By Laura Weber and Rick Pluta
The state House and Senate are expected to vote today on the K-12 schools budget for the coming fiscal year. The budget deal...
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Michigan's popular No Worker Left Behind program won't be accepting many new applicants after July first. The federal government has reduced Michigan's worker retraining funds by...
A Michigan State University survey finds that half of the state's residents expect to be better off by this time next year. That's despite the fact that 55 percent of state...
In Michigan, 87,000 people will lose unemployment benefits next week, unless the U.S. Senate resolves a partisan standoff.
The number of Michiganders losing their...
Michigan's unemployment rate registered its biggest drop of the year in May. It fell four-tenths of a percentage point to 13.6 percent. That means 19,000 people in the state found...
The director of the Michigan Department of Human Services says he expects public assistance caseloads to continue hitting record levels for the next two years. But Michigan is also...
Area unemployment rates have dropped a bit from March to April, as the summer employment season gets underway. But more and more families continue to apply for food...
By Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network
Michigan's unemployment rate dipped 0.2 percentage points in February to 14.1 percent.
Economists at the state Department of Labor and...
By Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network
Michigan's jobless rate remained stable in January. Hitting 14.3 percent, it was a miniscule two-tenths of a percentage point lower than the...
Story and video by Tyler Sipe
Shepherd's Table is one of the most popular eateries in Cadillac. On this evening, there's a line of more than 50 people patiently waiting for dinner.
About 300 more patrons are...
