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A bill to cut off unemployment benefits from people who fail drug tests has cleared a state House committee. The bill passed largely along party…

Michigan’s unemployment rate has edged upward for the third month in a row hitting 9%.The number of unemployed job seekers in Michigan jumped slightly…

Michigan’s unemployment rate ticked up one tenth of one percent in July to 8.8%. It’s the second consecutive month the state’s jobless number went up. The…

Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate jumped slightly to 8.7%, as more people are competing for jobs.There are actually about 9 thousand more people…

Michigan’s teen unemployment rate is more than double the state’s overall jobless rate.State and local officials say limits on federal grants intended to…

Michigan’s unemployment rate declined by one tenth of one percentage point last month.Michigan’s April unemployment rate was 8.4%, down seven tenths of a…

Michigan labor officials say teenagers may have a better chance this year of landing a summer job.In the summer of 2010, at the height of the recession,…

Michigan’s employment picture brightened a bit in February.The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget says the state’s jobless rate dipped…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's unemployment rate is on the rise, jumping 0.4 percentage points to 9 percent in the latest figures from the state. The…

This week, Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity reporter Dustin Dwyer delved into one of the uncomfortable truths of the Great Recession: that kids were…