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Michigan’s unemployment rate ticked up by eight-tenths of a percentage point last month to 6.9%.This is the first time since April the state has reported…

Minimum wage workers in Michigan likely won’t see a pay increase in January, thanks to a provision in the state’s wage law.In 2018, the state passed a law…

West Michigan economic development officials say they helped recruit or retain 953 jobs to the region in 2020. That’s even as the area lost about 40,000…

The pandemic economy is squeezing families with kids: 74% of those earning less than $100,000 report serious financial woes, in an NPR poll. Experts worry about lasting impacts on kids' mental health.

It’s a laborless Labor Day for many Michiganders as the coronavirus pandemic continues to shutter businesses across the state.The spectre of a second…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has directed Michigan's unemployment insurance agency to apply for federal unemployment benefits of $300 a week to boost state…

Full Show PostToday on Stateside, Senate Republicans have developed a proposal for COVID stimulus that would, most notably, reduce unemployment benefits…

The clock is ticking on federal unemployment benefits. While states provide most of the money, the federal government has been kicking in $600 extra in…

The state of Michigan says it has met an internal goal to clear out a serious backlog of claims that were filed between March 15 and May 1.The state's…

Michiganders waiting months on state unemployment claims should soon have an answer.The Unemployment Insurance Agency is pledging to process the remaining…