took a deep look at the success of razing blighted properties in Detroit. Between 2014 and 2019, the ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Spring 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. Detroit is a city that is hauntingly in my heart. For decades, it was a city of hope and ...

New report suggests U.S. could begin losing population as the population ages if the nation halts most immigration.

International migration brought new residents to all but one Michigan county last year. Only 11 Michigan counties had more births than deaths between 2023 and 2024 More people moved to Michigan ...

Mark Skidmore receives funding from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Camila Alvayay-Torrejon receives funding from Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Dusan Paredes Araya receives funding from ...