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With the end of SOAR and cuts to job-growth funding, lawmakers say they will retool economic development incentives by year-end. The effort follows ‘bad deals’ as the state pledged billions to jobs that barely materialized Officials expect to reward a wider group of businesses with no more up-front payments.

A man claiming to be that canvasser later said he was fired from the libertarian-conservative Super PAC Americans for Prosperity Action.

Michigan’s jobless rate remained stable in April at 3.9%, according to figures released Thursday by the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics.

Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped very slightly during January to 4%, according to numbers released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget.

The Decorative Panels International company has suddenly closed a long-standing factory in Alpena County, causing more than 150 workers to lose their jobs.

The auto workers strike played a part in Michigan’s jobless rate edging up to 4.1% in October.

A new report found that Michigan is leading the Midwest in clean energy jobs. Business leaders and the Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist met Tuesday to discuss the economic opportunities for investing in renewable energy.

Michigan officials and union leaders are raising awareness of staffing shortages in public sector jobs.

Michigan's jobless rate fell to 3.7 percent in May.

West Michigan’s agribusiness industry continued its growth trajectory with the grand opening of SnackCraft’s new U.S. headquarters.