economy

A petition campaign to gradually raise Michigan’s mandatory minimum wage to $15 an hour appears to be heading to court. That’s after an evenly divided state board deadlocked on whether to certify the petition signatures.

With the federal government on track to shutdown at the end of the week, here's how a shutdown will impact Michigan.

Young adults who are unmarried and left-leaning were more likely to want to leave Michigan in the next ten years, the survey found.

Absentee ballots are set to start being mailed out soon. We've got what you need to know if you’re voting by mail. Also, the artist behind the viral project "Stop Telling Women to Smile" opens a new exhibit in Ann Arbor. Plus, breaking down the mixed economic messages of the moment — and getting up to speed on student loan forgiveness.

A closer look at challenges facing Michigan's small business owners.

For the first time in history, more Michiganders died than were born in 2020, according to findings from demographer Kurt Metzger. Stateside unpacked those numbers with Metzger and talked with an economist about what the data might mean for Michigan’s economy. Then, why abortion rights advocates picked 2022 as their year to ask for constitutional change.

With Ontario back in partial lockdown, a look across Michigan’s border at our Canadian neighbors’ pandemic response. What causes Zoom fatigue and how to fight it. Honoring the memory of pioneering Michigan LGBTQ rights activist Jim Toy. And, an exploration of supply chain strangeness, and why everything from cars to coffee is more expensive and harder to find.

Like so many things in our COVID world, getting a clear picture of our economic health is, well, complicated. We checked in with University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers to help break it down.

A respected University of Michigan economic report says the state’s economy is improving at a slow and steady pace, with a full recovery expected in 2023.

The American Rescue Plan turned the child tax credit into cash payments for families with kids. What has that meant—both for individual households and the larger economy?