Michigan is burning. Here’s what the next governor can do to extinguish the blaze.

By: Rick Haglund

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: September 28, 2026

Words: 878

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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On the eve of his group’s posh Mackinac Policy Conference earlier this year, Detroit Regional Chamber President Sandy Baruah sounded an economic alarm.

“Michigan’s house is on fire,” he said, reeling off statistics showing Michigan mostly is in the bottom 10 states in per capita income, educational attainment and fourth-grade reading scores.

“No state has fallen as far or as fast as Michigan,” the chamber said on a website it has created,

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