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By Rick Pluta

Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate was statistically unchanged in September, edging down one-tenth of a percentage point to 9.3 percent.

It was the first time since April...

By Rick Pluta

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

State officials say unemployment in Michigan continued a downward trend in February.

It dropped two-tenths of a percentage point during the month, to a seasonally adjusted 8.8 percent. For a second month...

By Rick Pluta

Michigan's December unemployment rate was 9.3 percent - the lowest it's been in three-and-a-half years. That helped bring the state's annual unemployment average down as well, to...

By Laura Weber

Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the Midwest. But unemployed workers have a harder time getting jobless benefits in Michigan than in other states in the region,...

By Rick Pluta

Michigan's monthly unemployment rate has dipped by half a percentage point to 10.6 percent. The rate dropped primarily because so many people quit looking for jobs and dropped out...

By Peter Payette

Northwest Lower Michigan lost nearly 9,000 manufacturing jobs during the last decade, according to a new report from the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments....

By Laura Weber

The Michigan Legislature reconvenes this week after a two month of summer recess. A couple controversial issues await lawmakers when they return.

Republican House Speaker...

By Laura Weber

Michigan's unemployment rate is on the rise, according to new state jobless numbers out today.

The jobless rate in Michigan rose four-tenths of a percentage point in July...

By Rick Pluta

Roughly one-in-ten people in Michigan who want to work still don't have a job, as the state's unemployment rate remained mostly steady at 10.5 percent in June.

It ticked up...

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