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GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan’s economy entered 2026 much like it exited 2025: cautious, uneven and still searching for momentum. A new survey of West Michigan purchasing managers from Grand Valley State University shows the region’s economy slowed for the third consecutive month, underscoring broader challenges facing the state’s manufacturing-heavy base. But while parts of Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS – New Community Transformation Fund (NCTF), a statewide venture capital fund based in Grand Rapids, announced today the first close of its new $20 million Fund II. The public-private fund includes an investment of up to $9.8 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Venture Program. The state investment requires NCTF to raise
WASHINGTON DC - For more than 15 years, U.S. companies, utilities, insurers, and state governments have planned investments around a stable set of federal climate rules anchored by a single regulatory foundation: the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, which determined that greenhouse gas emissions pose risks to public health and economic welfare. That framework
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ANN ARBOR - As layoffs continue to ripple through the tech sector, a growing number of displaced workers are asking a question that would have sounded speculative just a few years ago: Did artificial intelligence take my job — or was it simply part of a broader reset? From Silicon Valley to the Midwest, companies
LANSING — As Michigan’s economy enters 2026, employers in key sectors are increasing wages and expanding hiring due to labor shortages, competition for skilled talent, and statewide policy shifts — including a scheduled minimum wage boost to $13.73/hour on Jan. 1, 2026. Workers in several occupations — from frontline services to high-tech fields — could
ANN ARBOR - Michigan lawmakers are beginning to publicly grapple with a question that until recently was playing out mostly behind closed doors: Can the state absorb a surge of massive data centers without straining the electric grid, raising rates for residents, or sidelining local communities? That question took center stage this week as a
ANN ARBOR - Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, gold, and silver are all declining at the same time — an unusual alignment that suggests investors are reassessing risk across the board. For Michigan, where manufacturing, supply chains, and capital planning dominate economic thinking, the selloff offers a revealing signal about how markets are responding to tighter financial conditions
