There’s a tentative budget deal between Governor Rick Snyder and the Legislature’s Republican leaders. But it delays decisions on some of the governor’s priorities.
A budget...
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AAR Mobility Systems, a defense contractor, will permanently lay off more than 130 workers at its Cadillac plant by the end of May. In an email to city officials this week...
By Steve Carmody, Michigan Radio
An economist is estimating Michigan could lose at least 23,000 jobs if automatic federal budget cuts go into effect at the end of the month.
Stephen...
A bill in the state Legislature would boost Michigan’s minimum wage to ten dollars an hour. It was introduced just a day after President Obama called for a federal minimum wage...
Michigan’s top budget official is praising Congress for averting the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Budget Director John Nixon says sweeping tax increases and across-the-board spending...
Hot, drought conditions this summer have led to a hay shortage, and that will drive up grocery prices and bring added expense for...
It seems like agriculture in Michigan just can't catch a break. First the drought, now a growing labor shortage.
The industry is desperately...
Michigan’s total labor force stagnated in June. It was the first month in 2012 when the number of people working did not grow. The seasonally...
Michigan’s unemployment rate has dropped two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.3 percent amid predictions the state’s economy will continue to improve – albeit slowly.
“I...
From Staff Reports
Governor Rick Snyder is helped McDonalds launch a new advertising campaign today. He was at a press conference at an apple orchard and processing plant in southwest Michigan.
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