NLEA helps economic development for northern Michigan counties.

The Michigan legislature is racing to pass policies to manage the incoming increase to the state minimum wage and new mandatory paid sick leave. The state Supreme Court set a date for those changes to take effect this month.

WCMU's AJ Jones chatted with News Director Rick Brewer about Canada's upcoming election for their next prime minister, and how a potential trade war between the U.S. and Canada could impact Michigan now that President Donald Trump is back in the White House.

According to recent reports, the Marine Traffic App says the American Mariner made it through the Soo Locks a little after 4 a.m. Thursday, marking the end of the Great Lakes navigation season.

A Canadian official recently threatened to cut off electricity supplies to the U.S. in response to president-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariff on Canadian products.

Local government officials are calling for a change in how the state shares sales tax money. Municipal governments are never sure how much statutory sales tax they’ll get, if they get anything at all. Representatives of cities, townships, and counties called for a change and held up 500 letters from their colleagues, urging the passage of legislation that would help make municipal funding be more stable.

The Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance, a coalition of business leaders, say the pending changes to the minimum wages laws will have a disproportionate impact on the tourism economy in the region and hospitality industries.

Poverty, war and government corruption have ravaged Central and South America. CMU Management Professor Mike Pisani has been recognized for his work in giving back

Chinese battery maker Gotion has filed in federal court looking to seek a protective order that would stop their company president, Chen Li, from being deposed in a lawsuit centered around an EV battery manufacturing plant near Big Rapids.

Vying for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in the upcoming November election, Republican Mike Rogers is making an electric vehicle battery plant a priority on the campaign trail. Rogers said he will do everything he can to make sure the facility in Mecosta County does not become a reality if he's elected.