Michigan Economy

Roughly 5% of recent college graduates were unemployed as of last December, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, while 7.8% of young workers (ages 22-28) were unemployed.

With the Great Lakes shipping season underway, the U.S. Coast Guard says they're capable of helping ships navigate icy waters despite being short a couple of icebreaking vessels. Officials are not anticipating significant delays.

Networks Northwest, an economic development agency, collaborated with various business leaders in the 10-county region to conduct the survey.

Michigan U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell said the Trump administration’s policies are causing utility bills to rise, creating an affordability crisis for Michiganders.

A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers is introducing legislation they say would make it easier to build new homes in the state.Among other things, the bills would allow duplexes in single-family residential areas, lower the minimum size for housing units, and reduce lot size requirements for single-family homes.

Gotion, a Chinese-owned advanced battery manufacturing company, says it won't pay back a $23.7 million grant from the state of Michigan, after its project to build a massive EV battery plant in Mecosta County failed.

Multi-Media Producer Jamie Mankiewicz spoke with Tina Sawyer about her upcoming story on food insecurity in Michigan featured in an upcoming episode of Pressing Matters, scheduled to air Friday evening at 7 p.m. on WCMU Public Television.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer's office says her trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is to attract new investment and expand the footprint of foreign companies that already have a Michigan presence.

Officials in rural areas and small cities reported the highest levels of financial discomfort in a new study from the University of Michigan that surveyed 1,328 counties, cities, villages and townships.

Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to reconsider a set of rules for large-scale Consumers Energy electricity customers, including data centers.